October 23, 2007

Death Proof

2007 / Quentin Tarantino > In Pulp Fiction, Tarantino's dialogue was fresh and exciting, but more importantly, it led to some level of character development that helped us understand the chaotic world within. In Death Proof, however, he engorges himself in dialogue that does little but waste time. Some may find it clever, but mostly it comes off pretentious and unnecessary. Thankfully, his skill in creating suspenseful action comes through gloriously in a couple of sequences that essentially justify the whole film. It's no wonder that this was cut and packaged together with Planet Terror in North American theatres: The meat here, while thin, is still quite juicy.