Death Proof Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

The stink of death

I've lost count of the number of reasons I hate this film. In no particular order...

I hate the fake scratchiness on what is obviously a digital print

I hate that all the women are either in hot pants or sking tight jeans

I hate that all the dialog is mannered to the point of being totally bogus

I hate that a 20 something girl would call a radio station and request Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Mick and Tich record

I hate even though she has to expalin to everybody who Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Mick and Tich, she still manages to refer to them as Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Mitch and Tich.

I hate that Tarantino obviously hates women

I hate the fake scar on Kurt Russell's face

I hate that I wasted a couple of hours of my life on this tosh

I like that I've gotten a few degrees of hate off my chest and can now get on with my life, because unlike Tarantino I do have one.

Grindhouse

Before anyone shouts 'it isnt released yet' I saw the film last week while i was in the States o.k!!?!!. Grindhouse is two individual films helmed separately by each director. The two films are fused together by fake movie trailers. Very Q.T!

Tarantino's film, 'Death Proof,' is a rip-roaring, gut wrenching slasher flick where the killer (Kurt Russell) pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while Rodriguez's film explores an alien world eerily familiar to ours, In which a small-town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people happily called 'sickos.' That was the synopsis now for the review - both films are sick! I mean gore, guts, blood kind of sick. If thats not your cup of earl grey then it doesnt matter how cool quick and, well, cool the films are you aint guna like em. Pick a good cinema with big seats for this one, 3.5 hours and thats just the running time! I loved it & I am sure anyone who is a fan of the directors will do too.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Car...ayzeee in a really good way

Wow I got a kick out of this film. Ok the bodywork of the cars is not the only twisted thing in this, Tarantino definately has his own way of making and delivering movies, but this had me gripped from the opening titles, and I really mean that. It just has the feeling he has made that extra effort and class to make it more exciting and interesting for the viewer. and feels like rather than just being another film, it's a work of directors art that has more atmosphere than 5 inhabitable planets. A lot of people have reviewed this saying this was too stretched from the original 60 minutes previously released, for me, this could have gone on longer (not to say the ending wasn't worth the wait anyway). This is not a run of the mill film, and I would definately recommend giving this a go.

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[Highly rated reviewer]

Watchable but disappointing

Death Proof is good at times but probably the weakest movie Quentin Tarantino has ever done. It generally has the right look and feel of the old Grindhouse movies, the car crash half-way through the movie is very good and the last 20-minutes or so (the car chases) are good also, but it is quite dull otherwise. It is a dialogue-heavy movie (with most of the dialogue adding very little to the movie) and long-winded, and 20-minutes of good entertainment is not enough in a 110-minute movie (especially if the other 90-minutes is worthless and irrelevant talking)!

On the acting side of things most of the performances in the film are fine, but only Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead really stand out - Kurt Russell in particular is very good as Stuntman Mike (if under-used and leaving you wanting to see more of him), while Rosario Dawson is as likeable as ever and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is good but her character is eventually completely forgotten about.

Planet Terror is a much better movie and much more fun. A full Grindhouse release (Planet Terror, Death Proof and the 4 trailers) would have really benefited the movie more rather than Death Proof being released on its own.

[Highly rated reviewer]

10 out of 5

If you don't like Tarantino I can't honestly say how you will feel about this film. I loved Pulp Fiction and thought it was genius but frankly thought all his other stuff was a total let down - ALL of it. But THIS!!!! OMFG - watched it last night and was literally blown out of my seat. I kept noticing I was smiling all the way through I was enjoying myself so much. Threre is a shot in this film which I would go as far as to say is the best framed shot I have ever seen in cinematic history - I had to rewind and pause it I was so amazed. (You would probably never guess which frame so all I will say is 'hospital hallway') Never seen anything so meticulous in my life. But anyway...suffice to say I like this film! Tarantino is back in my good books for sure!

AWESOME.

some dude claims theres too much dialouge?... have you ever seen a tarantino movie before?

[Highly rated reviewer]

Horror fans dream!

Grindhouse is great! It covers pretty much all bases in terms of 'Grindhouse cinema', it is really two horror movies but also includes elements of sci fi, sexploitation and of course exploitation. The better of the two films for me at least was Planet Terror, I love zombies and such things. Death Proof is however very talky, but the great comic ending makes up for it.

Watch out for Planet Terror and Death Proof been released, there great entertainment!

DEATHPROOF - PATHETIC

THIS IS THE WORST FILM EVER MADE. I HAVE NEVER REVIEWED A FILM BEFORE BUT THIS WAS SO UTTER RUBBISH THAT I JUST HAD TO REVIEW IT. NO STORY TO SPEAK OF, NO REAL CHARACTERS, NO PLOT. IT DOESNT EVEN LOOK GOOD, THE MOVIE HAS GOT A FAKE 1970S CRACKLE ON THE SCREEN THAT IS JUST PLAIN ANNOYING. QUENTIN TARANTINO OWES ME 2 HOURS OF MY LIFE. OH YEH AND THE ENDING IS POSSIBLY THE WORST ENDING IN MOVIE HISTORY, YOU'LL KEEP WATCHING TILL THE END OF THE CERDITS THINKING THAT THERE MUST BE A BIT OF THE FILM TO GO, BUT NO. QUENTIN TARATINO SHOULD GO WATCH 'HOWARD THE DUCK' TO IMPROVE HIS MOVIE MAKING ABILITIES OR JUST RETIRE.

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Death Proof

WE could not watch this film as the start involved women swearing in an unnecessary way . This is unacceptable to us, according to our standards but may be acceptable by others.

Awful

This was a huge let down. Someone should tell QT that the retro styling cannot carry the film by itself. The dialogue is ATROCIOUS, it is too wannabe-hip that it just turns into meaningless drivel and the characters are crap. The story is meaningless.

I know that Tarantino was seeking to imitate a genre, but his film is a testament to how the genre was of it's own era and is off-limits to tryhard irony.

If you are looking for something of the standard of Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, then avoid this film in order to keep your love of Tarantino intact.