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.
Robey S. (Robey) wrote on 5/21/2008...
2 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Really fun to watch, but serious B movie. LOL