Monday, February 11, 2008

Film: Death Proof (2007)

DVD: Enhanced 16x9
Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)

"Are you sure it's safe?"
"It's better than safe. It's death proof."

Review: This is Tarantino's 4th film and the second half of the Grindhouse double bill. I think he did an outstanding job with the car chases and Kurt Russell was excellent as Stuntman Mike, but a few of the actresses were not quite able to pull off the dialogue convincingly. The wham-bam finish makes up for the slow parts at the beginning of the film.

"Well, Pam... Which way you going, left or right?"
"Right!"
"Oh, that's too bad..."
"Why?"
"Because it was a fifty-fifty shot on whether you'd be going left or right. You see, we're both going left. You could have just as easily been going left, too. And if that was the case... It would have been a while before you started getting scared. But since you're going the other way, I'm afraid you're gonna have to start getting scared... immediately!"

4 out of 5 Stars

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