Highly Overrated But Still Good

An action-packed slog

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

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

A flashy, high-octane blockbuster movie with a big budget, big cast, and lots of adrenaline-pumping action, including a spectacular dramatic car chase which is very exciting to watch. One thing confuses me: why all the negative reviews? It seems that few if any people actually admit to liking this film, most of them slagging it off for being lame brained, over-the-top entertainment. That may be so, but I'm a sucker for action movies and this one hit the mark as far as I'm concerned. It may not be the best film ever made, it may not even be a very good one, but it packs in the excitement where it counts.Coming from the Jerry Bruckheimer stable, the film is packed full of the quick editing and noisy music we've come to expect from the producer of movies like CON AIR and Armageddon. Although the movie is quite slow to begin with, and it seems to take an age for the car-stealing to actually begin, once it does you won't be disappointed. Bruckheimer has assembled an all-star cast for his movie and although many of the actors and actresses are wasted, it's nice to have their presence felt nonetheless. A case in point is Robert Duvall: he has about fifteen minutes max screen time as the wise old man. A blond-haired Nicolas Cage takes the lead and puts in a rather subdued and forgettable performance, whilst in comparison Christopher Eccleston goes way over the top as the manic bad guy. Angelina Jolie lends the film some glamour but, in a film about expensive, beautiful sports cars, her presence is rather unnecessary. Giovanni Ribisi plays another brain dead moron to a realistic effect, while faces like those of Will Patton and Vinnie Jones fill out minor roles, the latter to great effect as a mute hard man.Okay, okay, I can see this film's flaws. The cheesy sentimentalising creeps in a bit too often for my liking, and all of the action is concentrated near the end instead of being spread out. However, I still stand by my words that the finale is a fantastic piece of work and that this is a great, easy viewing popcorn experience which doesn't disappoint. Just watch it expecting a movie with cool action AND wit, like THE MATRIX.

Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a brash car thief. His brother Memphis (Nicolas Cage) retired from the business to run a kiddie go-cart business. After a Kip screw up, Atley Jackson (Will Patton) forces Memphis to take over the job as the villain Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston) keeps Kip hostage. Memphis has to steal 50 specific cars in 4 days. He reassembles some of his old crew with Kip's new crew. Detectives Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo) and Drycoff (Timothy Olyphant) are hot on his trail.Ribisi is his usual jittery hopeless loser character. Cage is toned down in this one. In a sense, that's indicative of a missed opportunity. It tries to be serious a little and that's the wrong path. This needs to be silly and fun. It also needs more Jolie who is really only tied for the third lead with a dozen other actors. This really needs to be fun wall-to-wall car chases. There is not enough of them and after an initial chase, it takes too long to get to the next one.