Review of Death Proof (2007) by Brendan C — 26 Jun 2013

This is the first time I watched a Quentin Tarantino film that I didn't like. I found this film to be way too weird. I know that Quentin Tarantino is an acquired taste, and I have acquired the taste, because I love everything else he has done, but this one I just couldn't get into. I found that the though of something like what happened in this movie was upsetting to think about. I think Quentin Tarantino is one of the all time greatest film directors and screenwriters, but I do think he is probably disturbed. I always wonder what must be going on in his head, but this film I think shows how disturbed he truly is.

The film had his typical style, where the dialog was really long and interesting, but it had no humor in it, which most of his films usually have, and that is why I love them so much. This film just had the disturbing factor, and the dialog wasn't even really that interesting to listen too, and it just went on and on. I felt like he must have been going through writers block or something when he wrote the dialog. He got it back when he did Inglourious Basterds two years later. I don't even know why he made this film to be perfectly honest, because it doesn't bring anything unique or interesting to the cinematic world, which all of his other films do.

The story is about a man named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) who is a total psychopath, and a weirdo. He goes around driving a stunt car that is "Death Proof" hence the title. He stalks girls with it and then he kills them by driving at full speed, and doing intense things while driving to hurt the girls or girl he wants to kill or mess with.

The film had no point, or no redeeming quality to it. It had the Tarantino style that is one of the most influencial ones in movie making history, but the style was not used to perfection like it was in films like Pulp Fiction, Inglourious basterds, or Django Unchained. I am ahuge tarantino guy, but this is on the very bottom of my list of my favorite films of his. I would not recommend this, and not even to true Tarantino fans, because even if you like it is still definitely his weakest film compared to the others. The film was just upsetting, and I didn't like it.