A WHITE-HOT JUGGERNAUT AT 200 MILES PER HOUR!

A retired stuntman (Kurt Russell) drives around the South in his old ”death-proof” car and tries to charm women… but is it possible to survive a ride with him?

The second part of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez experiment Grindhouse certainly looks like one of those old exploitation flicks that the director admires, right up to the scratched film look. Lovingly put together, but the difference may lie in the cast; these actors are a lot better than those in the original movies, not least Russell as the psychopathic stuntman.

Very amusing, but should have been a half hour shorter. 

2007-U.S. 114 min. Color. Widescreen. Written, directed and photographed by Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Kurt Russell (Stuntman Mike), Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson (Abernathy), Vanessa Ferlito (Arlene), Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Parks. 

Trivia: Co-produced by Tarantino and Rodriguez. Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta and Denzel Washington were considered for roles. Originally released in the U.S. together with Planet Terror as part of a 191-min. long double bill titled Grindhouse; expanded stand-alone versions of the films were released overseas. The faux opening previews were directed by Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright; three of them later became movies, Machete (2010), Hobo with a Shotgun (2010) and Thanksgiving (2023). Actors who appear in the previews: Danny Trejo, Nicolas Cage, Udo Kier, Jason Isaacs, Matthew Macfadyen, Rafe Spall, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Will Arnett.