The doorman is played by Cheech Marin, who also plays two other roles, popping up to often he doesn't need the vampire plot to qualify as undead. In Mexico, the mobile home wheels up to the Titty Twister, a scroungy strip joint with a bizarre decor (this goes next door to Jack Rabbit Slim's in the Tarantino Mall). Rodriguez doesn't make it very real, though, wisely handling the death of a harmless bank teller in flashes too quick to be seen, since more detail would sink the macabre mix of violence and humor. His son thinks he knows better: "Dad - I watch the reality shows!" The charm of the dialog in these scenes has a lot of competition from the state-of-the-art mayhem, which leaves blood and brains spattered everywhere. The minister is inclined to cooperate with the desperadoes. Now the minister and his kids are heading south in a mobile home the Gekkos hope to hide in while crossing the border. The minister has left the church after the death of his wife, leaving an opening for another of Tarantino's passages of theological dialog. Holed up in a sleazebag motel, they take hostages: a former Baptist minister ( Harvey Keitel) and his children ( Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). Richard has helped Seth break out of prison, and now they're heading for the Mexican border with the bank loot, and Richard, who is a rabid loony, is blasting everyone in sight, including innocent bystanders. After enjoying modest success at the box office, it has since become a cult film. It stars George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis.
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They've robbed a bank and left a trail of dead and wounded (all toted up by a TV news reporter's digital carnage readout). Template:Other uses Template:Infobox film From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino. After the title sequence, we get to know the central characters, Seth and Richard Gekko ( George Clooney and Tarantino). Those who liked the shoot-outs in Rodriguez's " El Mariachi" and " Desperado" will like the second half, which is non-stop mayhem in a scuzzy bikers' and truckers' strip joint, with lots of vampires, exploding eyeballs, cascading guts, and a weapon made out of a powered wooden stake (I guess you could call it a Pneumatic Vampire Drill). Those who loved the invention of Tarantino's dialog in " Pulp Fiction" will like the first half, especially a brilliant pre-title sequence featuring Michael Parks as a Texas Ranger who creates a whole world out of a little dialogue.
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Watched via Dimension's DVD.Actually, a lot of people will hate half of the movie and like the other half. Should've stayed dusty horror western with duels, chance run-ins with fanged hitchers, and more Parks agitated over dwindling whiskey. It can't compete with the enegry of Rodriguez's film and the added Santanico Pandemonium origin story is a weak substitute. Another escalating brawl leads to another vampire awakening from spilt blood.
Getting to the bar is when Hangman's Daughter becomes a cheap imitation of the first film.
In an unexpected bit of speculative history, Michael Parks plays Bierce, who really did travel to Mexico in 1913 to chronicle their revolution in Pancho Villa's army before disappearing without a trace. Pesce imparts flavoring from a Sergio Corbucci western with stagecoach raids and cemeteries strewn with wooden crosses bathed in intensely warm hues.
The stronger of the two From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) follow-ups detailing American writer Ambrose Bierce, a gunslinger freed from execution, and a kidnapped hangman's daughter converging on the Titty Twister's precursor.