But the majority of the film takes place either inside a car or a restaurant where we sit with two different groups of women who talk about sex, life, and their relationship problems. Every time he is on screen I found myself engaged in him and the story. Unfortunately, the movie’s biggest problem is the fact that we don’t see enough of Stuntman Mike in action. The first car-crash-killing sequence is very well done and goes down as one of the most violent scenes in all of Tarantino’s movies, living up to the grindhouse reputation. I just wish we could explore his character more and see him in action for more than two scenes. Russell is clearly having a lot of fun with the role and I loved his dialogue. The moment he gets them into his car, he flips a switch and becomes a merciless and malicious killer. We see how he works his victims as he shows them his charm and flashes them his “cool” job. The first scene where we are introduced to Stuntman Mike is an extended sequence where he stalks and follows his victims into a bar. The idea of a crazy stunt driver killing people with his death-proof car could not be a better premise for a fun movie, let alone a Tarantino movie. The movie’s strongest points are the plot and Kurt Russell’s character. Even accepting the “poor film making” as something that Tarantino was clearly going for, it felt largely inconsistent after the first half of the movie. The 70’s aesthetic slowly disappears and becomes, well, a normal looking movie. But about halfway through the movie it’s almost as if Tarantino either got lazy or forgot that he was making a grindhouse movie. The only indicator of this is one of the characters has a cell phone. It is also an interesting choice that Tarantino places this movie in modern day rather than the 70’s. This is certainly the most unique aspect of the movie, as it is covered with a bevy of negative scratches and terrible edits. They are also known for being of really poor quality, having bad acting, negative scratches on the film, and clipped dialogue. These types of movies generally have bizarre plot points and contain explicit violence and sexual content. A grindhouse movie is a sub-genre that is essentially an exploitation film, popularized in the 1970’s. Tarantino released this movie alongside Planet Terror, directed by Robert Rodriguez, as a “Grindhouse” double feature. Mike has been playing this game for a while, that is until he meets his match when he comes across the wrong set of women.Ĭontact Quentin Tarantino – Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike in Death Proof 2007 Mike claims to be a stunt driver for the movies and lures his victims into his “death-proof” car where he takes joy in killing his victims by crashing and destroying his car, each time leaving everyone dead at the scene of the accident. With the hype surrounding his latest film set to come out next week, let’s look at Tarantino’s fifth film and why it stands as the worst film in his filmography.ĭeath Proof stars Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, and a slew of other talented women that are stalked by Kurt Russell’s character, Stuntman Mike. Having come off of Kill Bill volumes 1 & 2, expectations could not have been higher for Tarantino’s grindhouse flick Death Proof. Since his first Oscar win for Pulp Fiction, audiences feverishly wait for his next violent, curse word-filled masterpiece. Quentin Tarantino is in a unique club: every movie he makes comes with an extraordinarily high bar of expectations.
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