From Dusk Till Dawn 1996

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Rodriguez demonstrates his talents more clearly than ever -- he's visually inventive, quick-witted and a fabulous editor -- while still hampering himself with sophomoric material. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: On a mindless exploitation level this is pretty good, but on other levels it seems to make promises that it fails to deliver on. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Imagine two movies plucked from opposite sides of the video store. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's great fun, but certainly not great art. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The picture shows what happens when a writer (Tarantino) and a director (Rodriguez) come together and reinforce each other's worst tendencies and misconceptions. Read more

Time Out: Rodriguez has a lot of fun dreaming up cool ways to kill people (he's making this his life's work), but he also gets something resembling a performance from Tarantino and transforms Clooney into a full-fledged movie star. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A deliriously trashy, exuberantly vulgar, lavishly appointed exploitation picture, this weird combo of road-kill movie and martial-arts vampire gorefest is made to order for the stimulation of teenage boys. Read more