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Writer:
Robert Rodriguez (written by)
Release Date:
21 June 2007 (Israel)
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After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release. full summary | full synopsis
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Gas
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Texas
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Military Base
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Sheriff
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Go Go Dancer
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Josh Brolin in 'Men in Black 3'?!!?!?!
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Deneen Melody ('Master's Devils', 'Dark Hallways')
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User Comments:
"I want to eat your brains... and gain your knowledge."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rose McGowan | ... | Cherry Darling | |
| Freddy Rodríguez | ... | Wray (as Freddy Rodriguez) | |
| Josh Brolin | ... | Dr. William Block | |
| Marley Shelton | ... | Dr. Dakota Block | |
| Jeff Fahey | ... | J.T. | |
| Michael Biehn | ... | Sheriff Hague | |
| Rebel Rodriguez | ... | Tony Block | |
| Bruce Willis | ... | Lt. Muldoon | |
| Naveen Andrews | ... | Abby | |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | ... | Romy | |
| Stacy Ferguson | ... | Tammy | |
| Nicky Katt | ... | Joe | |
| Hung Nguyen | ... | Dr. Crane | |
| Cecilia Conti | ... | Paramedic Cecil | |
| Tommy Nix | ... | Paramedic Nixer |
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Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (USA) (DVD title)
Project Terror (USA) (working title)
Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (USA) (complete title)
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Project Terror (USA) (working title)
Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
105 min (international version) | 95 min (original release)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Philippines:R-13 |
UK:18 |
Singapore:R21 |
Netherlands:16 |
Finland:K-18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Italy:VM14 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
USA:Not Rated |
Ireland:16 |
Brazil:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
South Korea:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (special edition DVD) |
Germany:18 (cut) (DVD version) |
Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
France:-12 |
Ireland:18 (DVD rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Peru:18
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Rose McGowan originally suggested her friend Rey-Phillip Santos for the role of El Wray. Instead it went to Freddy Rodríguez.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the jail cell scene where Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) asks J.T. (Jeff Fahey) if he's alright, he holds his gun upside down while he fakes handing it to the guard, he then shoots the guard. He is holding the gun by the frame. The gun is a 1911 style pistol. A 1911 style pistol can only be fired by squeezing the grip safety on the back of the pistols grip. The gun would never have fired in this case.
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References Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Two Against the World
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FAQ
Does the missing reel appear on the "Extended and Unrated" DVD?What song plays on the radio when The Rapist forces Cherry to dance?
What song does Cherry dance to during the opening credits?
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Planet Terror, before becoming it's own movie-animal of sorts as a stand-alone feature released in most parts of the world (and on DVD), was a slightly shorter, near-perfect first part of a double-bill of the Rodriguez/Tarantino double-feature Grindhouse. Not to sound like I'm in a rocking chair rambling like it's old times (and it's not even a year since its North American release), but Grindhouse contained in it two features that just very simply, quickly tapped into that genuine spirit of B-movies out there, the art and power of sleaze and trash that might not be that when done right. And also as a treat, each film showcases, in all fetishized and stupendous glory, the skills of the respective filmmakers (this goes as well for the directors of the 'trailers' that ran between the two films). For Tarantino it's stylized long-shots, intellectual-cum-vapid dialog, and a penchant for bad-ass ladies and some sick violence.
For Rodriguez, it's what we've come to see as a sort of mix between his Mariachi films and From Dusk till Dawn: slam-bang action, truly absurd twists with the occasional shock factor (in this case the "accidental" death of a child), and raucous humor from dialog that, in its own right, is probably just as self-consciously clever as QT's. On its own, and in its extended and unrated cut form, as recently watched on DVD, Planet Terror luckily doesn't suffer as much from the added footage as Death Proof nearly did. There isn't some big block of specific scenes stuffed back in from the original cut, however the bits that are noticeable for those who are aware of the original 90 minute version- i.e. waking up at night to see the green-tinted moon, the extra bit at the police station, some extras at the hospital- don't really add much at all to the proceedings to make it any better as it is.
For what it's worth though, to those who will seek it out having not had the luck- as imposed by the what seems to be ironic monacher after the Machete trailer "Brought to you by your friends at the Weinstein Company!"- Planet Terror is a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners zombie flick, filled with enough ballsy attitude for two B-movies that deserve to get immediately dusted off and played to packed audiences of sick f***s who cant get enough of gruesome, over-the-top horror violence and tongue-in--so-deep-it's-breaking-the-cheek dialog. A simple premise is that a noxious gas is let loose by a military group, somehow in some deranged plot involved with a post Bin-Laden atmosphere, and it creates total havoc on a small Texas town over one night. And over this one night a go-go dancer, a crafty but vulnerable nurse, a Chicano who's "got the devil in im'", a BBQ maestro, and some various tag-alongs and police officers bind together to fight the combat the infectious plague.
Made with panache and visual as well as verbal wit (maybe funniest is how a sex scene is so hot it burns up the screen, literally, and when the scene comes back on the place is on fire!), Rodriguez has a nifty little classic of a comedy almost in the guise of an action film inspired by both Fulci and Carpenter (however much better than the former would ever produce). Watch it friends!