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| “ | Hey, Pam, remember when I said this car was death proof? Well, that wasn't a lie. This car is 100% death proof. Only to get the benefit of it, honey, you REALLY need to be sitting in my seat. | „ |
| ~ Stuntman Mike just before killing Pam. |
Michael John "Stuntman Mike" McKay is the main antagonist of the 2007 Quentin Tarantino film Death Proof. He is a legendary Hollywood stuntman who takes pleasure in killing women with his car.
He was portrayed by Kurt Russell, who also played Ego in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Personality[]
Stuntman Mike is charming and rugged, impressing women with his stories about working as a stuntman in the glory days of racing movies and television shows. Once they are in his power, however, he reveals his true self: a sadistic psychopath who derives excitement and sexual pleasure from killing women with his specially made, "death-proof" car - either by running them over, crashing into them, or purposely getting into accidents that are fatal to his passengers but leave him without a scratch. Of course, Mike has also shown to be a complete coward should his homicidal methods goes awry and is completely helpless at the end of the movie.
Biography[]
Little is known about the serial killer known as “Stuntman Mike” beyond his history as an aging stunt driver and his preference in victims: young, unsuspecting women who he stalks from a distance before striking.
Three young women — hair and makeup artist Abernathy "Abbie" Ross, stuntwoman Kim Mathis, and up-and-coming actress Lee Montgomery are driving through Lebanon, Tennessee where they are shooting a film together.
They stop at a convenience store, where the legendary Hollywood stunt double Stuntman Mike McKay watches them from his car. The women are en route to pick up Abbie and Kim's friend, stuntwoman Zoë Bell, from the airport while Stuntman Mike inconspicuously photographs them. Zoë tells her three friends that she would like to test-drive a 1970 Dodge Challenger, the same type of car that was used in the 1971 film, “Vanishing Point” that is for sale nearby.
The owner, whose name is Jasper, allows the young ladies to test-drive it unsupervised after Abernathy tells him that Lee is a porn star and will stay behind to keep him company.
Zoë tells Abernathy and Kim that she needs to play a game they call "Ship's Mast," whereby she rides the hood holding belts fastened to the car while Kim drives at high speeds. Kim is hesitant but agrees.
Meanwhile, back at Jasper’s place, Lee has been assaulted by him. She is seen running naked as an also bare Jasper charges after her with a butcher knife. All of a sudden, Stuntman Mike’s car comes out of nowhere and crashes into Jasper and sends him flying. Stuntman Mike gets out of the car, takes a towel from his trunk, and covers Lee. He consoles the injured and frightened young woman, giving the audience Dad vibes. He helps her into the passenger seat of his car, where he promises to take her to a hospital. As she puts the seat back and closes her eyes, Stuntman Mike breaks the fourth wall, looks into the camera, and smiles. Lee is never seen again.
We then join what we presume takes place a little later - Zoë, Abernathy and Kim are enjoying the stunt, unaware that Stuntman Mike is watching them. He rear-ends them in his car, causing Zoë to drop one of the belts accidentally. After several more crashes, he T-Bones them, throwing Zoë from the hood and into a ditch. Stuntman Mike gets out of the car to boast, only for the overly sensitive Kim to overreact and shoot Stuntman Mike in his left shoulder. Stuntman Mike drives away, panicked and in pain.
Abernathy and Kim cry over the loss of their friend until Zoë emerges uninjured. The three agree to catch up to Stuntman Mike. Stuntman Mike has stopped on a narrow road to treat his wound with Four Roses bourbon.
The women rear-end him at high speed. Zoë gets out and beats him with a pipe, but he resists and drives off again. After a long chase, the women push Stuntman Mike's car off the road. The three heartless and unforgiving harlots drag him out of the car and assault him.
Fourteen months later, Stuntman Mike is seen with a scar in his vehicle. Later, at The Texas Chili Parlor in Austin, Texas, he approaches three young women - Arlene, Julia, and Shanna - and responds to a challenge Julia made that day on her radio show: reciting the Robert Frost poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and in return getting a lap dance from Arlene. She is reluctant at first, but Stuntman Mike charms her into going through with it.
Later that night, Stuntman Mike chats up another young woman, Pam, who asks him to give her a ride home. He agrees and when he later shows her his car, she learns that he has specially fortified his vehicle with a roll cage to ensure he survives any collision. The two leave the restaurant and all appears to be well. On the drive however, Pam starts to get scared and asks to be let out, but Stuntman Mike replies that his car is only "death proof" if one is sitting in the driver's seat; he then slams on the brakes, causing Pam to lurch forward and shatter her skull on the dashboard, killing her.
Stuntman Mike then catches up to Arlene and her friends, who are driving home, and rams his car into theirs, killing all three women. Local Sheriff Earl McGraw suspects that Stuntman Mike rammed the vehicle on purpose, but cannot prove it. Stuntman Mike is released without charge because he had been sober during the crash.
Months later, he stalks Abernathy Ross, Kim Mathis, Lee Montgomery, and Zoe Bell as they play "Ship's Mast" in a 1970 Dodge Charger. He repeatedly rams the car from behind while Zoe is tied to the hood, and finally hits the car so hard that she goes flying off of a cliff. He gets out of the car and laughs at his victims, saying he has had fun tormenting them, only for Kim to shoot him in the arm. He drives away and cleans the wound with whiskey, intensifying his already agonizing pain. Just then, the women - including Zoe, alive and unharmed - catch up with him and rear-end his car, sending him into a ditch. They pull him from the wreckage, ignoring his blubbered apologies, and beat him to death.
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External Links[]
- Stuntman Mike on the Pure Evil Wiki
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