DEATH PROOF (2PC) / (WS EXED AMAR) - DEATH PROOF (2PC) / (WS EXED AMAR)

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A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of badass babes, all bets are off in an adrenaline-pumping, high speed, white-knuckle automotive duel of epic proportions, where anything can happen.

• Actors: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan
• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Audience Rating: Unrated
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language (Original Language): English
• Region Code: 1
• Release Date: 2007-09-18
• Running Time: 120 minutes
• Theatrical Release Date: 2007-04-06

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Reviewed on 2008-07-24 big dissapointment i'm a big fan of tarantinos work and really wanted to love this movie.. everyone is right that except for the car chases and basically any scene with stuntman mike the movie is boring, lame , the ending is stupid.. i liked it better when tarantino made movies for guys ... girls talking about and Italian womens magazine is not keeping my interest. sorry

Reviewed on 2008-07-23 If you can stay awake through the first half of the movie... ... you're in for a humdinger of a ride. Otherwise, just fast-forward through Texas and pick up the story in Tennessee. Here is Stuntman Mike, walking into a bar, looking for a girl he can entice into his killer car. Seems Mike is a played-out stuntman with a grudge at the world, especially the distaff half, and he gets his jollies by killing them off in his very own Deathmobile. Mike has a jacked-up stunt car that he's made practically impregnable on the driver's side but he's turned the passenger side into a death trap. As at least one unfortunate young lady is going to find out, to her everlasting regret. He also uses his car as a battering ram to demolish an oncoming car and everyone in it. When Tarantino is good, he is very, very, good, but unfortunately he's less than very good in "Death Proof". The first half of the movie is a crashing bore. The bar scene drags out interminably to no point. None of the girls is remotely interesting. Jungle Julia, played by Sydney Poitier, is a tiresome beeyotch who needs some attitude adjustment (maybe a backhanded slap across the mouth might help); Butterfly, played by Vanessa Ferlito, is just plain embarassing with her pathetic attempt at a lap dance, and the other two girls are just plain forgettable. I can't even remember their names, that's how little of an impression they make on the viewer. And Tarantino needs to retire Michael Parks as the small town Texas sheriff and Son Number One. It was halfway funny in "Kill Bill" but it got old fast. Patched up and with the Killmobile lusting for more blood, Stuntman Mike moves to Lebanon, Tennessee, and the second half of the film is as fun as the first half was boring. Mike runs into four more girls he'd like to feed to the death car, but these girls engage us in a way the four women in Texas never did. They're fun and refreshingly free of attitude. Rosario Dawson as Abernathy shows a nice sense of comedy, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is fetching as Lee, Zoe Bell (playing herself) shows some acting ability besides being a world-class stuntwoman (she was Uma Thurman's stunt double in "Kill Bill") and Tracie Thoms bring just the right amount of street into the role of Kim. There's a lot of pointless chattering among these four as well, but unlike the first group, these girls are fun to listen to and we laugh along with them. Stuntman Mike wants to turn these ladies into car-fodder as well, but turns out he's messed with the wrong women this time. These chicks know how to give as good as they get and then some. The last twenty minutes of the film are a wild ride with a bang-up ending, literally and figuratively. (I did think Dawson's high-kick coup de grace was just a tad over the top, but that's a minor cavil.) Ole Mike might want to consider taking up needlepoint as a hobby in his declining years. The second half of the movie almost makes up for the deadly first half, but the first half is bad enough to make me give his film three stars instead of four. There are plenty of car chases and car crashes, severed limbs and blood and gore throughout the film to satisfy the horror fans, but when all is said and done, it's not enough. The main problem with "Death Proof" is that, in the end, it's only half a movie. Judy Lind

Reviewed on 2008-07-17 A lot of fun! I love the 70's look & feel in the first half of the film (jumpy film, crappy sound), although I wish it had actually been set in the 70's (it took something away when one of the girls pulled out her cellphone). But, that's a very minor complaint because otherwise, this film was loads of fun. The female leads did a good job, Kurt was in top form and terrifically cast as Stuntman Mike. All-in-all, it was one wild ride even if it did start a little slow. If you enjoyed B-movie hot rod-themed pictures in the theater in the 70's that the characters allude to ("Vanishing Point", "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry", "Gone In 60 Seconds"), you'll really get a kick out of this - I liked it a lot!

Reviewed on 2008-07-08 Still excellent Tarantino work Too bad Tarantino (obviously) tried to balance serious work with parody. Didn't quite work. The movie is excellent when it takes itself seriously and very bad when it tries to be a 70's spoof. The characters are exceptionally well made and memorable. Three days after seeing the movie, I'm still constantly thinking about Stuntman Mike and the girls. At the same time, though, there are some very silly plot elements that simply break the rhythm of the movie rather than contributing to the feeling that you are watching a 70's piece. Btw, Rodriguez obviously did not have the balancing dilemma - Planet Terror is a plain awful and unoriginal zombie movie.

Reviewed on 2008-07-07 too much talk and 2 "action"scenes Quick review, i love Kurt Russel and that was the only reason i watched this movie. The first 35 minutes are several women talking and that is it. Finally Kurt comes on as Stuntman Mike, you would think all the talking the women do would further the plot but it doesn't. He talks to them at a bar get's a lap dance then well let's just say there is about 8 minutes of bloody action. After that it switched to ANOTHER set of women talking for another 30 minutes. Turns out 2 of the girls are stunt women and one has a gun. They get into a cool car chase with Mike then *spoiler* either knock him out or kill him you can't tell. Then the end. So quick summary, 2 hour movie, 2 action scenes that are total 15 minutes long and the rest is talking, cussing and boring. Maybe watch it on t.v. one of these days for the 2nd car chase and save yourself some time, yawn.

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