In 2007, years before actor Brad Pitt appeared as smart-ass movie stuntman ‘Cliff Booth’ in the 2019 feature “Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood”, writer, director, DP, Quentin Tarantino cast Kurt Russell as greaseball killer ‘Stuntman Mike’ in the deliberately looking ‘grind-house’ feature “Death Proof”, wreaking homicidal mayhem behind the wheel of a ‘death proof’, matte black 1970 ‘Chevy Nova SS', smashing into drunken girls driving the backroads of Austin, Texas, including Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Zoë Bell (“Kill Bill”), in a cult classic, now restored and streaming for free on Tubi:
“…although some of the dialogue is tedious, with disturbing car accident prosthetics from Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”)…
“…‘Death Proof’ delivers during its second half…
“…with Bell actually strapped to the hood of a speeding white 1970 ‘Dodge Challenger’…
“…and Russell getting his comeuppance as only Tarantino can deliver…”
