The script for Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn” is the first full- length feature that Quentin Tarantino has written since “Pulp Fiction.” And from the evidence here, he’s resting comfortably on his laurels.Ī violent road movie that disintegrates into a lurid vampire spoof, “From Dusk Till Dawn” is a plodding, aggressive pastiche of various exploitation genres.Ī pair of homicidal brothers on the run from the law, Seth and Richard Gecko (George Clooney and Tarantino himself), are nobody’s idea of heroes. Like “Twister,” the star of this film is unquestionably the fierce weather pattern.ġ995 film starring George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino directed by Robert Rodriguezĭimension Home Video 108 minutes rated R no suggested list price John Savage needs a low- salt diet you half expect him to say, “Ahoy, ye maties.” Jeff Bridges plays the captain with a wooden magnificence. Scott Wolf (TV’s “Party of Five” star, who specializes in parts a dozen years his junior) is properly soulful as the quasi-narrator - and the least obnoxious, whiny or spoiled lad of the bunch.
The young actors act reasonably well and tan even better. But Scott can also seduce you back into the brine with images that are so luscious, lavish and liquid that you almost feel moist. Still, when the titular squall hits the windjammer, its a beaut,– spectacularly filmed and so terrifying, you want to head for high ground. space flights, the emerging Kennedy era - come across as all wet. And its efforts to expand the story into the context of the early ’60s - the Bay of Pigs invasion, the U.S.
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The script, based on a real-life incident, is predictable, stereotypical and full of macho mush. If a movie about a group of misunderstood, wayward teenage boys who find their manly but sensitive selves while crewing for a schooner led by a charismatic teacher sounds like a “Dead Sailors Society” or “Captain Crunch Courageous,” then you’d not be far wrong.īut because it’s filmed by Ridley Scott (“Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Thelma & Louise”), you know that at least it’s going to be pretty to watch, and at times even pretty interesting. Hollywood Pictures Home Video 97 minutes rated PG-13 no suggested list price You have to hope he’ll look for better venues to strut that, and decide he’d rather be nuts than be president.ġ996 adventure film starring Jeff Bridges, Scott Wolf, Jeremy Sisto, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Eric Michael Cole, David Selby, David Lascher, Ryan Phillippe, Jason Marsden, Balthazar Getty, Ethan Embry, Zeljko Ivanek directed by Ridley Scott His bland cuteness, buzzy voice and comic timing make him a better comic bad guy than straight good guy, as he showed in “Sleepless in Seattle.” And Robert Goulet does do nice stuff as the deliciously sleazoid host on the talk show Martha works at.īut you have to hand it to Pullman. How on earth Joan Plowright took the wrong exit and landed here, as Whit’s mom, is inexplicable, though she is happily over the top. There’s a ridiculous subplot involving Joan Cusack as a crazed girlfriend who once - in one of the few good lines - tried to assassinate Stevie Nicks. But Pullman has to do too much work here.
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