I saw Grindhouse over the weekend when my friend Joey JoJo Shabadu Jr was in town. The easiest word is of course spectacle, it doses you with incredible amounts of gore and schlock, dishing out cornball cliches and explosive violence at every turn.

But in the end, I think exhilarating wins the day as a way to describe Grindhouse. By the time I left the theatre I was so amped up that I felt as if I had just gone through a physical workout.

Of the two feature films in Grindhouse, I think I enjoyed Planet Terror more, if only because standing alone it would be one of the best zombie movies ever made. But Death Proof is certainly a fine accompanying piece, even though I wouldn’t have likely seen it were it issued by itself.

Sadly, this movie hasn’t shown well at the marketplace and thus we likely will never see Grindhouse 2 featuring Thanksgiving and Machete. But still, see this one in theatres while you still can.