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PROOF
With
Kurt
Russell,
Rosario
Dawson,
Sydney
Tamiia
Poitier,
Zoe
Bell,
Rose
McGowan,
Vanessa
Ferlito,
Tracie
Thoms,
Mary
Elizabeth
Winstead,
Quentin
Tarantino,
Eli
Roth
Directed
by
Quentin
Tarantino
The
charging-muscle-cars-on-asphalt
flicks
get
a
full
throttle
homage
in
the
shape
of
Stuntman
Mike,
a
demented
old-school
stuntman
who
pursues
and
kills
girls
with
his
death
proof
stunt
car,
by
ripping
right
through
the
vehicle.
A
Tarantino
staple
is
the
protracted
conversation
scene
(building
up
to
the
mayhem)
–
ostensibly
about
crap,
but
nonetheless
engaging
and
entertaining.
You
get
it
here
in
spades.
The
car
crash
sequence
is
spectacularly
graphic,
each
of
the
vehicle
occupants’
demise
shown
in
succession.
But,
when
staking
out
another
set
of
mobile
females,
Stuntman
Mike
gets
more
than
he
bargained
for
when
he
fucks
with
the
wrong
gang
of
girls.
Russell
is
great
as
Mike
and
the
ensemble
of
women
a
feast,
with
the
array
of
shorts
and
gratuitous
butt
and
leg
shots
never
far
off.
The
car
scenes
are
wild
and
action
packed,
the
seventies
soundtrack
adding
to
the
mood
and
even
some
glitches,
film
scratches,
missing
frames
and
jump
edits
added
in
for
that
Grindhouse
feel.
Tarantino’s
foot
fetish
is
again
out
in
full
force,
this
time
abundantly
displayed
with
girls’
bare
feet
up
on
dashboards,
out
car
windows
and
in
the
rain
on
porch
railings
(with
Shannon
Hazlett
doing
foot
doubling).
References
to
his
previous
movies
are
all
over
the
place.
This
is
a
total
blast,
but
hopefully
the
Grindhouse
imitation
won’t
get
aped
in
return,
rehashed
to
become
a
lame
rip-off
of
a
parody.
Or
become
a
stylistic
excuse
for
amateur
filmmaking
-
if
that
happens,
you
may
as
well
pick
up
the
wide
selection
of
tacky
authentic
Grindhouse
flicks.
Yet,
the
difference
here
with
Tarantino
and
Rodriguez’
is,
none
of
the
films
to
which
they’re
paying
homage
was
ever
this
well
made.
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TERROR
With
Rose
McGowan,
Bruce
Willis,
Freddy
Rodríguez,
Josh
Brolin,
Jason
Douglas,
Christine
Rose,
Stacy
Ferguson,
Quentin
Tarantino,
Tom
Savini,
Hung
Nguyen
Directed
by
Robert
Rodriguez
Rodriguez’s
installment
for
the
Grindhouse
double
feature
takes
a
very
different
turn
to
the
auto-mayhem
of
Tarantino’s
Death
Proof.
A
zombie-like
infection
breaks
out
with
military
links,
and
a
bunch
of
survivors
including
a
stripper
who
lost
her
leg,
her
ex-boyfriend
a
martial
arts
expert
tow-truck
driver,
a
female
doctor,
cops
and
a
BBQ
restaurant
owner
fight
their
way
through
the
carnage.
The
madness
erupts
and
heads
explode.
The
humour
is
just
as
wild,
and
the
damaged
frames
and
missing
reels
add
to
the
laughs.
The
over-the-top
action,
violence
and
gore
(expertly
slung
by
Greg
Nicotero
–
winning
Best
Visual
FX
at
the
2008
South
African
X
FEST),
is
not
the
only
plus
point,
but
as
expected,
in
the
hands
of
Rodriguez,
you’re
in
for
one
hell
of
a
cinematic
ride.
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