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To be absolutely fair here, I was unsure of what to expect with this film when I was going to see if for the first time. Well, first of all, it is a film from Quentin Tarantino and I love his work but it didn't really look like a typical Tarantino film. When I saw this film for the first time, I really enjoyed it but after a rewatch I found it pretty boring on occasions. The flaws it has are that the film lacks character development and very slow dialogue that took forever to get going. I really enjoyed the car crashing between the two cars around the end of the film. That almost kept me on the edge of my seat because I enjoyed it so much. The violence within this film was really gruesome especially with that blonde girl who was Stuntman Mike's first victim. If that scene wasn't on this film, I would have rated this film 2-stars instead of 3-stars so that scene made a big difference. This film reminds me of Steven Spielberg's Duel.
Kurt Russell's performance as Stuntman Mike wasn't so much bad but it was a rather weird performance because it's obvious that he does have some psychological problems by killing the passengers inside his car. Stuntman Mike is a an absolute psycho who just likes to have fun but takes things a little over the top. He is a bit of a serial killer because he kills women in the car numerously but he doesn't kill them with his bare hands; like he doesn't touch them or anything. It's really the car that kills them. Rosario Dawson is a cool actress but I think she lost the plot by starring in this one. I think she was chosen to be in this film because she is a black woman and she is really hot!
I personally think Quentin Tarantino sort of lost the plot with this film because it felt more like a Fast And Furious film. I don't really like racing films very much but Death Proof obviously caught my attention because of it being a Quentin Tarantino film. The directing in the action scene near the end was terrifically crafted but everything else became a bit of a mess. Quentin has always been a director of original scripts, cool characters and gory violence. He has that in Death Proof but this time they aren't half as good as they were in Kill Bill: Volumes 1+2, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Inglourious Basterds and especially Pulp Fiction. I don't think that Quentin was the right director to make this film; maybe Robert Rodriguez would've done a better job at making this a good film.
Overall, Death Proof is a disappointing yet an explosive, intense mayhem that could've been a lot better.
6/10
