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Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof

This is one half of the "Grindhouse" double feature that played in theatres. The other half, Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" can be ZipListed here.

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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.

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Auteur vs. Amateur - BlackSheep

Cult favorites, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are not talkers; they are doers. If they want to recreate exploitation films popularized in the 1970’s for today’s masses, they don’t just hang around talking about how cool they would be if they did something like that; they do it. GRINDHOUSE packs more blood, boobs and banalities than you can shake a severed limb at into two feature-length films that run back to back. Despite being packaged as two films from the same genre, Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror” and Tarantino’s “Death Proof” offer very different approaches in their homage to excessive sex, violence and gore. One throws story to the blood-soaked floor and spits on it, cluttering the screen with an abundance of characters, sub-plots, political insinuations and zombies galore. The other is all about fast cars and even faster talking women. Both films were aged to simulate the feel of the “Grindhouse” era, complete with added dust and scratches as well as missing reels thrown in for authenticity. And after three hours of vain indulgence, neither film rises above its flaws to become the ultimate cheesy experience it both should and could be.

GRINDHOUSE can be a lot of fun when it isn’t taking itself so seriously. It is broken up by hilarious mock previews, again crafted to fit the period, by directors like Eli Roth (HOSTEL) and Rob Zombie (HOUSE OF A 1000 CORPSES), arguably a director making modern day “Grindhouse” pictures without going out of his way to label them as such. The features themselves though are then bogged down by auteurs trying to be amateurs. In fact, it might have actually been more fun if two such meticulous filmmakers weren’t at its helm. Perhaps then, it would have actually captured the amateur feel it was designed too. For all its pretentious good intentions, GRINDHOUSE is never neither good nor bad enough to be great.

Two Kick Ass Movies for the Price of One - LandPhil

Watching these movies was the most fun I've had in a movie theatre in a long time. You have to hand it to Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, they know how to pay hommage to the movies they loved to watch in their youth. Watching Grindhouse brought back some of my own memories of favourite b-movies. Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez) was without a doubt my favourite of the two, it had everything to make the experience so enjoyable, hilarious cheesy dialogue, crazy splatter gore, a mundane plot filled with holes, plus Rose McGowan using a machine gun as a prosthetic leg (pure genius). Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed by Death Proof, which is surprising because I enjoy Quentin Tarantino movies so much. I think the problem with QT's movie was the dialogue between the women in his film. Normally, his style of long conversations that have zero relevance to the story and peppered with funny pop culture references is what makes his movies so good. But he didn't succeed here, aside from a few moments, most of the non-action scenes are really boring and not very funny. The girls conversations in the car, bar and diner were just long and pointless, and while some may argue that it's done intentionally, I really don't think so. I think QT just wrote a dud. That being said the action scenes are very cool and the edge of your seat stunt driving is the best part of this movie. Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike was great, his scenes are the best part of this movie, when he's flirting with the girls in the bar was very good. The trailers before and in between the movies were hilarious and it would be great if they actually got made into movies.

Tarantino: Death Proof - 333Ryan

Cleverly done and a great casting job. The only problem was that "some of the girls" conversation scenes felt longly drawn out at times, but the action makes up for it. A good nod to the B movies and there are some past Tarantino easter eggs throughout the film. Kurt Russell does an excellent job playing the villian, building tension and suspense throughout the whole movie.

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Auteur vs. Amateur - BlackSheep

Two Kick Ass Movies for the Price of One - LandPhil

Tarantino: Death Proof - 333Ryan

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