Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Quentin Tarantino
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Actor: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowanDirector: Quentin Tarantino
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: The Weinstein Company
DVD Reviews of Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: Honest Quentin fan review
Summary: 1 Stars
So this movie was a double feature with Rodriguez's Planet Terror and usually Rogdriguez's films are pretty bad, enjoyable but bad. The results for Rodriguez's Planet Terror were basically as usual, maybe a little better, but the unfortunate thing For Tarantino was that his part, which is Death Proof, was so bad it actually made Planet Terror seem like a classic. Yes, being a big Tarantino fan who has enjoyed every single film he has made up until this point, it was something of the unexpected but frankly speaking, Death Proof was so darn boring. Usually the long dialogue is a major part of where his movies shine but here, it's just plain stupid nonsense going on forever, it's not interesting at all. And at the very very end, like for 20 minutes or so we get this chase scene which doesn't come near as close to covering up for the lame hour long crap we had to endure up until then. The people who have enjoyed this movie I believe are only the people who were able to enjoy the long dialogue scenes which in my opinon was not the same case compared to previous Tarantino classics. The dialogue scenes were so bad, I really had a hard time staying awake and that wasn't because I was in bad shape when viewing this, actually quite the opposite so that should give you an idea of how bad this movie is. I recall that this Grindhouse double feature totally flopped at the theaters and those who have seen this all know why it did so bad. I have a very open mind even for bad movies but man, this movie is as boring as films can get. Avoid at all costs and even if you're a big Tarantino fan, I would suggest viewing any of his previous films rather than going for this one, no matter how much time you have.DVD Review: Sherlock Holmes could not have found the plot to this movie.
Summary: 1 Stars
I tried to watch this movie. I really did. But I lost interest about ten minutes into it, and ended up zoning it out unwillingly all three times I've sat down in front of it. What plot there may be is boring, copied stuff, and it's not very well-written. I did not like any of the characters, and the action scenes were average for the genre. It was a total waste of time for me to attempt to watch this movie--I wish I could get those hours back. Pass on this one; there are hundreds of better movies out there.DVD Review: Totally Unique 'Stalk-And-Crash' Action-Horror
Summary: 4 Stars
'Stalk And Crash' might describe this half of the 2007 Grind House double bill, in which the deranged 'Stuntman Mike' (brilliantly played by Kurt Russell) targets and kills young women by running them over with his custom-built high-speed automobile. It's as bizarre and over-the-top as the Grind House duology aimed to be, sometimes almost surreally so, and it achieves a successful blend of the horror thriller and the 'fast cars and open road' action movie.
Death Proof is told in two halves, taking place about eighteen months apart I believe, but in the first half it almost appears to be taking place in the 1970s (the decade the movie takes most of its inspiration from) despite the prescence of modern devices such as cell phones, and the film quality is scratched up and sometimes hazy, sometimes cutting out altogether, as if it's trying to achieve the look of a film reel that's been making its rounds from theater to theater from 1972 straight through to the modern day and has taken a pounding along the way. The second half, which has a much more modern feel and a clean, well-produced look, juts out in stark contrast, as if a sequel to the original half was filmed ages later on a bigger budget. Oddly enough, it works. Both halves follow Russell's psychopath character as he targets different groups of girls for death on the road, but in one half it quickly becomes apparant that Stuntman Mike may have selected the wrong group of 'victims'. Great casting all around (including one of my personal favorite actresses, Mary Elizabeth Winstead), great use of music, terrific action sequences, great dialogue, a sharp wit,and a wickedly sexy vibe during much of the movie, make this one a real winner and the strongest of the two Grind House features (although Planet Terror was pretty good too). Biggest complaint - between both features, we still don't get all of the fake trailers that were included in the theatrical release (although at least we get 'Machete' with Danny Trejo, which should Definately be made into a full-length movie).
DVD Review: Better Title Would Have Been - Hen House
Summary: 1 Stars
Was this some kind of cruel joke on the male species who probably dragged their girlfriends reluctantly to see it? I can just imagine what the men in the audience were thinking, "Great, two hours of a really cool grindhouse flick, and with a title like Death Proof I'm sure it's going to be action packed. But the best part is I get two hours to myself and not having to listen to my girlfriend/wife babble on endlessly about nothing." Well guess what, that's exactly what we got, two hours of endless chick babble about absolutely nothing. The men could have stayed home and got that for free from their girlfriends/wifes, but instead they paid $16 to get the same thing!
Oh yeah, we also get a lap dance scene by a woman who at best could be considered unattractive. None of the women in the movie are attractive (except for maybe Rose McGowen), but the lap dancer was downright scary looking. We get maybe 20 minutes of action mixed in at the end. Hey Quentin, the last 20 minutes didn't make up for the pain of the first hour and 40 minutes!
The only reason I'm reviewing this film is because it's on cable TV right now and it brings back painful memories of sitting in a theater for two hours waiting for the action to begin. Planet Terror was what a grindhouse movie should be and it's why I loved that one, but Death Proof stunk up the joint, badly.
DVD Review: Lame Spoof
Summary: 1 Stars
Quentin Tarantino's ongoing love affair with women's feet continues with DEATH PROOF. That's about it, really.
Nothing else really works in this movie. None of the women characters are ever believable. Their dialogue feels like badly-recycled parodies of PULP FICTION and RESEVOIR DOGS. The story is so thin that you yearn to just watch any of the drive-in grindhouse movies from the 1970s because at least they were better written!
I was hoping that the KILL BILL movies would've got all the "homage" tendencies out of Tarantino and that he would start making real movies again. No. DEATH PROOF is only more, and worse.
Posturing, pointless. Forgettable. A waste of a good cast. The only moments that come close to capturing the spirit of the drive-in movies are the Coming Attractions trailers...that aren't included in the DVD, from what I understand.
Description of Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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.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
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