Pure Genius or is it?

Rating: 8/10 (5 June 2007)

After hearing everyone rave at how good Death Proof is and seeing a lot of good press imagine my surprise when I actually saw the film as part of the Grindhouse double bill. The trailers that are part of Grindhouse are fantastic, (I so need to see Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu), In fact all of the trailers should be made into films as they look the bomb. Onto the main features. Planet Terror - Pure Genius, from the casting to the gore quota. Pure fun. This will no doubt be overshadowed by the fact Tarantino directed Death Proof and follows this gem of a film. This would be a shame as Robert Roderiguez should be heaped praise for this film. I love horror movies and few deliver thrills and spills like this one. Onto Death Proof - Hmmmmm, I will probably be going against everyone here but I was disappointed by this film. It started great, set up beautiful. It slows in the middle, a little too much for my taste, and towards the end I was actually shouting for Stuntman Mike rather than his victims. I thought the end a bit lame and to be honest really wanted it to end a lot differently. All in all, the film is a belter. Go and see it.