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Loud, fast, and proudly out of control, Grindhouse is a tribute to the low-budget exploitation movies that lurked at drive-ins and inner city theaters in the '60s and early '70s. Writers/directors Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) cooked up this three-hour double feature as a way to pay homage to these films, and the end result manages to evoke the down-and-dirty vibe of the original films for an audience that may be too young to remember them. Tarantino's Death Proof is the mellower of the two, relatively speaking; it's wordier (as to be expected) and rife with pulp/comic book posturing and eminently quotable dialogue. It also features a terrific lead performance by Kurt Russell as a homicidal stunt man whose weapon of choice is a souped-up car. Tarantino's affection for his own dialogue slows down the action at times, but he does provide showy roles for a host of likable actresses, including Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rose McGowan, Sydney Poitier, and newcomer Zoe Bell, who was Uma Thurman's stunt double in Kill Bill. Detractors may decry the rampant violence and latch onto a sexist undertone in Tarantino's feature, but for those viewers who grew up watching these types of films in either theaters or on VHS, such elements will be probably be more of a virtue than a detrimental factor. --Paul Gaita
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In my experience any film with the word "Death" in the title is always worth watching -Death Warrant (Van Damme) superb, DeathRace 2000 (Stallone) brilliant, Death Becomes Her...actually, not that one. But on the whole its been proved I think.
Death Proof is an awesome car-chase based movie with a sinister edge to it. Filmed in a grainy 70s style it looks super-cool. It may not be pure-action the whole time but thats so it gradually builds up to the eye-popping high-octane chase and crash scenes later on. It has the best car-chase at the end and one of the most satisfying endings to a film ever witnessed. Buy it. Watch it again & again & again etc... Super-cool film!
Death Proof is an awesome car-chase based movie with a sinister edge to it. Filmed in a grainy 70s style it looks super-cool. It may not be pure-action the whole time but thats so it gradually builds up to the eye-popping high-octane chase and crash scenes later on. It has the best car-chase at the end and one of the most satisfying endings to a film ever witnessed. Buy it. Watch it again & again & again etc... Super-cool film!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Yeah theres all the arty stuff and all the references to old movies and the amazing style, sound and direction. The camerawork is great, there are sexy ladies and Tarantinos performance in this one wasnt too bad. But even all of this doesn't make a great film.
For the first half I didn't get it. I sat there hating Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russel) and hating the film. I thought Tarantino had missed the mark bigtime, like a lot of other people here. I sat and watched as the second half of the film built up the backstory of more characters, and then stuntman mike appears again and I feared more of the same.
It was about then I realised this was a vengeance movie. I would go as far as to say one of the best of all time, only behind "Oldboy". To be frank most of the movie is just building up to the end; but what an end. Never have I hated a main character so much that the thought of vengeance, which dominates the other characters on screen, was resounding so deep within me that I was so sure the antagonist deserved what he got. To be shown a desire for vengeance like that was something no film has ever made me feel before.
This movie is the pure, distilled example of how to make the audience really care about the characters on screen. There is no complex plot. There wasn't a big budget. But the raw emotion this film can invoke, if you let it, is well worth it.
For the first half I didn't get it. I sat there hating Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russel) and hating the film. I thought Tarantino had missed the mark bigtime, like a lot of other people here. I sat and watched as the second half of the film built up the backstory of more characters, and then stuntman mike appears again and I feared more of the same.
It was about then I realised this was a vengeance movie. I would go as far as to say one of the best of all time, only behind "Oldboy". To be frank most of the movie is just building up to the end; but what an end. Never have I hated a main character so much that the thought of vengeance, which dominates the other characters on screen, was resounding so deep within me that I was so sure the antagonist deserved what he got. To be shown a desire for vengeance like that was something no film has ever made me feel before.
This movie is the pure, distilled example of how to make the audience really care about the characters on screen. There is no complex plot. There wasn't a big budget. But the raw emotion this film can invoke, if you let it, is well worth it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Other reviewers have dealt with the fact that this film was originally released as a double feature with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror under the title Grindhouse, so I wont go into that again here.
This part of the feature is Quentin Tarantino's homage to the Grindhouse genre of cinema, those cheap, gory films that infested the flea pits of the seventies and eighties. In all honesty all Tarantino's films could be said to be an homage or continuation of this genre, but her it is more overt. The story is essentially that Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike likes to kill people using his car as the weapon. It's a great story, and could lead to a thrilling action packed film (which is what you'd think you were getting from the advert!)
But Tarantino is far to interested in being clever to bother delivering what you're expecting. The film is shot largely in that old fashioned oversaturated technicolour, which gives it a seventies feel. To add to the effect, there are lots of deliberate scratches on the film, editing errors, jumps and flickers and even a short section filmed in black and white. Tarantino has made so much effort to make it feel like a cheap seventies flick that it almost feels churlish when you get annoyed by the artifice rather than charmed by it.
Most of the film is girls sat round various bars and cars chattering inanely with dialogue that is supposedly cool and witty, but in reality incredibly dull. Kurt Russell is a great contrast, not saying too much but making a huge impression. He really seems to enjoy his role, and gets right into the spirit of the creepy Mike, relishing some of the best lines in the film.
When the action finally picks up it is supremely well staged. Got to give Tarantino that, no one stages action scenes quite as well as he does. And the car chases and smashes, when they arrive, are a real thrill. The final sequence is worth sitting through the rest of the film for.
The sound track, as so often the case with Tarantino, is a real strength. A well chosen set of tracks that really drive the film along and accentuate the vibe. This aspect I loved all the way through.
3 stars in total. It's a bit too knowing and clever for its own good, but when it gets going it does so with style and verve. And any director who mentions one of my favourite bands, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch, so prominently gets an extra mark from me!
This part of the feature is Quentin Tarantino's homage to the Grindhouse genre of cinema, those cheap, gory films that infested the flea pits of the seventies and eighties. In all honesty all Tarantino's films could be said to be an homage or continuation of this genre, but her it is more overt. The story is essentially that Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike likes to kill people using his car as the weapon. It's a great story, and could lead to a thrilling action packed film (which is what you'd think you were getting from the advert!)
But Tarantino is far to interested in being clever to bother delivering what you're expecting. The film is shot largely in that old fashioned oversaturated technicolour, which gives it a seventies feel. To add to the effect, there are lots of deliberate scratches on the film, editing errors, jumps and flickers and even a short section filmed in black and white. Tarantino has made so much effort to make it feel like a cheap seventies flick that it almost feels churlish when you get annoyed by the artifice rather than charmed by it.
Most of the film is girls sat round various bars and cars chattering inanely with dialogue that is supposedly cool and witty, but in reality incredibly dull. Kurt Russell is a great contrast, not saying too much but making a huge impression. He really seems to enjoy his role, and gets right into the spirit of the creepy Mike, relishing some of the best lines in the film.
When the action finally picks up it is supremely well staged. Got to give Tarantino that, no one stages action scenes quite as well as he does. And the car chases and smashes, when they arrive, are a real thrill. The final sequence is worth sitting through the rest of the film for.
The sound track, as so often the case with Tarantino, is a real strength. A well chosen set of tracks that really drive the film along and accentuate the vibe. This aspect I loved all the way through.
3 stars in total. It's a bit too knowing and clever for its own good, but when it gets going it does so with style and verve. And any director who mentions one of my favourite bands, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch, so prominently gets an extra mark from me!
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Despicably Dull
this film was the worst film ive ever seen. it took a while to think of painfully awful films, only 127 hours was a film that came to mind that would rival it for being as boring. Read more
Published 13 days ago by The truth hurts
"..AWESOME.."
DEATHPROOF is awesome!! this is one of 2 films that were made by quentin tarantino and robert rodriguez, this one being the tarantino half! Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
Death Proof
I remember when this film came out back in 2007 and it was greeted by a fairly negative reaction. I didn't bother heeding this ominous signal when deciding to watch Death Proof,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. S. A. Johnson
Dafter pooh
Evidently the result of Quentin Tarantino trying to write a whole film around the admittedly impressive talents of stuntwoman Zoe Bell, this is an ordeal from start to finish. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alec Tronn
On form
Tarantino is back on form with this film. If your a fan of his previous work you will enjoy this. It has the usual mix of interesting characters and dialoge between them. Read more
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Special Edition 2 DVD
DVD-9
Language: English,French
Subtitles:English, French,Netherlands
16:9 Anamorphic
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DVD-9
Language: English,French
Subtitles:English, French,Netherlands
16:9 Anamorphic
Sound: dts 5. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andi Tupa
Has it's moments
The problem with Death Proof is evident: It's too long.
If Tarantino really wanted to pay homage to the Grindhouse movement all he had to do was work with the material that he... Read more
If Tarantino really wanted to pay homage to the Grindhouse movement all he had to do was work with the material that he... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Colonel Decker
Future proof
This film will alwaysbe future proof as it is made to look like an old 1970 exploitation film.i wont spoil anyones funby telling you the plot,suffice it to say its about cars girls... Read more
Published 4 months ago by K. T. Hercock
Fast Cars, Slow movie
A disappointing effort from Tarantino here.
This movie doesn't really have a plot, it's really 2 movies rolled into 1 where the first half features a bunch of babes who... Read more
This movie doesn't really have a plot, it's really 2 movies rolled into 1 where the first half features a bunch of babes who... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gigoer
It may be Deathproof, it ain't 'BORINGPROOF'
I find Quentin's films can be a bit like Marmite, with this one i didn't enjoy it at all. I normally give films the '30 minute rule'
If after half an hour i'm not engaged with... Read more
If after half an hour i'm not engaged with... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Llamaman
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