Gone in 60 Seconds Reviews

Gone in 60 Seconds is one of the least memorable films I've had the (dis)pleasure of watching. It has an interesting enough plot, but is only used as an attractive gold wrapper to hide the fact that underneath it is a boring, sloppy film that's mostly concerned with the relationship of two brothers - who don't even look like brothers. Cousins, understandable. It has a great cast, even that bunny from Donnie Darko makes an appearance here, but all of them are criminally underused; mostly through cheap shots, uninspiring editing, low-level script - although the script for Delroy Lindo was quite cool; or maybe he was the only worthy actor / character in the film - and a very boring feel to it. In short, Gone in 60 Seconds runs like a slow internet connection.

Now, in the performances, Nic Cage should've known better than to star in this. He wanted to be an action star, understandable, but how in the hell did he equal a guy who talks to cars and who runs a kiddy go-kart club to action? If you want to become the next Vin Diesel or Bruce Willis, then star in a film that doesn't involve a character talking to an inanimate object. But still, talking to a car has some dignity than talking to a flower-pot. Or his own hand. Angelina Jolie, I believe, was mis-cast. It felt as if she walked into the wrong movie and decided to make the most of it. Imagine Jar-Jar Binks in The Matrix. But then again, I guess this is what happens when people win an Oscar. The world becomes their oyster; good films or bad films, the hell cares, I just won an Oscar. Robert Duvall was also badly underused. Being the veteran from the cast, he should've known better, at-least. He was being so un-Robert Duvall that I didn't even notice he was there until he was mentioned in the credits sequence. Giovanni Ribisi was just OK. No matter how many films he makes, he will always be Phoebe's little brother to me. I mean, he didn't have any depth to his character. The only saving grace was Delroy Lindo as Det. Roland Castlebeck. Despite some uneasy setbacks - like being followed everywhere by a painfully annoying Timothy Olyphant - Lindo bought dignity and seriousness to his character. The rest were just OK.

In conclusion, Gone in 60 Seconds should've exactly been as long as the title implies the "boosting" to be. If you want to watch this film, but really do not want to, then just strum the lower E string of your guitar. It's about as exciting as that.

6.0/10

Somewhere, in the mid- 90’s, Nicolas Cage thought he should become an action star and even though his first attempt was actually pretty decent (‘The Rock’) , the rest has been going from average to downright terrible. This flick is a pretty good example of those tepid features he made in the last 20 years. Apparently, this time, it was a remake from a rather obscure 70’s flick. To be honest, I haven’t seen this movie but it didn’t look great whatsoever but who knows? I might be mistaken… Basically, it is one of those tedious action movies which tries to make you forget that the plot is really abysmal by throwing at you some ‘bad-ass’ action scenes. The only issue is that even though those action scenes were not bad, they were not really impressive enough. Still, I must admit, the cast was pretty neat (Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Scott Caan, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Olyphant, Robert Duvall, Christopher Eccleston, Vinnie Jones). At the end of day, since it is a Jerry Bruckheimer production, I shouldn’t be surprised by the shallowness of the whole endeavor. Concerning Nicolas Cage, he has been focusing on those average action flicks lately and his career is slowly but surely losing any credibility. For example, more than 10 years later, he would be reunited with the same director, Dominic Sena, for the even more dreadful ‘Season of the Witch’… To conclude, even though I have seen worse, especially starring Nicolas Cage, it still remains a rather average flick and it is not really worth a look, even if you love the genre.

All that needs to be said: Elenor...Wanted that car for as long as I could remember...one day we will meet again.