Toronto Mike

Death Proof

A Movie Reel

Death Proof: 8 out of 10.

I had a helluva lot of fun with Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.  I started watching Grindhouse, which includes Robert Rodriguez' Planet Terror, but after the fantastic phony coming attraction I realized Rodriguez' movie was first on the bill and I was hankering for some Tarantino.  So, I bailed on Grindhouse and shot straight to Death Proof.  I'll check out Planet Terror later this week.

Firstly, I loved the fake jump cuts, bad editing and scratchy film effects.  The mood was perfect, in fact, until one of the girls checks her cell phone, I thought we were right in the 1970s.

I hear some are knocking this film for having too many allusions to earlier Tarantino movies.  Personally, I loved that aspect.  Of course, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and the Kill Bill films all rank high on my favourite movie list.

It's a lot of fun.  I hope Planet Terror is just as good.

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