From
the back cover
“You’d
better hope you don’t cross paths with the infamous Gecko brothers─Richie and
Seth. They’re fond of banks─robbing them, that is. They’re tough. Cool. Notorious.
In From Dusk Till Dawn, we follow them as they tear a path through the
heartland of America on their way to the borner. It is there, near El Paso,
that they will meet up with their Mexican partners-in-crime to divvy up the
loot they’ve acquired.
“Along
the way, though, an innocent family will enter their lives─an ex-Baptist
preacher, his teenage son, and sexy daughter. We watch as Richie and Seth
enlist the family’s help in getting them safely across the border in the family’s
Winnebago. When they arrive at their dreamed-about world south of the border,
they are met with a terrifying twist.”
Review
Cutting
to the point─there is not a lot to say about this fast-moving,
character-intense heist/vampire screenplay and film, aside from: if you are a
fan of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, or just like the 1996 film that
resulted from this screenplay, chances are you’ll enjoy reading it. If you’re
not, you probably won’t. Tarantino keeps the writing lean ‘n’ mean, with no lag
in action, sleaziness and sketched-out character development, creating a screenplay/film
that is a modern milestone in the vampire flick genre, one that brings to mind
the trashy, Americanized thrills of a 1960s/1970s Hammer film. Worth reading
and owning, this, if you appreciate Tarantino and Rodriguez’s work, or the film
in general.
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