Really Surprised!

An Exercise In Nonsense

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

You tend to get used to the ratings of critics. Yet if I see a rating of two stars, I tend to think, "Two stars, it can't be any good".Anyone who has not viewed this film, ignore the critique, and marvel at a film, which though the story is unlikely[ which may have put "stuff shirt" critics off] its so brilliantly done, its one of those packages which has a team who love what they are doing, a director who attracts a brilliant photographer, which influence top notch actors to the project. So what do you get here, great action great dialogue great direction & photography professional production, the best actors, loving the experience, and the viewer, that's you guys get lucky, sit comfortably stack a few cans and join in on the best back seat driving you ever had.

Happy new year to the IMDb staff and readers of my reviews as of now I will have 195 thanks for reading my review members of IMDb and hope you like my all my review check out and thank you I know you don't respond so It's a 1hr 58mins of car mania of Action, amazing jump a Crime Thriller I gave it 7/10 director Dominic Sena who done the thriller swordfish with an all star cast to boot does a fine job for a summer hit A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life this ice cold hot wired a budget of 90 million dollars and mad 101,643008 million in the b.o in this High octane superstar Nicolas cage ( leaving Las Vegas the rock and con air ) and sexy Angelina jolie ( girl interrupted and tomb raider ) are unstoppable wave of speed and adrenaline rush in this hot edgy action hit legendary car booster Randall Memphis raines ( cage ) thought he d be left the fast lane behind until he is forced out of retirement in a do or die effort to save his kid brother ( Giovanni ribsi ) saving private Ryan ) from the wrath of a evil mobster. Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship by 8 AM Friday morning, and he got this news on a Monday. With Calitri threatening to kill him and Kip, and the police GRAB unit breathing down his neck, Memphis reassembles his old crew and attempts to pull off the logistically impossible But with speed to burn and attitude to spare Memphis re assembles his old team including Robert duval ( deep Impact) and vinney Jones as Spinx's his first acting role ) this fast movie floors it in full throttle and to race to pull off the ultimate car heist 50 cars in 24 hours this action packed thrill ride comes out fast and never slows down a remake of a 1974 and before fast and the furious this is the king before the the amazing fast films. So yes, this movie isn't an "epic, life-affirming post-9/11 picture with obligatory social commentary" effort. The pacing is uneven, some of the scenes could have been cut and not all the actors tow the line. But car movies rarely come better than this. So if you hate cars... why are you even reading these comments. Films where the plot takes a backseat to the set-pieces. Films where the dialogue isn't so cleverly written that it ties itself in endless knots of purple prose. There are HUNDREDS of films that fit the bill... but in my opinion Gone In Sixty Seconds is one of the better ones.an Eleanor is cool looking but the Ferraris and porches look hotNicolas Cage ... Memphis Raines Giovanni Ribisi ... Kip Raines Angelina Jolie ... Sara 'Sway' Wayland T.J. Cross ... Mirror Man ( William Lee Scott ... Toby Scott Caan ... Tumbler James Duval ...Freb Will Patton ... Atley Jackson Delroy Lindo ... Det. Roland Castlebeck Timothy Olyphant ... Detective Drycoff / Chi McBride ... Donny Astricky / Robert Duvall ... Otto Halliwell Christopher Eccleston ... Raymond Calitri / Vinnie Jones ... The Sphinx / Grace Zabriskie ... Helen Raines

Seeing actors early on in their transition stage moving from different genres sure can be surreal sometimes. Perhaps for some, their actual screen presence is not as prevalent as it use to be, but the name itself carries a lot of weight when it comes to how successful a film could be (most of the time). Now a days, when the names Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage, Scott Caan, Chi McBride and Robert Duvall are mentioned, all have their names connected to some well-known movie. However, when seeing actors in a transition state where their not the main lead or are but are not given the liberties to do what they did in later films, it just feels strange. The title to this film actually sounds like a knock-off of The Fast and the Furious (2001) franchise that started after that. Pricey, shiny cars, looking to be stolen in a heist film? Sure sounds aggressive enough to be one. But does it turn out like it sounds? Ehh,...kind of but it is a bit misguided in areas. Compared to its 1974 original, the story is more of a soft remake than anything else.Written mainly by Scott Rosenberg who also wrote for High Fidelity (2000) and with uncredited rewrites by J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Hensleigh, the plot is about retired car thief Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) who is brought back to his old profession in order to save his younger brother Kip (Giovanni Ribisi) after a major screw up with car trafficker Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). The job Raines has to complete is stealing 50 high-end cars and have them ready to ship out, otherwise, Raines' brother dies. So in order to complete this task, Raines gets the help from his old crew played by actors, Angelina Jolie, Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Will Patton, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones and some others. All the while, police officers Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo) and Drycoff (Timothy Olyphant) are on Raines' tail trying to figure out if the retired thief has re-entered his old profession. Directed by Dominic Sena who's only done a handful of films heads this production. Unfortunately, both the writing and direction have their issues.Going back to what was mentioned before, one would think if the title suggests something will be gone in sixty seconds, then the end result will be a fast paced, action film. The thing is, there is action and fast cars, but the build up to this is slower than necessary. Half of this film is Memphis Raines getting his posse together and over time removing the respective cars from their location. However, when this happens very few times is anybody speeding. It's more like nonchalantly cruising off. That doesn't sound that exciting, especially when considering the padding. For almost two hours, there are definitely some scenes that either could've been trimmed or removed completely. This is in due part with the writing, which has a minor subplot about Memphis Raines and Sway (Angelina Jolie) being in love once. It's brought up at one point, then put on hold before having the cliché of "being back together" later for no real reason. What's the point? Audiences aren't exactly given the clearest of backstory to their relationship therefor so what?Another problem is the lighting and coloring. According to sources, Sena's trademark look are sepia tone / yellowish colors in his film. However, this practically the only color available because there isn't a whole lot of other things that stand out. It doesn't make the viewing experience that interesting. With that though, there are still some nice highlights. The main leads to this film do have their moments together as a crew. Nicolas Cage plays the fence in his acting changing between calm and ready beat anyone who comes to take him out. Angelina Jolie may not be as active in this feature as her later roles would be but she still has a presence that can't be ignored. Vinnie Jones is a character that never talks and isn't explained as to why but he too has some moments that showcase he's not to be messed with. On the other hand, Chi McBride and Delroy Lindo are probably the most vocal, being that they add some kind energy to their roles. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast aren't engaging because there's too many and not enough development. There are however some nice deadpan comical moments delivered by Cage and that deals with his car named Eleanor who sort of has a mind of its own for some reason. It's dumb but funny. The cinematography by Paul Cameron (Man on Fire (2004) and Deja Vu (2006)) are well shot and work well the action scenes that do occur. Since it's wide screen, the look gives a broad range of view to see what surrounds the characters. The car chases that Nicolas Cage performs are decently exciting and are nicely edited. That's the way the rest of the film should have been executed. The music composed by synth enthusiast Trevor Rabin is a mixed bag. The score itself is pretty short surprisingly, clocking in only at a half-hour. Rabin does compose a main theme to Raines and Eleanor with a synth choir that pops up from time to time, but the rest of the tracks are somewhat muddled. There are some exciting cues that involve deep scratchy synth bases but they don't show up all that often because much of the tracks run on average about a minute. It's okay but could've been better.The electronic synth musical score, cinematography and main leads make the viewing experience watchable but the premise itself is squandered by slow pacing and infrequent action. To be gone in sixty seconds, the momentum this feature creates takes much longer than that.

I really like this movie. It's a very inventive, creative idea for a movie. And Nicolas Cage does fantastically as the lead in this movie.This movie is about a car thief, Memphis Raines. He's a former thief, actually. But when his brother gets into some trouble with other thieves, Memphis must get his crew back together to pull off the greatest car heist in history. He needs to get fifty specific, high end cars and transport them to the big boss in only a matter of days. Memphis doesn't really want to be risking it, but for his brother, he does. With the cops on their trail, and only a few hours left, Memphis must get that very last car.Overall, I give this movie an 8 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.