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At the center of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's exploitation twofer, Rose McGowan offers all a fanboy could want. In one film she's a one-legged go-go dancer, proffering full red lips, black-and-red bra-top, and a machine gun prosthesis. And that's only in Planet Terror, where she and boyfriend Freddy Rodriguez battle biological-warfare-induced zombies; in Tarantino's Death Proof, she's the dim blond victim of girl-killing stunt driver Kurt Russell. Full of girls, cars and zombies, both movies are less awesome and angry than indulgent, their genuflecting to movies of yore oddly nostalgic but also, dense with self-love. The scratched-up frames, gore effects and real-metal-smashing auto crashes are combined with kick-ass females to produce what seem like adoring imitations of imitations. It's great to see Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey resurrected, and even, for a minute, to listen to Tracie Thoms spew Samuel Jackson-ish profanity. Some gags are too obvious (soldier-boy Tarantino's dripping dick), others too prolonged (Snake Plissken's teary-then-freeze-framed collapse). The trailers that run before and between the movies are already legendary (one starring the excellent Danny Trejo, another a slasher flick by fanboy extraordinaire Eli Roth), and make strong cases for deft brevity in such endeavors. —Cindy Fuchs

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Official Site: grindhousemovie.net

Rating:	R
Director:	Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Cast:	Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen
Release Date:	April 5, 2007 (Limited (Special Showings), April 6, 2007 (Nationwide)
Running Time:	191
Distributor:	The Weinstein Co./Dimension
Producer:	Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Genre:	Action/Adventure, Horror
Advisory:	for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use