Plot summary :
Stuntman Mike is a former Hollywood stunt race car driver who targets and kills women with his “death-proof” stunt car. In Act I, Mike surfaces in Austin, Texas to target a group of women whom he knows; Jungle Julia an outgoing, dope-smoking, radio DJ/fashion model meeting her old school friends for a night on the town whom are sentimental model Arlene, and local bad-girl Shanna, as well as bar-nut hippie Pam who tries to make Mike notice her, unaware of his sociopath and misogynist tendencies. In Act II, Stuntman Mike surfaces in Tennessee where he randomly picks another another group of women to stalk all of whom work in the motion picture business; Abernathy is a make-up girl and stand-in wanting a chance of pace in her life. Lee is a naive B-movie actress. Kim is a tough-minded stunt woman always wanting action. And Zoe is a fellow stunt woman from New Zealand visiting her friends. However, the second set of girls proves more though to get, and because of a combination of bad luck and Stuntman Mike’s carelessness, the girls decide to turn the tables on their tormentor for revenge of their own…

Movie info :
User rating: 7.4/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Awards: 1 nomination

Cast overview :
Kurt Russell … Stuntman Mike
Zoë Bell … Herself
Rosario Dawson … Abernathy
Vanessa Ferlito … Arlene
Sydney Poitier … Jungle Julia
Quentin Tarantino … Warren

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028528/

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Plot summary :
Paulina Escobar is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed third World country. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the ‘truth’. Paulina is torn between her psychological repressions and somber memory, Gerardo is torn between his wife and the law, and Dr. Miranda is forced to endure captivity while husband and wife seek out the uncertain truth about the clouded past…

Movie info :
User rating: 7.1/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Awards: 2 nominations

Cast overview :
Sigourney Weaver … Paulina Escobar
Ben Kingsley … Dr. Roberto Miranda
Stuart Wilson … Gerardo Escobar
Krystia Mova … Dr. Miranda’s Wife
Jonathan Vega … Dr. Miranda’s Son

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109579/

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Popularity: 32% [?]