Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

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Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

2007

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

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Horror

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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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Nick R

It's definitely not Tarantino's best and is much simpler and more dumbed down than his best works. But 'Death Proof' is honestly still a lot of fun and has a great ending.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Audience Member

I’ve watched the film many times and continue to be delighted by its shameless sexuality in the first act that evolves into a revenge scene that’s both exciting and satisfying. It might not be for everyone, but I love it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Got it! Here’s a more lightly edited version of your review: A true masterpiece! A movie with different levels and multi-dimensional themes, filled with subtle underlying hints. The film is without agenda yet provides a well-crafted story about two different groups of women: one drowned in alcohol and marijuana, and the other immersed in the adventures of autos and gears. One group is a victim of a predatory man, while the other takes revenge on this killer, even when a sheriff in Texas says he'd rather watch NASCAR than follow this man for nothing! It’s about what true feminism could be—empowering women based on skill and self-defense, not just sitting and crying about how they are mistreated! They are not butterflies! Tarantino wants to tell us, with the inappropriate cuts and old-style movie techniques, that it is a movie—relax and enjoy it—while also giving us a glimpse of how sexy reality could be.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Justin T

Tarantino fails again to make a film that I enjoy. I liked the idea of a Grindhouse movie but when I saw this deliberately bad movie I lost a little of my life. It was bad. They tried hard to make it bad and that is why some people will like it but it is why I hated it. There are bad films out there that are good and they are made with much less fuss. The special effects took over in one place to ruin the b-movie feel. The dialogue was painfully uninteresting and the finale was so terrible. ‘So bad it’s good’ turns out to be nothing but bad trying too hard to be good. Pretentious filmmaking that has not aged well. Stick to real Grindhouse b-movies, not these fake ones. If you can look past the fakeness this is mildly entertaining.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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Daniel B

Una película que solo podría haber salido del imaginario del P*to Quentin Tarantino. Las mejores secuencias en autos que he visto en los 2000's.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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Sams K

This one is horrendously underrated! Badass Kurt Russell, fast 70s cars, blood and hot chicks. A MUST SEE!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/24/24

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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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