Friday, November 1, 2013

"Drive Angry" is great mindless fun....

Saw "Drive Angry" on one of the cable channels the other night. It kind of came and went in theaters, but I'm shocked that it wasn't a huge hit. It had great action, and over-the-top-humor. Nicholas Cage has escaped from hell to save his granddaughter from the Satanic cult that killed his daughter-the child's mother. He has the Devil's Bounty Hunter on his tail trying to bring him back. Lot's of car-chase action featuring musclecars. Early on Cage has a '63 Riviera. Later he commandeers a '69 Charger and it's driver-the smokin' hot Amber Heard. The bad guys can't kill Cage-because he's already dead. There's a hilarious scene where Cage gets in a gunfight with the cultists in a motel, while screwing a hooker. He continues screwing the girl, while shooting multiple bad guys. She has her eyes closed and thinks she's having a great orgasm while the room is exploding around her. After they wreck the Charger, Cage and Amber hook up with his old buddy David Morse who gives him a '72 SS454 Chevelle to go after the bad guys. The Devil's Bounty Hunter agrees to help Cage and Amber kill everyone at the Cult Compound, if Cage will go back to hell willingly after. A Blaze-of-Glory finish that Quentin Tarantino would be proud of follows, and Amber agrees to raise the baby for Cage, and him and the Bounty Hunter go back to hell in a badass '57 Chevy. I thought it was better than the "Grindhouse" movies and the "Machete" movies. Yeah it was mindless, but it was funny and entertaining. What more do you want from an action flick?  Mastermind.

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