Rent From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
3.7 of 5 from 214 ratings
1h 44min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- From the creators of Pulp Fiction and Desperado, comes this wild and wicked action thriller about two brothers on a desperate crime spree! Quentin Tarantino stars as a deranged convict who, along with his brother (George Clooney), kidnaps a preacher and his two kids (including Juliette Lewis) and flees for the safety of a remote nightclub in Mexico. But once they arrive, they discover that the club is anything but a safe haven for criminals. It's bloodthirsty clientele forces the brothers to team up with their hostages in order to escape alive.
- Actors:
- Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino, Ernest Liu, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Tom Savini, Fred Williamson, Michael Parks, Brenda Hillhouse, John Saxon, Marc Lawrence, Kelly Preston, John Hawkes, Tito Larriva, Peter Atanasoff, Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez, Aimee Graham
- Directors:
- Robert Rodriguez
- Producers:
- Meir Teper, Gianni Nunnari
- Writers:
- Robert Kurtzman, Quentin Tarantino
- Studio:
- Buena Vista
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/10/2011
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary
- Outtakes
- Hollywood Goes to Hell Featurette
- 2 x Music Videos
- Stills Gallery
- The Art of Making the Movie
- Deleted Scenes and Alternative Takes
- On the Set
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of From Dusk Till Dawn
Adult Comedy Thriller that defies expectation. Superb Fun - From Dusk Till Dawn review by GI
Written by Quentin Tarantino this could be mistaken for his direction style too. It's full of QTisms and is an adult, action comedy that intermixes genres in sudden and surprising ways. Really the film shouldn't work especially the transition to horror in the last quarter but bizarrely it does and it's a riot from start to finish. It begins as a contemporary western as we are introduced to brothers Seth (George Clooney) and Ritchie (Quentin Tarantino - in a brave role as a rapist and murderer) who have carried out a bank heist, taken a woman hostage and are heading towards escape in Mexico. There's quick gunplay violence and a witty script as they encounter a lawman in a liquor store. The film then moves into a road movie with a family drama intermixed as the two brothers force the Fuller family (Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu) to get them over the border in the Fuller's motorhome. There's tension here and a strange bond forms between the five of them as they finally reach the strip bar in Mexico where the brothers are to meet their Mexican saviour. But this is where the film takes a very sharp, unexpected and riotous turn into horror. I won't give any spoilers in case you've not seen this but it is a humorous development. There's no let up on the violence and gunplay (reputedly toned down in the final cut) and there's no doubt everyone is having a ball in making this film. There's great special effects, brilliant soundtrack and Clooney is superb as the violent criminal who reveals a little heart at times. This is just good all round adult fun and certainly a film to sit back and enjoy simply as pure spectacular exploitative cinema.
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Good Acting and Exciting Special Effects - From Dusk Till Dawn review by CD
It is always a pleasure seeing the acting talent of George Clooney, particularly in this film where he brings his comic side together with tougher action. The film is pretty violent the whole way through and the comedy is dark. How you rate this film very much depends on how much you like the extraordinary twist half way through. For me, there was enough of an interesting drama arising from the chemistry between Harvey Keitel, the actors playing his character's children George Clooney, and Quentin Tarantino to have made this a good film, without the horror twist. The musical score is great as well.
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