From Dusk Till Dawn
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After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritical opinion split sharply along genre lines: the film's abrupt mid-movie gear-shift from crime thriller to all-out vampire carnage either read as gleefully trashy fun or as a hollow exercise in shock-value cynicism. Audience numbers have held steadier than press reviews ever suggested, making this a case where popular taste outlasted critical consensus.
“a skillful meat-and-potatoes action extravaganza with some added neat touches”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The latter part of From Dusk till Dawn is so relentless that it's as if a spigot has been turned on and then broken. Though some of the tricks are entertainingly staged, the film loses its clever edge when its action heats up so gruesomely and exploitatively that there's no time for talk”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“Rodriguez and Tarantino have taken the let-'em-eat-trash cynicism of modern corporate moviemaking and repackaged it as junk-conscious 'attitude'. In From Dusk till Dawn, they put on such a show of cooking up popcorn that they make pandering to the audience seem hip”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“The movie, which treats you with contempt for even watching it, is a monument to its own lack of imagination. It's a triumph of vile over content; mindless nihilism posing as hipness”
Desson Howe·The Washington Post
“This is horror with a wink and a nod to drive-in theatres and sweaty back seats. This is how it's done”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
Genres
Action, Crime, Horror
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirector
George ClooneySeth Gecko
Quentin TarantinoRichard Gecko
Harvey KeitelJacob Fuller
Juliette LewisKate Fuller
Ernest LiuScott Fuller
Salma Hayek PinaultSantanico Pandemonium
Cheech MarinBorder Guard / Chet Pussy / Carlos
Danny TrejoRazor Charlie
Tom SaviniSex Machine
Fred WilliamsonFrost
Michael ParksTexas Ranger Earl McGraw
Brenda HillhouseHostage Gloria
Graeme RevellComposerQuentin TarantinoWriter
Robert KurtzmanWriter
Guillermo NavarroCinematographyFrom Dusk Till Dawn
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritical opinion split sharply along genre lines: the film's abrupt mid-movie gear-shift from crime thriller to all-out vampire carnage either read as gleefully trashy fun or as a hollow exercise in shock-value cynicism. Audience numbers have held steadier than press reviews ever suggested, making this a case where popular taste outlasted critical consensus.
“a skillful meat-and-potatoes action extravaganza with some added neat touches”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The latter part of From Dusk till Dawn is so relentless that it's as if a spigot has been turned on and then broken. Though some of the tricks are entertainingly staged, the film loses its clever edge when its action heats up so gruesomely and exploitatively that there's no time for talk”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“Rodriguez and Tarantino have taken the let-'em-eat-trash cynicism of modern corporate moviemaking and repackaged it as junk-conscious 'attitude'. In From Dusk till Dawn, they put on such a show of cooking up popcorn that they make pandering to the audience seem hip”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“The movie, which treats you with contempt for even watching it, is a monument to its own lack of imagination. It's a triumph of vile over content; mindless nihilism posing as hipness”
Desson Howe·The Washington Post
“This is horror with a wink and a nod to drive-in theatres and sweaty back seats. This is how it's done”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
Genres
Action, Crime, Horror
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirectorGeorge ClooneySeth GeckoQuentin TarantinoRichard GeckoHarvey KeitelJacob FullerJuliette LewisKate FullerErnest LiuScott FullerSalma Hayek PinaultSantanico PandemoniumCheech MarinBorder Guard / Chet Pussy / CarlosDanny TrejoRazor CharlieTom SaviniSex MachineFred WilliamsonFrostMichael ParksTexas Ranger Earl McGrawBrenda HillhouseHostage GloriaGraeme RevellComposerQuentin TarantinoWriterRobert KurtzmanWriterGuillermo NavarroCinematographyRent & Buy