Runtime: 113min 32secs
Tagline: A Crash Course in Revenge
Written and Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Plot Outline:
Two separate pairs of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his “death proof” cars to execute his murderous plans.
Overall Impressions:
Really that is all there is to it. It helps that it’s Kurt Russell who’s one of the most bad-ass people in the world, but you’re looking for a deep and moving plot, move on already. Sure, it’s half the deal we were promised but it’s still a film that holds up on its own merits. It’s supposed to be a nod to the bad films of the yesteryears that still pulled an audience to the cinema, before DVD’s, even before the days of VHS. Bearing this in mind, is it actually any good?
Well, yes and no. To me the film was respectable as a nod to those terrible films. It totally belongs to Kurt Russell. Before he comes on the scene, the babbling between the to-be victims ‘really, really’ bored me. To the degree where I felt quite pleased when we see their *cough* exit. The second set of girls, didn’t appear much differently to begin but here at the halfway point I’d say the film kicked into the right gear. From here to the very end I was entertained.
If Grindhouse had been split down further into 2 parts, I’d say Part 2 was quite good. Part1 not, but you can’t blame the guy that set out to make a terrible film from the get go, he partially succeeded.
Reviewed by Ramchandra