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| Artist: Quentin Tarantino
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose Mcgowan
Studio: Momentum Pictures Home Ent
Category: DVD
List Price: £17.99
Buy New: £4.40
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (104 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2140
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060116722253
ASIN: B000W9RX9K
Release Date: January 14, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 99 more reviews...
 Boys film... December 1, 2008
One I wanted to go and see and missed - good boys/ car film - made me smile and I really enjoyed it.
 Self-Indulgent Pointless Vaccuum... November 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The narrative inventiveness that's given us compelling fare in the past is well and truly gone, hopefully not for good. It's obvious that Tarantino can get a deal just on his name, as no new writer could ever get dross like this financed.
Kurt Russell starts out as an intriguing, likeable character in the initial roadhouse sequence, but immediately plunges to a motiveless, cardboard psychopath. Tarantino's ear for dialogue has completely failed him, and we're exposed to unending, unfunny, trivial bulls--t.
The wish to pay homage a long-gone medium doesn't necessarily make worthy entertainment, and if Tarantino wanted a true homage, then he'd have filmed this on a B-movie showstring, with period film equipment and cast total unknowns (or would that have been too brave?) It's time that QT realises pop culture isn't a bottomless source of creative invention, and there's far more to human life with which to challenge himself.
Tarantino is a rare filmic talent, but it's becoming increasingly clear that he has nothing to say. His best film, Jackie Brown, works so well because it's a film about real people, not disposable cyphers.
Come on, Q - start pushing yourself and give us something new!
Enjoymentproof November 13, 2008
Dolly Parton used to quip, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." The same could be said about Quentin Tarantino's Deathproof, a contemporary film post-produced to look like a low-budget grindhouse movie of the 70s. But the problem isn't the look of the film - it's the story, padded out with long scenes of dull dialogue that take you nowhere. A big disappointment.
Just Pure Trash.. October 30, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched this movie last night,being a dedicated fan of Kurt Russel is
the main reason for watching this movie apart from the Dodge Charger and
Challenger.This is the worst film of pure trash I have ever seen since the
one and only which will equal this and that is Paris Texas.
 Enormously entertaining October 29, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am truly, truly devastated at the average star rating for this movie. 3 stars? Quentin Tarantino is one of the most daring and inspirational movie directors ever, but I suppose there's always going to be some that think it's 'cool' to say that his movies are rubbish. Shame, because `Deathproof' is quite possibly one of the greatest movies ever made.
Just to make a few of things clear: It's supposed to tacky, cheesy, trashy, nonsensical and offensive! It's not the polished and perfect, high-budget, twisting thriller most people seem to assume it's supposed to be! I dread to think how badly people will miss the point of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming masterpiece: 'Inglorious Bastards'.
Anyway, `Deathproof' has evidently been a massive source of inspiration to the movie business: Bring on `Bitchslap' in 2009! It's going to absolutely rule!
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