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Death Proof (2007)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:21

Rotten:12

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Master director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) indulges his inner fanboy by paying homage to his favorite B-movies in DEATH PROOF. Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his... Master director Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) indulges his inner fanboy by paying homage to his favorite B-movies in DEATH PROOF. Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks beautiful women with his deadly vintage car, but when he picks a trio of tough girls (Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, and Zoe Bell), he learns they aren't such easy prey. As with any Tarantino film, there are plenty of nods to pop culture. Most of the scenes are deliberately short on plot development, the dialogue comes thick and fast throughout, and the film stock is often cleverly manipulated to perfectly replicate the B-movie aesthetic. DEATH PROOF was originally released as part of the GRINDHOUSE double feature with Robert Rodriguez's PLANET TERROR. [More]

Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Tracie Thoms

Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Tracie Thoms, Zoe Bell, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Quentin Tarantino

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Reviews for Death Proof

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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.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
11/17/07
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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The problem for Tarantino in Death Proof is that the girl talk that occupies so much of the running time is anything but true to the culture 50 years ago. The setting is contempo, but the movie style is period

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/27/07
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Clearly the work of somebody who has ingested Carol J. Clover's Men, Women, and Chainsaws, yet it is also more

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Tarantino has merely used grindhouse as a jump off point to create a thumping movie experience akin to a headache without the pain.

Full Review Source: Mansized | comment Comment
05/25/08
Chris Laverty
Chris Laverty
Mansized

"raja" koja voli Tarantina %u0107e imati itekako razloga da mu oprosti ovaj eksperiment.

Full Review Source: Index.hr | comment Comment
04/10/08
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Index.hr

Feels much longer than it is.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/14/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A well-controlled buildup of expectations, suspense, and character contrast.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
11/05/07
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
N/R

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Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/06/07
Screen International

I've rarely seen a filmmaker, in current Hollywood at least, expose his sexual and sadistic kinks on screen with such shameless glee.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment 1 Comment
10/06/07
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

A tedious, meaninglessly anachronistic project.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
10/06/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Deliberately designed to look like a low-grade B-flick from the Fifties, this slasher adventure from Quentin Tarantino is a guaranteed treat for that rare film fan nostalgic about the worst era in cinema.

Full Review Source: EURWeb | comment 1 Comment
09/29/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
EURWeb

While playing by the rules--scantily clad women, sudden brutality, straightforward narrative--he also gleefully subverts the genre to keep us thoroughly entertained.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/21/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Tarantino has a blast with this affectionate nod to '70s exploitation flicks, but the dialogue isn't as good as it should have been.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/21/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

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.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
09/21/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Next to Kill Bill, this is only 50 per cent proof, but the last car chase will have you hanging on for dear life.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment 1 Comment
09/21/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
thelondonpaper

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.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
09/21/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

This blend of girlie action flick with retro car-chase movie scores nought out of 10 for artistic expression but four for amiable delinquency.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment 1 Comment
09/21/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

A horror-comic splatterfest set in 2007, but somehow filmed in 1972, about a posse of women taking revenge on a murderous, misogynist stunt-driver.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Death Proof is an out-and-out dud, a film so profoundly dull, so relentlessly misguided, so criminally self-indulgent you almost feel bad criticising it. It’s like kicking a man on crutches.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment 1 Comment
09/21/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

The appalling dialogue, mostly about the sexual predilections of his half-naked female cast, is so garbled, spotty and tedious that it fails to sell interest in a single character.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment 1 Comment
09/21/07
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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