Given that it runs three hours and 11 minutes and comprises two feature-length movies along with an assortment of bogus trailers, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's

It is also, once it gets going, terrific, sensational fun -- precisely the vibe Grindhouse aims for, but only sporadically attains.

Unlike the anthology films New York Stories or Four Rooms, Grindhouse aims to deliver an actual double feature?two full-length movies, packaged together for the price of one and ...

There isn?t much to know about the characters and in a way, this ends up being faithful to the spirit of the films that Grindhouse aims to emulate.

Grindhouse Review on TVGuide.com ... Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-barreled valentine to all things cheap, sleazy and shocking aims to do far more than pay homage ...