The role wasn’t exactly well-developed in the non-physical sense. Salma Hayek’s Santanico Pandemonium (which totally sounds like a lame Star Wars villain name) is one of the most unforgettable female vampires in cinema, but that’s largely thanks to her giving one of the most epic exotic dances ever captured on film. Zane Holtz plays his psychotic brother, Richie, in the role Tarantino lent his permanently-agitated demeanor to (in a rare authentic-feeling performance from him). Clooney’s performance in the role of the cynical (but not quite morally bankrupt) bank robber with a big mouth was my favorite of his career and Cotrona did as good a job as could ever be expected. Out of the actors, DJ Cotrona does the best job of channeling the original performance as Seth Gecko. Rodriguez as showrunner is the only returning member of the original crew, with all new faces in front of the camera. How do you replace a cast including Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino (who also wrote the script), Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Tom Savini, Danny Trejo, and Fred Williamson? It was a perfect combination of mainstream Hollywood faces and cult cinema heroes written by one of the craziest writers in the business and directed by one of the most stylish action directors out there. The original From Dusk till Dawn featured a star-studded ensemble with some career-defining performances among them. I seldom do this, but I’m going to lead with the cast. The television show does a pretty respectable job of bringing that concept to the small screen in spite of its limitations. In the pre-grindhouse revival days, it seemed like the most insane thing ever and by any standard it’s still a ton of fun and a 90’s horror mash-up touchstone. They end up taking a family hostage in an attempt to get past the border and reach their contacts on the other side where they take refuge in a strip joint. Let’s see how it went.įor those not in the know, From Dusk till Dawn tells the story of a pair of sibling bankrobbers on the run to Mexico. The Titty Twister bar is back open for business and the Gecko brothers ride again. My current cable package sadly doesn’t carry El Rey, but -as it so often does- Netflix has my back on this one and I got to enjoy the televisation of one of the most unique and badass vampire films of all time this week. Last week, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For inspired me to take a look at Frank Miller, and this week it’s co-director Rodriguez’s turn. I was pretty excited when I heard Robert Rodriguez had started his own cable channel, El Rey, in order to bring even more of his Mexican-American flavored brand of tongue-in-cheek action entertainment to the public.
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We’re accustomed to the slew of modern remakes and reboots of cult films by now, but to have a director decide he wants to expand his own classic film into a full television series? That’s a special kind of idea. It’s a rare thing for a creator to revisit and expand upon their existing work.
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