Scream Bloody Entertainment

Humanity's last hope... rests on a high power machine gun

A rag-tag team of people fight for survival after a deadly virus is released in the nearby area.

- nails the grindhouse style and then some more
- thoroughly entertaining and highly enjoyable
- awesome soundtrack
- cheesy in a good way
- solid gore and make-up design
- well-paced and impressively put together
- some really memorable scenes

- weak dialogue
- a few underwhelming moments
- too many characters

- high violence and gore
- low scares and frightening scenes
- moderate nudity and sexual themes
- high profanity

- a lot can be done with a numb hand
- stripping and go-go dancing are not the same thing
- not all men approve of lesbians
- losing a leg isn't such a bad thing after all
- never stick your head out of cover
- El Wray never misses

Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror is a fun and thoroughly enjoyable throwback to old exploitation films, boasting an outstanding visual style, impressive special effects and sound design, and plenty of memorable scenes and lines of dialogue. The whole thing is also accompanied by a great soundtrack and enough humourous moments to satisfy viewers. Then again, the dialogue often comes off as weak, irrelevant of whether that's done intentionally or not, and the amount of characters could have been trimmed down a little as well, but ultimately, Planet Terror delivers where it matters and that makes it a ride well worth taking.

horror meter: 4 go-go stars (out of 5)