I have seen plenty of disgusting movies in my life, but this one probably takes the cake. It was a bad move on my part coming off the stomach flu to see a movie where the zombies bodies are giant boils just waiting to be popped and when they pop they shoot blood everywhere. Also, when the original zombies body parts start falling off, like their testicles it gets very graphic. It is a truly gruesome display of effects, yet because of the genre of film it is all perfectly amazing. If there is one thing Robert Rodriguez does it is that he makes great looking films and this does not disappoint. Freddy Rodriguez and Rose McGowen star as a screwed up couple in the midst of a serious zombie infestation. The movie hits the ground running and does not let up until the very last frame. While you have seen most of the best stuff in the trailer, imagine 90 minutes of that trailer. Yes, McGowen gets a gun for a leg (which is way freaking hot) but this movie is so much more than that.
Around every corner in this movie is something disgusting and funny. From the visuals, to the dialogue , everything is just so outrageous you are either going to love it or hate it. We have a character who cuts the testicles off everyone he kills and keeps them in a jar. Freddy Rodriguez is a member of something unknown to us, but whatever it is it means he can kill anyone in any way he chooses and in his first real action scene he slices and dices his way through a hospital, in a way usually reserved for Wolverine in the X-Men movies. All of this happens through muted colors, scratched film and even a missing reel. The missing reel joke isn't really funny, as much as it is an easy way to avoid the usual nudity shown in "Grindhouse" films.
It would be a mistake to talk about the acting in this thing, or even the writing because they are kind of handcuffed in that aspect by the genre of film they are paying tribute to, so what I can talk about is the feeling i had while watching this thing. Through the whole thing, I could not wait to find out what was going to happen next. I was on the edge of my seat just waiting to see how the next zombie would die or to see what limb would come flying off next. I was hanging on every line of hilarious dialogue and it was not hard to see that Rodriguez was doing this out of love and respect for the films he grew up watching. I don't imagine there is much of an audience for these movies at least not until DVD, but I always felt like I was watching something gruesomely special. Rodriguez even got the synthesized score right. It is wonderful to watch people do things they love just because they want to do it and I have to have a lot of respect for the studios who gave these two incredibly talented artists the money to make this passion film.
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