Not again.

Walked into a goddamn door with the same goddamn toe as before. Bruised again, hurts again. And it annoys me that Planet Terror still has no UK release date despite being released in France, Sweden, Holland, Estonia, Greece and, next week, Germany.

Why do they get machine guns for legs and we don't?

I did stumble across this "international" trailer for the film:



And, even better, apparently Fergie gets killed in it.

Film review: Death Proof

Death Proof @ IMDB

It's pretty much common knowledge that the original vision of this film was as part of the Grindhouse double bill which flopped big time on it's release. This is despite a machine gun for a leg in the trailer. Stupid Americans. So, for the UK release it has been split into two full length films. Without the fake trailers. And no release date for the second part of Grindhouse, the one with the machine gun for a leg, Planet Terror.

Far from ideal.

But, hey, it's a new Tarantino film which can't be a bad thing. So in this love letter to 70s exploitation films we get Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, a crazed psychopath who stalks young women before killing them with his eponymous death proof car.

Which is pretty much the entire plot. Stuntman Mike stalks some people, kills them, stalks some more, they fight back, the end. What you get is a lot of talking. A lot of talking. Remember the diner scene in Reservoir Dogs? The whole bit about Like A Virgin being about big dicks? Imagine that for three quarters of an entire film.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. The dialogue fizzes and flies like you'd expect, the characters voices are nailed down and it entertains. Kurt Russell is great, no one drops the ball performance wise.

But there is a lot of talking. There is a nasty car crash that keeps you going but there is a lot of talking.

But here's the thing. Just as I was thinking "gee, this talking is starting to drag a wee bit", Tarantino brings out one of the most stunning chase sequences in cinema. This is not a joke. This is pure, no CG, lady on a bonnet, high speed car mayhem. I didn't blink for ten minutes. Simply outstanding.

So it's well worth seeing as long as you realize and accept that you have to wait. Just be patient. Listen to the dialogue and the talking and just wait. And you will be rewarded.

The only possible ninja weapon this film can get is a car.

You've let me down America

So it appears that Grindhouse has tanked in America and is now left without a release date over here.

Great. Just great. Thank you very much America. All I wanted was to see a damn film with a machine gun for a damn leg and now I can't. A machine gun for leg! Did no one see the trailer?

I am very annoyed.

And then I read this, quite simply the worst list of the Top 50 films so far this year. Epic Movie? Hannibal Rising? Norbit?!

And no Hot Fuzz.

I feel enraged.

Nothing Says Too Far Like a Machine Gun For a Leg

I know those of you with not the fastest internet connection will probably groan when you see yet another embedded YouTube video but couldn't resist this one:



Tarantino & Rodriguez double bill? Zombies? Kurt Russel? A Machine gun for a leg?

Yes please.