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Product Description: 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. System Requirements:Run Time: 113 minutes Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 796019803885 Amazon.com: Loud, fast, and proudly out of control, Grindhouse is a tribute to the low-budget exploitation movies that lurked at drive-ins and inner city theaters in the '60s and early '70s. Writers/directors Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) cooked up this three-hour double feature as a way to pay homage to these films, and the end result manages to evoke the down-and-dirty vibe of the original films for an audience that may be too young to remember them. Tarantino's Death Proof is the mellower of the two, relatively speaking; it's wordier (as to be expected) and rife with pulp/comic book posturing and eminently quotable dialogue. It also features a terrific lead performance by Kurt Russell as a homicidal stunt man whose weapon of choice is a souped-up car. Tarantino's affection for his own dialogue slows down the action at times, but he does provide showy roles for a host of likable actresses, including Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rose McGowan, Sydney Poitier, and newcomer Zoe Bell, who was Uma Thurman's stunt double in Kill Bill. Detractors may decry the rampant violence and latch onto a sexist undertone in Tarantino's feature, but for those viewers who grew up watching these types of films in either theaters or on VHS, such elements will be probably be more of a virtue than a detrimental factor. -- Paul Gaita Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-08
Still excellent Tarantino work
Too bad Tarantino (obviously) tried to balance serious work with parody.
Didn't quite work. The movie is excellent when it takes itself seriously and very bad when it tries to be a 70's spoof.
The characters are exceptionally well made and memorable. Three days after seeing the movie, I'm still constantly thinking about Stuntman Mike and the girls.
At the same time, though, there are some very silly plot elements that simply break the rhythm of the movie rather than contributing to the feeling that you are watching a 70's piece.
Btw, Rodriguez obviously did not have the balancing dilemma - Planet Terror is a plain awful and unoriginal zombie movie.
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Date: 2008-07-07
too much talk and 2 "action"scenes
Quick review, i love Kurt Russel and that was the only reason i watched this movie. The first 35 minutes are several women talking and that is it. Finally Kurt comes on as Stuntman Mike, you would think all the talking the women do would further the plot but it doesn't. He talks to them at a bar get's a lap dance then well let's just say there is about 8 minutes of bloody action. After that it switched to ANOTHER set of women talking for another 30 minutes. Turns out 2 of the girls are stunt women and one has a gun. They get into a cool car chase with Mike then *spoiler* either knock him out or kill him you can't tell. Then the end. So quick summary, 2 hour movie, 2 action scenes that are total 15 minutes long and the rest is talking, cussing and boring. Maybe watch it on t.v. one of these days for the 2nd car chase and save yourself some time, yawn. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-04
Weak acting...great stunts by Z...that's it.
Nothing but garbage coming out of the mouths of these actresses. This movie is not worth the $13 I spent.... Weak. Rating:
Date: 2008-07-03
A Little Too Much, A Little Too Little, But The End Is Just Right
Tarentino is no doubt in many lists of favorite Writer/Directors but with Grindhouse, he and Rodriguez have bought something old but new to the table. Tarentino's film Death Proof to me was just too good to pass up. I read the synopsis but I still for some reason just couldn't believe it. The film stars Kurt Russell among others but Russell is the most surprising character.
Russell plays Stuntman Mike, who is basically a psycho in disguise and it certainly is not a good one. Stuntman Mike has a black souped-up 1970 Chevy Nova that is what he calls, Death Proof. Stuntman Mike has a bit of a secret, he likes to kill women with his muscle car. He picks who he likes, then takes some pictures of them, and then waits for perfect timing when the women are driving of course, and then have a huge planned car accident.
In the first half Mike stalks three friends Arlene(Vanessa Ferlito), Shanna(Jordan Ladd) and a local DJ named Julia Lucai(Sydney Tamiia Poitier). After he heals from the first hit, he moves on to his next victims. The second victims who are unrelated to the first are Lee Montgomery (Mary Elizabeth Winestead), Abernathy Ross (Rosario Dawson), Kim Mathis (Tracie Thomas), and Zoe Bell. Zoe is visiting from out of town and Tracie and her friends are driving to pick her up from the airport. Tracie and Zoe just happen to be professional stuntwomen.
This becomes very evident throughout the remaining scenes of he film. A local resident is selling a white 1970 Dodge Challenger and is advertising it in the paper. This car is the same car that was in the movie Vanishing Point. The car has caught Zoe's eye and she wants to test drive it or so she says. When Zoe, Tracie, and Abernathy decide to partake in a very risky game of "Ship's Mast" Mike takes this as an invitation. What Mike didn't know was that he messed with the wrong girls this time. There was a lot that I loved about Death Proof and there was some stuff that I didn't like.
I loved the characters; they were all unique and well written. They seemed like real people that reacted to the situations perfectly. The girls from the second half of the film were sick and amazing to complete the film nicely. The car chases were very intense and very fast. Not only will the crashes take your breath away but also what the second half of girls does to Stuntman Mike is jaw dropping, no lie. What I didn't like about Death proof was the prolonged talking that felt like it would never end. This even made me want to give this movie 3.5 stars. Tarantino admits that he is not the greatest writer when it comes to dialogue and it shows in this film. The dialogue is a little dry in some spots and long-winded but despite this, the movie was still worthy of 4 stars. Other than that Death Proof was a great movie, I would say that the pacing was almost off but evened itself out in a good way. The action scenes were extremely exciting and I would recommend this to all Tarantino lovers for sure. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-28
A Crashing Bore!
If you manage to stay awake for the car chase at the end of this snooze-fest, you'll be disappointed to have missed some valuable Nap time. The car chase itself is OK (as far as these things go) but it surely will not be a reason to want to see this headache of a film TWICE. Most disappointing is the Acting,not just by the Kiwi stunt-woman(and who can blame her?)but by the whole crew. The painfuly awful cameos by Tarantino and Eli Roth only remind you that,with the exception of Kurt Russell,the acting of everybody else in this disaster is NO better. Even the Music, the hallmark of Tarantino's films, is sadly missing in action;it's as forgettable as this sorry feeble mess. Yes, we understand that this film is intended as an 'homage' to B-Movies,but instead of Cheesy Fun,we are subjected to Unrelenting Dullness.This movie(not that it moves)is as much Fun as going to the Dentist to have your teeth scraped....It might cost less but it takes a LOT longer(assuming I didn't nod off, the running time seemed like four-and-a-half hours).If you are curious to see this cinematic stinker,keep in mind that there are plenty of used(and not-so-used) copies available on this site.All sales are COD and nonrefundable. |
