Death Proof (2007, USA) C-114m. SCOPE *** D: Quentin Tarantino. Starring Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Sysdney Poitier, Traci Thoms, Rose McGowan, Jordan Ladd, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Michael Parks, James Parks. After gangster movies (RESERVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION, JACKIE BROWN) and martial arts/revenge movies (KILL BILL), Tarantino celebrates the Grindhouse features of the 1970s, particularly those featuring muscle cars and tough heroes. Russell is a stuntman, who follows two different groups of hot young women - for reasons that are quite obscure. Just what does he need his 'death-proof' stunt car for? By now it should have become clear that Tarantino does not want to make good movies, he is too much immersed in trying to pay homage to films he considers cool. His DEATH PROOF story is talky, overlong, anachronistic, and quite pointless. Russell's character is inconsistent and the two plot strands are not tied up well at all. Even if the flaws are all too obvious, they also pervade the films Tarantino is paying homage to, and to be honest, the movie is fun to watch, at least for movie buffs, who will excuse the its flaws. Tarantino also scripted and photographed the picture. Originally released in the U.S. as one half of a double feature with Robert Rodriguez' PLANET TERROR called GRINDHOUSE. It ran about 90m. there, in Europe the movies were relased separately, with DEATH PROOF running 114m.