Quentin Tarantino’s unloved nugget
THE October 31, 2023 several films are leaving the catalog of the Netflix platform. Among these, a film by Quentin Tarantino: Avenue of Death. Released in 2007, it pays two-part homage to ’70s chase movies. This is how we discover Kurt Russell in street psychopathbehind the wheel of a stunt car in which he traps a young woman and kills her by causing a head-on collision with another car in which there are four other young women.
But in the second part of Avenue of Deathhe will set off in search of new victims, who this time will not allow him to carry out his deadly plan…
For his fifth film, Quentin Tarantino has assembled a top-notch female cast around Kurt Russell, including actress and stuntman Zoë Bell, Rose McGowan, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Ferlito. Well received by critics, Avenue of Death it is, however, a resounding commercial failure. In fact, for a production budget of $53 million – at the time it was the largest budget for a Quentin Tarantino film, grossing only 55 million in worldwide box office.
Schwarzenegger and Tarantino pay homage to Stallone in the trailer for the Netflix documentary
Avenue of Deathtoo sharp?
Avenue of Death, a tribute film to exploitation cinema, has adopted the codes of this cinema not only in its production, but also in its distribution. In fact, it was notably shown in the United States as part of the “double program” Grindhouse. This “double bill” concept was popular in the mid-20th century and consisted of a theater showing two films in a row in one session.
Taking up this idea, Avenue of Death it was therefore designed with Planetary terror, directed by Quentin Tarantino’s partner Robert Rodriguez. Between the two films the two directors inserted fake advertisements and trailers. A proposal from enthusiasts to other enthusiasts, and which therefore was not very popular with the general public, especially since in most countries, Avenue of Death it was screened alone.
As a result, its reputation can be considered confidential if we compare it to almost all other Quentin Tarantino films, whose popularity is all over the world. But with its extraordinary and attractive female cast, its hateful psychopath played by Kurt Russell, its violent and spectacular staging, Quentin Tarantino’s foot fetishism and its masterful sense of dialogue, Avenue of Death he deserves something more, he is so successful.
Source: Cine Serie
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