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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 15, 2011
Pros: Cast, characters, gore, cheesy entertainment
Cons: Harvey Keitel, Michael Parks, set-up too long
Summary: Criminals on the run (ice-cool robber George Clooney, short-fused rapist psycho Quentin Tarantino) have left a trail of bodies and are wanted by the cops big-time. They take to kidnapping next, nabbing ex-preacher Harvey Keitel, his kids (Juliette Lewis ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 14, 2009
Pros: Over the top, funny, scripts, acting, special effects, cast and a lot more
Cons: nothing much
Summary: is what Cheech Marin's character says in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn. Earlier in a scene, he says one of the most funniest and memorable line in the movie, but I can't write it. Those, who seen it, know which line I'm talking about.It starts ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 11, 2008
Pros: Pulp gore action fang fest.
Cons: Not really. You know it's Tarantino going in, so quit whining.
Summary: From Dusk ‘Till Dawn (1996) Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Written by Quentin Tarantino. ”Do you think this is who I am? I am a professional thief, I don't run around killing people I don't have to.” Seth Gecko. Body count, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 7, 2008
Pros: Excellent cast; some originality; a few funny and exciting moments.
Cons: Totally bizarre; extremely violent and gory; not very intense as a whole.
Summary: The basic premise to "From Dusk Till Dawn" is, "What if the tough criminals from brutal crime films found themselves trapped in a cliche, grotesque, horror flick?" The answer should be a great satire, but all we get is a violent bloodbath with a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2006
Pros: George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, and Harvey Keitel; Blood, Gore and Vampires
Cons: Tarantino tries to act! Oh no!
Summary: Call me crazy but I had to be convinced that George Clooney was hot. What was I thinking, right? Alas, it’s true, for a long time I didn’t believe the hype. Why did I change my mind? Well, I watched Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 24, 2005
Pros: Suspense, great acting, action, special effects, interesting, funny, campy & cheesy
Cons: The complete change in plot and genre halfway through film, could be more scary
Summary: I’m not the biggest Quentin Tarantino fan, or the biggest Robert Rodriguez fan. In fact, from what I’ve seen, I really don’t like either of their work, although I haven’t seen a lot of their movies. I saw Kill Bill Volume 1 and thought it ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 22, 2004
Pros: Clooney, Tarantino, script, humor, gore FX
Cons: Second half, Keitel, Lewis, special effects
Summary: I had been hearing about From Dusk Till Dawn for years now, but it wasn’t until a few days ago that I finally had my chance to view the film. Headed by Robert Rodriguez of Desperado in the director’s seat and co-starring Quentin Tarantino ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 14, 2003
Pros: Salma Hayek is almost naked.
Cons: The second half has more plot holes than you can imagine.
Summary: The story of Dusk Till Dawn begins with George Clooney as Seth Gecko and Quentin Tarantino as his brother Richard Gecko taking some middle-aged woman hostage after a store robbery. From there the plot disintegrates into a series of serious plot holes ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 2, 2002
Pros: Great Action Sequences, Good Performances
Cons: Doesn't Really Feel Like a Horror Movie... Is That Really a Con Though?
Summary: I've noticed a huge decline in quality in the more modern horror movies; modern meaning anything made later then 1995. I can't exactly describe it, but lately it seems like horror movie makers feel that they can be more successful by putting most of a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 25, 2001
Pros: Well done and graphic gore, good fight sequences, Clooney, Tarantino, Keitel put in good performances.
Cons: Film shifts abruptly midway, slow start, Clooney seems uncomfortable in role at times.
Summary: What can I say? I finally saw "From Dusk Till Dawn" on December 22nd, years after it was released in the theaters. In fact, two sequels were made before I saw it. Why? I get tired of having my enjoyment of movies (at $10 a ticket) destroyed by ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 4, 2001
Pros: Offbeat humor, wild action, graphic violence, great performances and supporting cast, mechanical/makeup effects.
Cons: Some mediocre morph effects.
Summary: FROM DUSK TILL DAWN is a Dimension Films release, and is rated R for strong violence, gore, language and nudity. The running time is 108 minutes. Originally released in theaters January 19, 1996.
INTRODUCTION
Quentin ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 8, 2001
Pros: Uh, i guess it made some money
Cons: where do i start??
Summary: I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarrantino and always have been. I think my husband and I have probably seen all his movies at least once. I remember when this movie(Dusk till Dawn) came out, how excited we were that there was a new movie for us to see. So ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2001
Pros: George Clooney blows us away in this plot-twisting action-thriller. Ensemble cast.
Cons: Vulgar language. Violence. Nudity. (most people can handle that)
Summary: Dusk til Dawn is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime film anomaly. It starts off being about two brothers on the run from the law, but then all of a sudden it turns into a sauncy, bloody free-for-all survival of the fittest thriller.
It starts out ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 12, 2001
Pros: everything about this film is a pro.
Cons: none
Summary: Directed by Robert Rodriguez, this is a vampire flick with a difference. Oozing with Tarantino-style direction, and dialogue, this film promises to be very, very funny, and extremely violent.
With the main characters being played by such ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 7, 2001
Pros: Enjoyable Celluloid Trash
Cons: Emphasis On The Word Trash
Summary: From Dusk Till Dawn first came out in the winter of 1995-96. It was promoted as being written by Quentin Tarantino, who was fresh off the success of Pulp Fiction and directed by Robert Rodriguez, who was fresh off the success of Desperado. I was a junior ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2001
Pros: All the senseless gore and nudity that a movie of the genre demands.
Cons: Let's see... none that I can think of!
Summary: The title of this epinion perfectly summarizes how I feel about this movie. See, when this was released in theatres, it was buried under mindless garbage such as "Hope Floats," "One True Thing," and many other movies that were chock full of all that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 8, 2001
Pros: Great dialog, some acting, great special effects, action
Cons: Lacks identity, a lot of stupid lines, too gross at times, not scary, boring at times
Summary: Robert Rodriguez became pretty famous after El Mariachi, his tiny budget debut that wowed audiences at Sundance. The sequel, Desperado, didn't see the same fate. Though it has established a cult following (much like this movie), it never really reached ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2001
Pros: Entertaining; excellent first half
Cons: Crazy second half; huge WTF factor.
Summary: There are movies that are bad, and then there are movies that are baaaaaad.
Guess which category "From Dusk Til Dawn" falls into?
Let me start off by saying that this movie is worth renting, but for the wrong ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 26, 2000
Pros: Great Horror movie
Cons: none
Summary: What a movie! What a movie! If your usually scared of horror films well you wont be scared of this one. This is a fun filled family movie. Yea right. Theres a lot of action and a lot of blood. Its about two brothers who escape from jail, find a family, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 22, 2000
Pros: lots of kick ass gore scenes
Cons: some poor acting
Summary: Fleeing for the border after a number of murders and armed robberies, two brothers Richard(Quentin Tarantino) and Seth(George Clooney) Gecko race across the sun scorched land of Texas in a camper van in which they are holding hostage the family of a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 25, 2000
Pros: Clooney, action packed, ride never ends`
Cons: a lot of violence, not for young ones
Summary: The Movie - From Dusk To Dawn
Cast - George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis: If not for George and Quentin, this movie would have been a flop. The two worked together as if they were brothers. You could not have ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 10, 2000
Pros: George Clooney, entertaining first half
Cons: Bad second half, violence and nasty events, complete lack of sensible storytelling skills
Summary: I admire Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's love of movies. Genre movies. They're both talented directors who have a refreshing love for some of the seedier and less high-brow aspects of the film industry. In "From Dusk Till Dawn" they ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 9, 2000
Pros: Starts off interesting.
Cons: Soon turns into a gorefest that only has schlock appeal.
Summary: The perennial problem with film buffs is the belief that filmmakers are fine wines. That, due to the name of such and such, said film will undoubtedly be good. Oh, they’ll say: “it’s a Van Sant, circa 1989” or a “Spielberg.” To an outsider to this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 11, 2000
Pros: Tarantino give great contributions to the scrip, and makes a great job at acting to
Cons: Rodriguez ruined everything with his "Desperado" touch
Summary: I was very pleased by Tarantino's participation at the movie, but the story kind of looses itself as it goes out of the Tarantino story about the Gecko brothers and gets into the vampire's story. I love vampire stories, but this one sucked so hard that I ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2000
Pros: Great acting from everyone, and Juliette get to play a normal person!!!
Cons: None
Summary: This is easily my fav vampire film EVER!! Clooney plays a charecter completely different from any of his others (He is a criminal arrested and escaped who kidnaps a family) and surprisingly it suits him. Clooney acts well with Tarrintino and the on ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 5, 2000
Pros: great action, good gore and original story
Cons: not too much
Summary: From Dusk Till Dawn is a wonderfully original approach to the undying vampire legend in film. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino combine their talents to bring us this tale of a modern vampire stronghold against a group of thieves and their ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 23, 2000
Pros: none
Cons: lame vampire movie
Summary: This movie was on cable so I decided to watch it. I was very disappointed in this one. A bar in the middle of nowhere with people who are vampires is too much in my book.
The whole movie pretty much consists of the cast trying to kill ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 28, 2000
Pros: ryu
Cons: ruuuy
Summary: I'll say it in a few words:
it was the best movie I ever saw, it was comedy, action and horror. that are the 3 things I like and nothing else is needed. I think the tatoo from seth was cool also. the cast was great (especially george clooney) and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 5, 2000
Pros: Good story, Rodriguez film, Vampire exotic dancers, lots of action, Well written dialogue
Cons: Salma Hayek just teases
Summary: I saw this movie initially for one reason. That reason would be Salma Hayek. When in the first ten minutes I got to see George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino blow up a liquor shack, I knew I liked this movie at that point.
Both Clooney and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 26, 2000
Pros: Bends genre wonderfully and keeps us guessing where it's going to go.
Cons: The blood and gore gets a little tiresome late in the film, there's not really a lot of subtext here
Summary: This film is at least two movies in one. If anyone reading this has seen no advertising for this film, knows nothing about it, and would like a totally bizarre viewing experience, get up right now (don't finish this review) and go rent this movie. No, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 14, 2000
Pros: all pros
Cons: none
Summary: This is a typical Quentin Tarantino film with an outstanding cast of characters. The Gecko Brothers. Seth Gecko(George Clooney)is He's a professional bank robber who takes no prisoners from anyone. He will kill you if you get in his way. He's the good ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 10, 2000
Pros: Cool battles, cool gangsters
Cons: It's like 2 movies!!!
Summary:
Here is my thesis on what happened to the movie "From Dusk 'til Dawn". There was a director, who wanted to make a film about two brothers who are on the run from the law. He got about two thirds of the way done making a fairly good, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2000
Pros: Great actors good special effects and lotsa BLOOD!
Cons: none
Summary: This movie rocked! I watched it so many times i now know every line off by heart i think i need help! This movie had everything a good movie needs guns, sex, blood, gore and VAMPIRES! This movie didn't scare me but it was incredibly entertaining. George ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2000
Pros: fast action, funny, great effects
Cons: not enough girls in thongs :) lol
Summary: I'm not going to lie, I saw this movie because of Selma Hayek. She is so hot :). I had seen the preview for the movie on tv and I thought it looked pretty good and the Selma thing pushed me over the edge. From the door, this movie was nothing but ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 2, 2000
Pros: the top half of vampire biker dragging himself across the floor
Cons: Juliette Lewis just had to be in it
Summary: I don't care if he is a silly television star, his performance in this movie as the angry of the two Gecko brothers was wonderful! The dialogue was fast and funny, and the gore was excellent, considering most newer gore movies kind of, well...suck. The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2000
Pros: Fun to watch, playful vampire movie...
Cons: Vampires or furless dog people with mange?
Summary: I gave this movie a 8 out of 10.
Overall I really liked this movie. I think it has great visual style except that I couldn't stand the vampires themselves, but everything else look great. I think the story-line is very interesting and I like ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2000
Pros: very short movie
Cons: everything
Summary: Full Dusk to Dawn has been a movie I wanted to see for a long time. I saw the back of the DVD case. I figured I would enjoy this movie because I love action movies and vampire movies. Blade is one of my favorites because it is an action movie about ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2000
Pros: great script, great direction, great cast, Salma Hayek!
Cons: Ernest Liu, 2 abysmal sequels
Summary: With its razor-sharp dialog, outstanding cast of characters, and a premise that can only be described as "twisted," FROM DUSK TILL DAWN is a movie that will stay with you long after the credits roll; as Cheech Marin puts it, "It's an ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 16, 2000
Pros: Vampires Being Brutally Murdered, Salma Hayek almost naked.
Cons: Nothing. If you don't like strong language, violence. This movie is not for you.
Summary: "From Dusk Till Dawn" is easily my favorite Vamp flick of all time. It has the coolest characters, the coolest dialogue and the coolest action sequences. This movie is VERY COOL.
To me this film is flawless. The makers wanted to go ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2000
Pros: I love the characters in this movie, they are perfect
Cons: none
Summary: I watched this movie and loved it! Two twisted brothers, Richard and Seth Gecko (not to mention that they are criminals), decide to highjack a camper. The owners happen to be a preacher and his two teenagers. They use the camper to flee to Mexico ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 30, 2000
Pros: ZERO PRO'S
Cons: That this movie actually got off the cutting room floor
Summary: I originally saw this movie because it was raved about and I rented it. I heard it was a little suspenseful, and so I watched it late at night when the house was dark. I spent the next hour and a half going between boredom and complete disgust. There ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 29, 2000
Pros: Special effects, scenery
Cons: Supporting actors could've been stronger
Summary: I saw this movie about 2 and a half years ago and i STILL can't forget about it. It has that kind of impact on you. If not from scaring the pants off of you, it's from the outrageously beautiful women (who become vampires) in the movie. George Cloony ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 28, 2000
Pros: Keep my attention
Cons: Didn't make a lot of sense
Summary: If you are interested in seeing a movie that in one aspect makes no sense and in another keeps your attention. When I saw this movie it had grabbed my attention since the beginning. However, after the movie I sat there and thought how much it had ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2000
Pros: wild, over-the-top action, great performances, not too serious
Cons: none
Summary: From Dusk Till Dawn: Miramax Dimension Films/ A Band Apart/ Los Hooligans Productions
Rating: USA: R
If you've ever seen Robert Altman's film The Player, then you know what the stereotypical Hollywood pitch session looks like. In that ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2000
Pros: Excellent Graphics
Cons: Could have toned down on the language
Summary: This was a very cool movie!! I rented this movie on video and couldn't get enough. I have watched this movie at least 10 times!
George Clooney and Quentin Tarrantino are criminals on the run from the law. They have just robbed a bank and are ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2000
Pros: Violence, Salma Hayek, usual sh-t
Cons: Allowing writers to take that amount of drugs must have bad long term effects
Summary: This film was on TV one night, I had no idea what it was about but upon seeing the opening sequence settled down to watch it.
Quentin and George make a rather interesting couple of criminals on the run. And with the usual dose of stylized ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2000
Pros: in a word, atmosphere
Cons: presents itself wrong, maybe
Summary: I think that critics of this film, that is those who say it reeks, have missed the point. This is not a serious horror/action movie. Yeah, there's blood, there's gutty-whuts all over the place as a matter of fact, but none of that was the point. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 1999
Pros: Intense, funny and gross at the same time
Cons: Too much blood and guts for me
Summary: I'm not normally into horror flicks. I admit to only watching it because George Clooney stars in it. I enjoyed the first half of the movie the most, where the Gecko brothers kidnap the family and hold them hostage in their RV in order to get over the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 1999
Pros: Wonderful acting.
Cons: No plot (but sometimes that's not a con)
Summary: The blood comes first in this movie and the plot follows far behind. I don't hate it because of that, I love it because of that. You have to be quite smart to make a movie with little plot and still make it a good movie. If you're the type of person ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 1999
Pros: Action packed.
Cons: Let me watch it 100 times and then I'll tell you.
Summary: This is one of the greatest and freakiest action movies I've seen. Quentin Tarantino and the Ghecko brothers did an excellent job in the making of this movie. The stunts may be a bit unbelievable and farfetched, but that's what pulls the whole thing ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 1999
Pros: STRIP CLUB SCENES, NUDITY
Cons: NONE
Summary: Think of the craziest plot and story line ever, and you get this movie. I
thought it was TERRIFIC!!! Its about 2 guys who are running from the law and somehow end up in a strip club after taking a girl and her father hostage. After a few hours at ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 18, 1999
Pros: Selma Hyeck is illy-illsom.
Cons: Not even bad enough to be good.
Summary: The saddest thing about this incredibly depressing urine stain of a movie is that it actually had the potential to be a good film. You start off with a very interesting premise, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino hijack a family consisting of Harvey ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 25, 1999
Pros: Offbeat humor with offbeat characters...that works
Cons: Definitely NOT for everyone...a "cult" nominee
Summary: If you're into the offbeat, the strange and the pictures that make NO sense and yet leave you saying, "Hey, that wasn't all that bad," then this flick is for you. Picture two criminal brothers, one being an angry George Clooney and the ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Aug 8, 2008
Pros: Great acting
Lots of action
Vampires!
Cons: Selma Hayek doesn't take her bra off.
Summary: This movie starts out with George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino as brothers who are on the run from the law. Quentin plays Clooney's man boy little brother with a foot fetish and an appetite for killing. The two kidnap a family and head for the Mexican
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