: Gone in 60 Seconds
I wasn’t expecting much from this car chase movie; though it has big stars (Cage and Jolie), my main memory of it was that it was in theatres for less than sixty seconds. It turns out it’s not such a bad film. It’s about car stealing, not racing. The plot’s rather lame, about an ex-car thief who’s dragged back into the racket by a thug who’s going to kill his brother unless he steals 50 cars in three days. Interesting idea, but lamely executed. Why not just get his brother and move away? The thug’s also a moron yet is supposed to be scary (he wasn’t in the least). And why was the little brother such an idiot? I was hoping he would get whacked just so I wouldn’t have to listen to him whine and do stupid stuff. Angelina Jolie’s part is so small in this she’s hardly a presence (she’s also a former car thief gone straight and apparently a former girlfiend of Cage’s character). Really the only redeeming thing is Nicholas Cage and the car stuff. Cage is always good, even with weak material, and the car chase and other stuff is nice, though too much of the plot is predictable (especially the begining, middle, and end). But overall it’s not unwatchable. There are some nice car chases and some of the car stealing stuff is interesting.
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