Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

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Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

2007

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Horror

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Stuntman Mike 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.

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

11/17/2007

3.5/4

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.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

09/21/2007

1/5

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.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

09/21/2007

3/5

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.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

01/14/2025

4/5

Deliberately paced but never boring, Tarantino's half of the 'Grindhouse" double bill builds to an adrenaline-pumping climax.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

01/09/2025

4/5

While not all of the female characters are fully fleshed out, the feminist message in Tarantino's car chase movie is impossible to overlook, especially with that satisfying and cathartic final freeze frame.

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Gayle Sequeira

BFI

11/17/2024

The two halves of Death Proof each conclude with a superb car sequence: one a crash, the other a chase; one at night, the other at daytime; one sickening, the other supremely satisfying.

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Kristofer K

@kbkaizer May 13

Half serial killer thriller, half stunt extravaganza; its a spin on the slasher concept with all of Tarantino's style.

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Dominick C.

@RT01915228 May 3

Another great movie, it's a must see if your a Quentin Tarantino fan!!

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Trevor B

@TrevBills Apr 14

PLEASEEEEE QT and RR I beg of you! More Grindhouse!!

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Dave H

@Kiwihunter Apr 7

Nope. Not worth watching at all.

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Michael O.

@GotJeepOmaha Mar 28

Love this, great car movie

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Sam G.

@samG1126 Feb 16

Fun cast to hang out with, first half better than the second

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Synopsis

Stuntman Mike 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)