Death Proof is the ultimate Tarantino movie which is full of action,
cliché and bad acting in this modern "B-Movie" which pays homage to
the 1970's of the schlock horror/action genre. The film removes
around Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) who stalks beautiful women with
his deadly vintage car but when he chooses the wrong trio of girls
(Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, and Zoe Bell), it becomes a powerful
struggle and a reversal of cat and mouse.
Like most Tarantino films, there are plenty of nods to pop culture
and it's entertaining to see modern cars and mobile phones in this
movie as it feels like it has come directly from the 1970's with its
grainy film quality. Most of the scenes are deliberately short on
plot development, the dialogue comes thick and fast throughout and
the film stock is often cleverly manipulated to perfectly replicate
the B-movie aesthetic.
The unfortunate aspect of Death Proof is that it was originally
released as part of the "Grindhouse" double feature with Robert
Rodriguez's Planet Terror and when both movies were released
independently in Australia, extra footage was needed in both films
which sometimes make the scenes seem extraordinary long and dull at
times. Still an entertaining Quentin Tarantino movie!
Special Features:
Disc 1: Death Proof: extended
Trailers and poster gallery
Disc 2: Stunts on wheels: The legendary drivers of
Death Proof
Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike
Finding Quentin's gals
The guys of Death Proof
Introducing Zoell
Quentin's greatest collaborator: editor Sally Menke
Double Dare trailer