Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

2007

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Horror

List

64%

Tomatometer

45 Reviews

71%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for deadly drives in his free time. He has doctored his car for maximum impact; when Mike purposely causes wrecks, the bodies pile up while he walks away with barely a scratch. The insane Mike may be in over his head, though, when he targets a tough group of female friends, including real-life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who served as Uma Thurman's double in "Kill Bill"), who plays herself.

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Critics Consensus

Death Proof may feel somewhat minor in the context of Tarantino's larger filmography, but on its own merits, it packs just enough of a wallop to deliver sufficiently high-octane grindhouse goods.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Death Proof is superbly made. There's a terrible tension watching these beautiful and spirited young women getting too close to the flame, followed by enormous relief when the mood changes in the second story.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 17, 2007

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

The dialogue with which Tarantino is usually adept is disastrously clunky, the filmmaking largely without flair and even the apeing of the smears and scratches of the schlock originals seems ridiculous.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 21, 2007

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

With its scratchy print, jerky editing and retro title sequence, Quentin Tarantino's fifth film bends over backwards to establish its Seventies sexploitation-flick credentials.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2007

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John Brhel

Vague Visages

Death Proof is too singularly grindhouse, but it works as a fun, trashy flick, and a cool female empowerment story.

Jun 5, 2023

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

What's seemingly irrelevant acquires interest in Tarantino's troubled waters, dilating time to hit you at the right moment. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 8/10

Jan 18, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Despite it’s throwback cinema bells and whistles, a pretty good first half, and a really fun Kurt Russell performance, the movie ends up losing steam, and the second half can’t maintain the spark of the first 45 minutes or so.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Samuel P

The first HOUR of the movie is spent on side characters only for them to die in 5 seconds. Stuff seems to happen at random. There is no progression, tension, or arc in this movie. Also, the amount of time that is devoted to girls talking about guys is unbelievable. This movie is 1:20 minutes of boring conversations that don't impact the plot and 7 minutes of indulgent violence. That being said, the no-CGI action scenes were cool, so it gets a 1.5

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/24

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Franklin F

Se debería de considerar un clásico del cine, un gran guion por parte de Quentin Tarantino que refleja sus pensamientos perfectamente en la película.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/24

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Thomas P

Dark but in a goofy way. Weirdly unique

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/02/24

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cesar c

Tarantino doing what he does best, action with only dialogue to reach the grand finale of pure adrenaline.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Alec C

Get ready for a slaughter-fest on the streets, with no time to pump the brakes! Stuntman Mike is a serial killer known for causing traffic accidents to kill his victims, but he unfortunately gets more then he bargains for when he targets three stuntwomen who are not about to be taken down so easily. An intense thrill-seeker from start to finish, this film makes it clear that driving can be both dangerous, but so delightfully deranged!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Zach Z

Scary but I enjoyed this movie. Fun. Gruesome. Very good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Synopsis

Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for deadly drives in his free time. He has doctored his car for maximum impact; when Mike purposely causes wrecks, the bodies pile up while he walks away with barely a scratch. The insane Mike may be in over his head, though, when he targets a tough group of female friends, including real-life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who served as Uma Thurman's double in "Kill Bill"), who plays herself.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez, Erica Steinberg, Quentin Tarantino
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Production Co: Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Troublemaker Studios
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 54m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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