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Death Proof
Death Proof my arse. Uprooted from its natural home and left to wither on its own like a Christmas tree, nothing could've stopped this one dying a death at the box office.
A great deal of effort has been expended to make everything look like an old crackly drive-in movie - which is all very clever and nostalgic if you experienced them at the time, but why on earth you'd want a modern movie to deliberately re-enact this poor quality is a complete mystery to me. If I wanted to watch the 1966 World Cup Final I wouldn't put it on a six inch black-and-white telly that needed half an hour to warm up while it slowly cooked me, I'd put it on the plasma and get the best quality I could. Wouldn't you? Tarantino's success in achieving what he set out to - create a B movie in the style of 1970s flea-pit cinemas - is his own undoing. You can't emulate a crappy B movie and expect it to be anything more than a crappy B movie. If it came on TV you'd turn over after ten minutes. Don't waste your money. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: - some passable car stunts and brutal violence. To enjoy this film you should: have some fond drive-in memories to rekindle.
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OK, so it's self indulgent and OK it's deliberately going to therefore appeal to Tarantino fans and yes, it does...from the "whistle" mobile ringtone from Kill Bill to the Red Apple cigarettes, it's the equivalent of wrapping yourself up in a warm duvet and sitting in front of the fire with a mug of hot chocolate...if you like what QT does, that is...which I do...
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Death Proof is Quentin Tarantino's half of the "Grind House" double feature that played back-to-back in
American cinemas. The idea didn't go down too well over there, so we get this one and the upcoming Planet Terror as
separate releases. Big mistake. The idea kind of worked with the A feature first (Planet Terror), followed by
some mock trailers that were genuinely amusing and then this (short!) B movie that you could let drift over you. As a
standalone feature, lengthened by nearly half an hour for its individual release, it has absolutely no chance whatsoever.
Send for the priest, the death proof movie needs the last rites.
Kurt Russell stars as Stuntman Mike, who drives a "death proof" car -
meaning that it's reinforced so heavily for his stunt work that it can't be killed. Turns out Mike's a bit of a nutter
and likes harassing groups of women out on the road. These bits are moderately watchable, featuring as they
do some classic muscle car metal in their natural habitat - dirt-lined freeways - and the stunts are all done for real,
but they're hardly
