Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.
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.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
A tired, humorless pastiche of various exploitation genres that is not the least bit imaginative in its campy deconstruction of conventions.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
18 Nov 2008
fresh:
On a mindless exploitation level this is pretty good, but on other levels it seems to make promises that it fails to deliver on.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
18 Nov 2008
fresh:
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.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
18 Nov 2008
fresh:
Imagine two movies plucked from opposite sides of the video store.