“Thank you, Webster. I don't believe I'll be having that
beer just now. Not unless I'm drinking it from Jonah King's skull.”
Milton.
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| Driving Miss Daisy this is not. |
Script Logic; 1/2
Pace; 1/2
Acting; 1/2
Aesthetic; 1/2
Originality & Intention; 2/2
Final Score; 6/10
Final Word: I think I knew what to expect when I watched
the trailer, which I have to admit made me grin despite myself. It’s loud,
obnoxious, trashy, inane, politically incorrect, but hey? That’s sort of the
point. Nicholas Cage stars as Nicholas Cage (although, oddly, sometimes the
other characters call him Milton), a typical leather-clad bad-ass who has, literally,
driven out of Hell in a classic-car, in order to track down the man who killed
his daughter and plans to sacrifice his grand child to Satan. Cage then hooks
up with diner waitress Amber Heard (because all waitresses look like Playboy
Bunnies in America) and is pursued by Satan’s agent ‘The Accountant’, played
brilliantly by William Fichtner- who steals every scene he’s in and is
undoubtedly the film’s highlight.
It’s exactly what you’d expect a film called Drive Angry
to be- a combination of Mad Max, The Crow and every Meat Loaf music video ever
made.
Unfortunately, the film has a predisposition for blatant misogyny
and is a little too ‘nasty’ to ever truly be whole-heated fun, which is a
shame because (if you’re in the right mood) there’s a lot on offer to laugh at.
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