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Planet Terror [Special Edition] [Extended and Unrated]

Actor(s): Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Gore
Movie Release: 2007
DVD Release: 10/16/2007
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
Studio: Weinstein Company
Members Wishing: 2
Genres: Horror, Action Thriller, Creature Film
See Also: Planet Terror [Best Buy Exclusive Tin], Planet Terror [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez details the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombie-like humanoids who have taken control of the planet and the remaining survivors who refuse to go down without a fight. A dangerous government experiment has unleashed an abominable contamination that turns normal people into murderous mutants. Now, as an infinitely multiplying horde of frenzied psychotics flood the Texas plains, a dangerous outlaw named Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), a sexy stripper named Cherry (Rose McGowan), an unscrupulous smuggler named Abby (Naveen Andrews), and the curiously incapacitated Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) must try and make their way to the helicopter that could provide their only means of escaping to a place untouched by this nightmarish scourge that threatens to wipe out all of humankind. This nonstop action-horror hybrid originally was released as part of Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's ambitious Grindhouse double bill. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Rose McGowan - Cherry
Freddy Rodriguez - Wray
Josh Brolin - Dr. William Block
Marley Shelton - Dakota
Jeff Fahey - JT

Member Movie Reviews

Michael G. (mgmirkin) from PORTLAND, OR wrote on 10/20/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Unbelievable... In many senses of the word. One being that it requires serious suspension of disbelief, another being that it's unbelievably gory as only a zombie movie can be. Rose McGowan is a little unbelievable as the heroine. From Charmed to action star all in a single bound? Meh. She was okay, but I kept wanting her to whip out a spell book and hex the lot of 'em back to kingdom come...

This movie definitely had the "grindhouse"feel going for it in spades, from the faux film scratches and defects to the "missing reel" gag and the take-no-prisoners action, violence and splatterfest moments. Did I mention things tend to blow up spontaneously. I lost track of how many cars seemed to blow up with nothing around them...

Seriously though, probably one of the more slick zombie movies out there. Right up there with Dawn of the Dead (remake), Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil, Zombieland, 28 Days Later and a couple others. If you're into zombies pretty hardcore, this may be the movie for you. If you dislike gore or zombies in the least, keep this at arm's length, in fact, ship it to the other side of the country.

James B. (wandersoul73) from LANCASTER, TX wrote on 6/18/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Bravo! What a wonderful film.

Vanessa V. (sevenspiders) wrote on 3/12/2009...

5 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.

Planet Terror is magic. Apocalyptic, decaying corpse-filled, gut-spewing, ultracampy, manic, frenetic magic. If you wouldn't care to see a guy turning into a zombie with pustules bursting banana-yellow goo, spare yourself the trauma. If that's your cup of tea, look no further.

The plot, in an extremely cliched nutshell, is that all hell breaks loose in a small southwestern town, when the local military loses control of a deadly virus that turns people into flesh-eating monsters covered in infected sores. A small group of survivors, including a GoGo dancer who's lost a leg to the undead, a mysterious mercenary, the battered wife of the local doctor, and the owner of the local barbeque, band together to fight off the ravening hoard.

Along the way one-liners are cracked, cars are blown up and enough blood is shed that the actors might as well have been given water-guns filled with fake blood and told to reinact the battle of Gettysburg. The whole thing is done in true B-movie style, with a sort mad glee as infectious as the zombie plague. You'll laugh your way through this love-letter to camp horror films, if you can stand to watch.