Danny's Review:
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• Lots Booty Shorts and Booby Shirts! • Plenty of Unnecessary Violence.....can't we all just Get Along? • Lots of Naughty Language.....Danny's Virgin Ears Are Bleeding! • A Whole Lot of "Stimulating" Female Conversation! Running Time: 114 Minutes Very Important: A Sense of Humor is for Maximum Enjoyment of this Review Page! If you need to understand why, Click Here! NOTE: All studio images/trailers and content is used for the purpose of publicity and No Copyright Infringement Is Intended.
    These 8 Women Are About To Meet 1 Diabolical Man!
Death Proof was the second half of the Grindhouse Double Feature in the theater. I wrote more about my experience watching this Double Feature in the Planet Terror Page! Death Proof is Classic Tarantino Pulp Trash.....that's Danny's version of the Highest of Compliments! This is one of the Coolest Chick Flicks I've ever seen! It's a Chick Flick cause of the fact that there are 9 Smoking HOT Chicks in it....doing a lot of Sexy, Kick Ass Action! Danny hopes that Women moviegoers who watch Death Proof will takes Lots of Notes! HOT Babes with Guns, Cars, Dirty Mouths and the willingness to give Free Lap Dances.....this is Danny's Version of Paradise! Death Proof is definitely NOT like the Vomit Inducing, Brain Melting, Dick Destroying, Eye Gouging Evil Chick Flicks that Danny's Hates So Much! Like Planet Terror, this is Tarantino's homage to Grindhouse Exploitation Movies. Lots of Female Ass Shots, Crotch Shots and Cleavage Shots....and Plenty of Creepy Rednecks! Grindhouse is definitely NOT as extreme of an Exploitation Movie like the classics: • I Spit on Your Grave • Women In Cages • Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS • The Hills Have Eyes (1977) • Last House on the Left (1972) Grindhouse is the 21st Century Politically Correct version of Exploitation Movies. But it's better than No Exploitation Movies at all!  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedThe combined budget of both Planet Terror and Death Proof was over $50 Million! I'm sure that there was a limit on how far they could go with regards to Sexual Violence in both Planet Terror and Death Proof.....after all, the movie studios putting up all that money want to make a Profit! The main appeal of the low-budget Exploitation Movies was the violence, sex and lurid storyline. Well, both Planet Terror and Death Proof did a Great Job in the Violence and Lurid Storyline department....but I imagine that if they had added too much sex into either movie, it would've gotten the entire Grindhouse feature slapped with the Dreaded NC-17 Rating! Getting an NC-17 Rating is The Kiss of Death for a Major Movie Release because most movie theaters will not play NC-17 movies. I found out that the Thankgiving Fake Trailer, which was directed by Eli Roth, almost got the entire Grindhouse film an NC-17 cause of the Gory Violence and Graphic Sex! I also talked about the Grindhouse Fake Trailers on the Planet Terror Page!  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company,All Rights Reserved
Filled with lots of the great characters and dialogue that we've come to expect from Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is a self-made master of his craft. He learned how to make movies by watching tons of movies. Add this with his knack for writing Compelling dialogue and characters....and you have an Excellent Filmmaker in Tarantino. I'm sure plenty of Tarantino's Friends and Family were making fun of his Love of Movies. Probably calling him a "Loser" and telling him to "Get A Real Job!" Tarantino's living the High Life doing what he loves to do.....while his Old Loser Friends & Family are trying to get in touch with him to borrow a Couple of Bucks off of him! Death Proof is not a complicated story at all. It's actually broken up into two separate story lines.....both of them involving Extremely HOT Girls!  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights Reserved
One of the girls is a famous radio DJ in Austin.....billboards with her face on it are all over the city. The fact that she's so recognizable allows a Mysterious Stranger to follow her and her friends. The stranger is driving a Souped-Up 1970 Black Chevy Nova! This car is Totally Bad Ass! The mysterious driver (played by Kurt Russell) explains to a delicious looking blond (played by Rose McGowan) that he's a former TV and Movie Stunt-Man ....his name is Stunt-Man Mike. He also explains to her why his car is considered Death Proof....in a Very Nasty Way! The girls that Stunt-Man Mike has been following are just Bar-Hoping, Boozin' and Smokin' Dope! They're drinking, dancing and having a good ole time Cock-Teasing.....and then Cock-Blocking..... the guys who are Drooling all over them. But these girls never realize what Stunt-Man Mike has planned for them until it's too late.
 Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedThe second storyline is identical to the first....except that these girls are Stunt-Men themselves. Or is that Stunt-Babes? One of the Stunt-Chicks is a real life Stunt person from New Zealand.....her named Zoë Bell. Zoë Bell did stunts for Lucy Lawless in the Xena: Warrior Princess TV show. She was also Uma Thurman's stunt double in both Kill Bill movies. The best sequence of the entire Grindhouse Double Feature (at least in Danny's Opinion) was the amazing Stunts that Zoë Bell did herself on the hood of a 1970 Dodge Challenger! Zoë Bell was Absolute Incredible!!! She was on the hood of this Muscle Car while it was going at least 100 MPH....while Stunt-Man Mike's souped up 1969 Dodge Charger is slamming into it!!!! It was so Fuckin' Cool! I'm sure that she had some Protective devices on to keep her from Killing Herself.....but, on film, it's looks Completely Real! I think it loses some of it's Impact on the small screen....but when I saw it on the Big Screen, I was totally hooked. Stunt people are Daredevils, man! They are so Amazing! You have to be Completely Cool with your body taking brutal punishment in order to make your stunts look great on film. Stunt People are Completely Dedicated to what they do.....these people are NOT Wusses!  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedDanny deliberately didn't tell too many Details about the plot of Death Proof because there isn't much to tell. When there isn't any Action going on....there's a lot of talking. 
There dialogue had a lot to do with Cars and Trashy Movie Gossip. Danny would've preferred if the Girls had their Intellectual Conversations .....while stripping down to their Bra & Panties for a Tickle & Pillow Fight! Nothing like that happened in Death Proof.....but Danny can still Dream about it.  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedDialogue is Tarantino's specialty. Whereas most other movies Suck when there's no Explosions or Sex going on.....Tarantino Movies are at at their Best! I'm sure the Movie Studios appreciate his Writing Skills as much as Danny does. Explosions and other action scenes costs Lots of Money.....but writing Great Characters and Dialogue costs Nothing. Another great aspect of Death Proof is the Soundtrack during the first half of the movie. Since one of the girls is a radio DJ, music is used a lot during the first half of Death Proof. I particularly enjoyed the single "Hold Tight" by this 60's British Rock band — Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich I don't know if Tarantino chooses the music for his movies or not....but the music in his movies are always awesome! The single during the end credits is great too — "Chick Habit" by April March. The soundtrack to Death Proof is Fantastic.  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedDanny had a lot of fun watching both Grindhouse features at the theater and even now on DVD. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's movies are Always Entertaining .....that's why both of them have a Huge Fan Base! Both of these Guys Never Forget that they're audiences want to have a Good Time at the Movies! They don't act like the Typical Preachy Head-Up-Their-Own-Ass Celebrities .....which accounts for about 98% of Hollywood Celebrities! Danny hopes that movies like Grindhouse catches on and more of them are made in the future.....with Rodriguez and Tarantino in charge of them!  Click Here!   Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights Reserved
Stuntman Mike: Well, Pam... Which way you going, left or right? Pam: Right! Stuntman Mike: Oh, that's too bad... Pam: Why? Stuntman Mike: 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! Cool Movie Quote — No. 2 Stuntman Mike: Do I frighten you? [Arlene silently nods yes] Stuntman Mike: Is it my scar? Arlene: It's your car. Stuntman Mike: Ahhh, yeah, I know. Sorry. It's my mom's car. Cool Movie Quote — No. 3 Dov: Dude, as long as a guy's buyin' the booze, a bitch'll drink anything. Look, we can at least get one Jager shot down these bitches' throats. After that shot, we'll see if they have another Jager shot in 'em. You never know. That could be the shot that puts them past the point of fuck-it. But I know I can, at least get Shanna to do a buttery nipple shot. What's Julia sweet shot? Nate: Key Lime Pie. Cool Movie Quote — No. 4 Kim: Oh, you know I can't let you go without tapping that ass... one... Abernathy: Kim? Kim: ...more... Zoë: Uhmm, Kim? Kim: ...TIME! Cool Movie Quote — No. 5 Lee: You carry a gun? Kim: Uh-Huh. Lee: Do you have a license to carry it? Kim: Yeah, when I became a secret service agent, they gave me a license. Lee: Oh, I didn't know you were... Ok. I didn't say it. Stop looking at me. I didn't say it. God! Did you know Kim carried a gun? Abernathy: Yes. Yeah. Do I approve? No. Do I know? Yes. Kim: I don't know what futuristic utopia you live in, but in the world I live in, a bitch need a gun. Abernathy: You can't get around the fact that people who carry guns, tend to get shot more than people who don't. Kim: And you can't get around the fact that if I go down to the laundry room in my building at midnight enough times, I might get my ass raped! Lee: Don't do your laundry at midnight. Kim: Fuck that! I wanna do my laundry whenever the fuck I want to do my laundry. Abernathy: There are other things you can carry other then a gun. Pepper spray. Kim: Uh, muthafucka tryin to rape me, I don't want to give him a skin rash. I wanna shot that nigga down! Abernathy: How about a knife at least. Kim: Yeah, you know what happens to muthafuckas who carry knives. They get shot! Look, if I ever become a famous actress, I won't carry a gun. I'll hire me a dude dirt nigga and he'll carry the gun, and when shit goes down, I'll sit back and laugh, but until that day, it's wild west muthafucka!  Copyright © 2007 The Weinstein Company, All Rights ReservedRotten Tomatoes and About.com! Yahoo Movies and MSN Movies!  Copyright © 2007 Rolling Stone, All Rights ReservedHorror Movies 
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