From Dusk Till Dawn
Published 2024-04-20
Film info
- Title From Dusk Till Dawn
- Director Robert Rodriguez
- Year 1996
- Run time 1hr 48m
- Genres Crime, Action, Thriller, Horror
- Tagline One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be a hell of a night.
- Cast George Clooney, Salma Hayek Pinault
A kidnapped family and their two murderous captors confront bloodthirsty demons after crossing the Mexican border.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:30 | How can you just crick one leg? Even if only one leg hurts, you still gotta do both. |
| 9:08 | Oh god, the popcorn. |
| 11:01 | Gaffa tape even fixes holes in your hand. |
| 22:00 | 16 is a huge death toll for just a couple of days. |
| 31:20 | "Let's get rambling." |
| 33:36 | George Clooney is captivating, it has to be said. |
| 49:39 | You need to be a truck driver to drive those RVs? |
| 53:11 | Loving Kate having a good time despite everything. |
| 56:20 | Did she really have to dance with the snake? OOF. I can't even watch. |
| 1:02:10 | Wait, what? |
| 1:10:51 | It's sort of a very convoluted Of Mice and Men. |
| 1:11:55 | "Aside from that unfortunate business, everything is hunky dory." |
| 1:25:18 | Shotgun cross! |
| 1:37:47 | Glitterball of doom. |
Thoughts
I'm fuming about this film. The first hour was SO GOOD. So good. Great acting, great cinematography, tense pacing and a really intriguing relationship developing between the captors and captives. And then what? Forget all that, it's not really important. Second half, we're fighting vampires.
And sure, I'm peeved at the twist and too uncultured to appreciate the confidence and art in doing it. But what makes it worse for me is that the last forty minutes were just awful. They basically switched on the tap of horror gore and just left it on to play out the rest of the movie. Endless blood and goo and shotguns and arrows and crosses and melting faces and bad effects and is this over yet?
What. A. Waste.
Rating: 1 / 5