DEATH
PROOF
With
Kurt
Russell,
Rosario
Dawson,
Rose
McGowan,
Sydney
Tamiia
Poitier,
Zoe
Bell,
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
(including
Zoe
Bell,
who
was
Uma
Thurman's
stunt
double
in
Kill
Bill).
Russell
is
great
as
Mike
and
the
ensemble
of
women
is
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,
jump
edits
and
fake
missing
reels
are
added
in
for
that
messed-up
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.
The
single
disc
South
African
DVD
release
is
not
devoid
of
extras
and
offer
up
several
featurettes,
including
a
look
at
the
legendary
stunt
drivers,
the
cars,
stunt
lady
Zoë
Bell,
as
well
as
a
piece
on
Kurt
Russell’s
stuntman
Mike
character.
Tarantino’s
long-time
editor
Sally
Menke
gets
a
fun
tribute
and
you
also
get
served
a
full
version
of
Mary
Elisabeth
Winstead
singing
Baby,
It’s
You.
No,
sadly
there
are
no
fake
trailers
included.
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