Case File 052: Stuntman Mike (Death Proof)

March 23, 2022 / Christopher Schrader

Back in the early aughts, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were enjoying an overwhelming level of success. They decided to use their clout to launch an ambitious cinematic experiment - each of them would direct one half of a double feature designed to pay homage to the exploitation flicks they grew up watching.

The result was 2007's Grindhouse and the response to it was... largely apathetic. It fizzled out at the box office and Tarantino's entry in particular seemed to divide even his most stalwart supporters.

We decided to give Death Proof another look by opening up a case file on its central antagonist: Stuntman Mike. Do our original evaluations still stand or is there more going on under the hood with this one than we initially gave it credit for? Let's find out!

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