Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

2007

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Horror

List

64%

45 Reviews

Tomatometer

71%

250,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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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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Matt H

Hated this when Grindhouse was released and just re-watched it to see if my opinion changed over 15 years later: Nope. Still hate it. It's the worst of Tarantino's impulses distilled into nearly TWO hours of stilted "cool" dialogue and endless references to better movies. It's all an excuse to set up a cool stunt with Zoe Bell (who chews with her mouth open in a diner scene). Kurt Russell and the cool stolen music are the ONLY reasons anyone would want to watch this string of terrible "clever" monologues. He somehow made Rosario Dawson awful in it and I LOVE her.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Jimi L

Okay, first and foremost, I cannot believe that Death Proof got such a low rating from Rotten tomato critics as well as the audience. That really burns my butt. If you come to think of it even Quentin Tarantino says that was his worst movie. I still don't get it. That movie was without any CGI, the car crashes and racing scenes, bumping into one another was filmed old school 70's style. Yes, the movie was slow at first but that was what made it so good, the buildup, and the second half of the movie is worth watching over and over again. I give it a 100% because I am a good film critic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Audience Member

Tarantino claims it’s the worst movie he’s ever made but I think it’s genius! Yes there’s not really a plot but it was meant to be that way. I feel this was the role Kurt was born to play! It’s fun! It’s gory! It’s sexy! What more do you want in a movie??

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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KB B

Overall it had lots of action but a pretty senseless, underdeveloped plot. I can't recommend it and would never watch it again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/24

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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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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: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Sandra Condito, Shannon McIntosh
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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