Death Proof (2007)
April 14th 2008 01:58
Starring: Kurt Russell, Sydney Poitier, Rosario Dawson, Jordan Ladd, Zoe Bell, Rose McGowan, Quentin Tarantino
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Running Time: 114 minutes
TARANTINO goes for the ultimate 60s B-grade compliment by making an ode to Blaxploitation, Roger Corman, and Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and everything in between.
Russell plays hard-done-by Stuntman Mike, who, as his name suggests, is a stuntman. More importantly, he has a “death proof”car – well the driver’s side is anyway - which is used to pick up women and then literally batter them to death.
Film is divided into two stories – one where he stalks and kills a group of young woman. The second where he stalks a group of young women but gets his butt kicked. Pretty simple, but with anything Tarantino does, it’s the dialogue that drives the pic.
From the get go Taratino throws the viewer back to a by-gone era with a flashback to the late 60s/early 70s-type intro to movies and television programmes. I was the waiting for the “Quinn Martin” production logo to make an appearance.
"Whaddya mean this ain't the set of Escape from New York?"
After spending a few months in hospital, Stuntman Mike is back on the trail of his next victims. Bad idea. He picked on the wrong babes to mess with, and not even his death-proof car may save him.
Some of the dialogue is over-wrought. The sheriff explaining to his deputy on his theory as to what Stuntman Mike is up to, comes across as contrived. Would go as far to say this is probably Taratino’s worst feature, but being a Quentin movie, it’s still not a bad outing.
Probably the best part of the story is the car chase scene where Zoe Bell is obviously doing her own stunts. Looked like a lot of fun.
2.5 stars out of 5
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I don't think anyone will ever say it's a great film along the lines of, say, Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill, but it's certainly a good ride and worth the time.