Death Proof- Grindhouse

This is the other part of the Grindhouse double feature (along with Planet Terror) put out by the Weinstein group. This film is written and directed by Quentin Tarantino . It doesn’t have the old look that Rodriguez used in Planet Terror but it does have a very “grindhouse” look to it nonetheless. I was quite pleased with the look and direction (not surprising from Tarantino) and I feel it made an ok script much better than it should have been.

The first half takes place in the same town as Planet Terror before the events in that movie and contains several of those characters. Kurt Russell plays a former stuntman who has turned madman hunting down young women in his “death proof” car. The first part is ok but pretty much only exists to have you root more for the women in the second half. Kurt plays the part pretty well but honestly seems like pretty much every other character he ever plays. Most of the women’s parts were played pretty well though and you do find yourself rooting for them. The last half does have a pretty great car chase scene which seems to be the entire point of the movie. While an ok movie with some good parts it is far from Tarantino’s best work and greatly outshone by Rodriguez’s effort on Grindhouse.

My rating 7 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

Here is the trailer.