This film is based off a fake trailer for Grindhouse. That trailer is also directed by Robert Rodriguez, and it was probably one of the best things about Grindhouse. Now we get the actual movie and it does what it sets out to do, but there are some noticable flaws.
First of all the film delivers on the action scenes. They're violent, bloody, and a whole lot of fun. Danny trejo finally gets his first starring role and he is the ultimate bad ass (not bad for a 66 year old man). The women are sexy, but that's to be expected when we have beautiful babes like Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, and Lindsay Lohan. Rodriguez knows how tyo film good action scenes and they are chaotic and throughly enjoyable.
The plot is the main problem with this film. I know that action movies like this don't need a plot, but in this situation the plot is so convoluted and is a mess. Plus Rodriguez uses this movie to shove his politcal views about open boarder policy down our throats. We don't need all of this stuff in a exploitation film like this.
In addition, some of the other big names in the film like DeNero, Johnson, and especially Segal don't do anything. I mean seagal probably has like 10 minutes of screen time. The movie is also too long as it clocks in at around 2 hours. The premise wear thin after a while and it gets redundent after that. Plus the final battle wasn't as momentus as I thought it would be. If about 30 minutes were cut out it would have been a great movie.
If you love action movies then you will get a kick out of it. However, the severAl flaws almost ruined for me. This better viewed at home as I got restless after a while. Now if they make a Thanksgiving movie thren I will be happy. P.S. there needs to be a grindhouse sequel, but it bombed so that's not happening. Maybe the blu-ray will sell really well and... oh who am I kidding there will be no sequel, but it's fun to imagine, isn't it? I give it 3.5/5.
