Drive Angry (2011)

[Rowland]

From the auteur of the Wes Craven Presents Dracula trilogy and the My Bloody Valentine remake comes...

DRIVE ANGRY (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/21035)

[MadMan]

That looks terrible, even though it does star teh Cage.

[eternity]

I hear that it looks great in 3D, so...

[Rowland]

I hear that it looks great in 3D, so...I heard Lussier's 3D effects for My Bloody Valentine were solid, so hopefully he just lets loose with the crazy shit in this one, because those were the only times MBV was any good.

[number8]

I hear that it looks great in 3D, so...

No. Especially the bullet shot.

[eternity]

No. Especially the bullet shot.
After reading that /film also had very nice things to say about Skyline and Battle: Los Angeles, I realize that it's mostly just hype-y spin-y what the fuck, so...disregard my previous comment.

[angrycinephile]

Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=70780)

Oh boy.

[Ezee E]

Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=70780)

Oh boy.
So by my count, this and the Sorcerer's Apprentice means that Cage has one more bad movie before he comes out with a good one.

[Dukefrukem]

"He broke out of hell... to make things right".... LOLOLOLOL


So by my count, this and the Sorcerer's Apprentice means that Cage has one more bad movie before he comes out with a good one.

That would be Ghost Rider 2 right?

[DavidSeven]

That would be Ghost Rider 2 right?

Wait. This isn't Ghost Rider 2?

[Winston*]

One of the best dumb titles I've heard in a while.

[Derek]

How long before we get the generic parody "Nick Cage Movie"?

[soitgoes...]

Cage and Schumacher are teaming up again for a film next year too. That should be awesome. 8MM turned out well for both.

Whoever's Nicolas Cage's agent should be shot. Or given a raise. I'm not sure which.

[Skitch]

It boggles my mind that people think Cage looks good with long hair. He looks goofy!! You can always tell if its gonna be good or bad Cage by the hair.

[Ezee E]

It boggles my mind that people think Cage looks good with long hair. He looks goofy!! You can always tell if its gonna be good or bad Cage by the hair.
Hmm... You might be on to something there.

[Rowland]

As long-haired Cage movies that I can recall off the top of my head are concerned, Con Air is probably the pick of the litter.

[Morris Schæffer]

That looks like a Grindhouse production.

[megladon8]

It seems to me that this and that new The Rock movie Faster would make an awesome double-header for "guys' night out".

[Ezee E]

It seems to me that this and that new The Rock movie Faster would make an awesome double-header for "guys' night out".
Count me out!

[Sven]

Good to see the Fich, at least.

[megladon8]

Count me out!


Well you're not invited anyways :P

[Derek]

Whoever's Nicolas Cage's agent should be shot. Or given a raise. I'm not sure which.

How about both simultaneously?


Count me out!

:lol:

Me too!!

[Derek]

As long-haired Cage movies that I can recall off the top of my head are concerned, Con Air is probably the pick of the litter.

I think an interesting article could be written about the many hair styles of Nicholas Cage.

[number8]

Pah. This was basically the Comic-Con trailer with all the gore cut out.

[MadMan]

It seems to me that this and that new The Rock movie Faster would make an awesome double-header for "guys' night out".Faster looks much better. When it comes to hamming it up though, no one beats teh Cage these days.

[Dukefrukem]

Faster looks like an Oscar winner next to this.

[B-side]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. This is going to be awesome.

[number8]

Who the fuck would prefer Faster to this? Get real, guys.

[MadMan]

Those crappy Disney movies he made aside, The Rock has far more charisma. I don't expect either Faster or Drive Angry to be all that good, really.

[megladon8]

Those crappy Disney movies he made aside, The Rock has far more charisma. I don't expect either Faster or Drive Angry to be all that good, really.


I really like The Rock. The Rundown is a great movie.

I think Faster looks like a genuine 2000s grindhouse movie.

[Skitch]

Faster (while being one of the sillier titles I've ever heard) looks better, but both will probably be entertainingly bad. I'm hoping Faster will be like The Rundown and Walking Tall. Drive Angry though...those accents...and I didn't like Con Air...

[number8]

Faster looks boring. This has 3D hell bullets.

[Dukefrukem]

The ridiculousness of this trailer reminds me of Torque. Who were the big fans of that movie? I remember it had a huge following on the old site.

[number8]

Me.

[Rowland]

Me too.

And so far I'm in the Drive Angry over Faster camp, given what the trailers have shown us. And I like Lussier, even if he hasn't yet made a good movie.

[Skitch]

Torque is GOLD.

[MadMan]

Torque is hilarious. I still stand by my belief that its a spoof of the Fast and the Furious movies.

[Morris Schæffer]

Torque is colossal fucking tripe, but perhaps the joke is that it is awesome in the same way that Chuck Norris jokes make the bearded legend look like the greatest fucking human that ever lived.

[Skitch]

Torque is hilarious. I still stand by my belief that its a spoof of the Fast and the Furious movies.

I don't see how anyone could argue against you on that. They repeat one of F/F's big lines, just so they can openly mock it.

[number8]

Torque is colossal fucking tripe, but perhaps the joke is that it is awesome in the same way that Chuck Norris jokes make the bearded legend look like the greatest fucking human that ever lived.

Nope.

[number8]

"Heard you was in Indochina eating sushi and shit."
"I thought sushi was from Japan?"
"I know where sushi comes from, NIGGA!"

[Skitch]

:lol:

I loved how subtle the Pepsi/Dew ads were in the cat fight.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm the youtube whore lately... (if we're gonna talk about it might as well watch it) quite possibly the stupidest thing in cinema history

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[number8]

I don't know what I'm supposed to find stupid. That scene is both hilarious and cool, as it is clearly meant to be.

[Skitch]

I can't see it, which scene are we talking about?

[Dukefrukem]

I can't find that hilarious or cool.

It's the Bike fight scene with the "subtle the Pepsi/Dew ads" you referred to

[Skitch]

Ah. I find it so embarrisingly horriffic, that it achieves humor.

[MadMan]

That fight just affirms what I've known all along: Pepsi>Mountain Dew.

[eternity]

Everything...about that...

[Henry Gale]

I'm the youtube whore lately... (if we're gonna talk about it might as well watch it) quite possibly the stupidest thing in cinema history

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Ahahhaaha I love it. I haven't seen any of it since whatever year it came out on DVD, but now I'm tempted.

Also, hearing Joseph Kahn talking in-depth about the production of it on /Filmcast and Adam Scott doing his own, more brief version of it on Doug Loves Movies podcast, both make me want to re-watch it even more.

Adam Scott: "I thought we were all trying to be hilarious... It's kind of a unique mix of the studio wanting to make a Fast & The Furious movie, and then a director wanting to make fun of Fast & The Furious. And then some actors wanting to be in Fast & The Furious, and then some actors wanting to make fun of Fast & The Furious. 'Cause there were some dudes in the movie, when we would be getting ready to shoot a scene... they had these sleeveless leather vests on, and they would be doing curls. I guess so their muscles would be all big when they're rolling. I was just like 'what the fuck IS this?!'"

[Skitch]

That fight just affirms what I've known all along: Pepsi>Mountain Dew.

Pepsi > everything

[Dukefrukem]

Dew > Coke > Pepsi

[MadMan]

Pepsi > everythingNah. Coke>Sierra Mist>Pepsi :P

[Henry Gale]

Woah, woah... Dr. Pepper beats them all.

This began as a discussion for Drive Angry, an upcoming 3D film starring Nicolas Cage.

[Watashi]

This movie is kinda incredible.

Someone finally utilized Finchter at his utmost badassness.

[Henry Gale]

This movie is kinda incredible.

Someone finally utilized Finchter at his utmost badassness.

I sort of agree and will say that there are definitely some occasional moments of unexpected and awesome ridiculousness to be found in this, including a couple of sure-to-be memorable action setpieces, with Fichtner and (more surprisingly) Amber Heard livening things up and teasing shifts into a tone more fun than what's mostly on display otherwise; but overall it just didn't come together as well I was hoping it would. It's on a similar level of silliness and confused Grindhouse cinema aspirations as Machete, but only if that movie had been burdened by its overseriousness.

The opening 3D shots, of the movie's Hell no less, are as good as the three-dimensional effects seem to get in terms of scope and ambition, but it is kind of nice to see a fully live action narrative film shot in the format all the way (I say this because Jackass 3D would fall into that slot otherwise) that looks this capable. It just sadly doesn't add as much as it should to everything going on, shooting everything very plainly, even when it could even making all the gun-toting and car chases jump out a little more. Also, I'm not quite sure if it's just the fact that it was shot in 3D that cost it so much, but the fact that this cost $50 million is kind of stunning to me since a lot of the effects (especially towards the end) look terrible.

But in the end, I guess it's fun enough, just maybe not necessarily worth seeing right now for the price of a theatre ticket with an added charge for the extra dimension. It'll play just as well around Summer time when it comes out on DVD and all of that. And if anyone here, like me, got possibly unintentional thrills and laughs out of Lussier's last film, the My Bloody Valentine remake, then it's probably more wise to go in with that level of expectation than whatever I was hoping for with Drive Angry. It's on a very similar level of "some great moments, but ultimately underwhelms" that I came away with for The Green Hornet, the last 3D movie I happened to see.

**1/2-ish

[soitgoes...]

Surprise! This movie is so much fun. I love William Fichtner in this.

[B-side]

Surprise! This movie is so much fun. I love William Fichtner in this.

Yup.

[Dukefrukem]

I watched this on my quest to finish the Nicholas Cage filmography.... how this was green-lit is beyond my understanding.

[MadMan]

I still love this movie. Its one of Cage's most over the top glorious roles. Plus Amber Heard...mmm. And Tom Atkins. And Fichtner stealing the movie.