A terrific build up and then .... wham a 180 degree plot twist that really sucks. It's a lost opportunity with such an excellent cast. Still it is entertaining and Salma Hayek is smoking hot!!!

It was probably the most fun I had at the cinema back in 1996. I absolutely love "From Dusk Till Dawn", very much one of those films that you either buy into or you don't. There's no surprise element with the film, you get everything that director Robert Rodriguez and writer Quentin Tarantino said you would get - a hard buttocked road movie that turns into a raging "B" horror movie gore fest.

The plot, for what's it's worth, sees two criminal brothers, Seth (George Clooney) & Richie Gecko (Tarantino) on the lam after Richie breaks Seth out of prison. They are heading for the haven of Mexico with wads of cash garnered from a robbery. After overcoming a couple of fatal (for others) hiccups, the brothers, in need of a vehicle, kidnap faithless minister Jacob (Harvey Keitel), his daughter Kate (Juliette Lewis) and adopted son Scott (Ernest Liu). From here they must make it to a rendezvous point in Mexico - a bar called "The Titty Twister", where they will exchange cash with a friend of Seth's and start their new lives as Mexican civilians. Trouble is, is that "The Titty Twister" isn't no ordinary bar, it's a vampire stronghold and the Geko's - and their newly acquired captives, are on the menu. Can they make it till dawn and let the daylight be their saviour?.

Swearing, blood, limbs severed, nudity, violence, sexual references, guns, more violence, more blood, other weapons, lots of teeth, bats, a snake, more violence. On it goes really, yet as Rodriguez and Tarantino start thrusting a blunt blade into your stomach, you really should be feeling them also caressing the funny bones in both your arms. For it's a key point that "From Dusk Till Dawn" is a damn funny film as well, something that bizarrely many critics have failed to understand. Honestly you can go to various sites and read people saying the characters are shallow, or the plot is preposterous!! Dear me, it staggers the mind. Hey don't like the film by all means, but failure to understand its genre leanings and homage persuasion is as funny as Cheech Marin is in the movie (one of many awesome "B" cult movie actors in the pic). It's bonkers and silly as hell, but once a fan of "From Dusk Till Dawn", you are a fan for life. Well as long as you don't venture out to "The Titty Twister" yourself of course..

Welcome To Slavery. 9/10

"From Dusk Till Dawn" is a film from Robert Rodriguez (director) and Quentin Tarantino (writer and star)....so you can safely assume it's NOT a family-friendly movie! In fact, compared to their other work, it's even more violent and inappropriate. So, I suggest you ask your mother permission before watching the film!

I hated the first portion of the film, as it was ultraviolent and cruel. Folks are murdered right and left by the sadistic Gecko brothers (George Clooney and Tarantino). I hated this portion and seeing them lighting folks on fire and shooting others in the head at close range nearly made me turn off the film.

Later, following this rampage, they kidnap a family in an RV and head to Mexico. There they stumble into a bar in the middle of nowhere (whose name IMDB probably won't let me write due to their standards). While at first it seems to be nothing other than a strip club filled with drunks, soon the folks there reveal themselves to be vampires....and about 30-45 minutes of non-stop carnage follows. Believe it or not, despite all the impalings, exploding heads and the like, this violence seemed silly, over-the-top and not at all realistic...which is why I much prefer this portion of the film. They weren't murdering people but evil monsters...and the special effects were so far over the top and silly that it really isn't that horrid to watch. However, be forewarned....this is a very adult movie in most every way. There are MANY, MANY politically incorrect and sexist things in the film...and once again, IMDB's standards probably make it impossible for me to list them here!! The film WILL offend many viewers.

Don't show this to kids, Father O'Malley or your mother if they come to visit!!