Review of film: “DRIVE ANGRY” in 3-D

2011, 02-25:

Review of film:  “DRIVE ANGRY”  in 3-D

    It should be called “Drive VICIOUS”;  The DEVIL(s) made ALL of them do it…

Before seeing this film, some regular film-goer friends of mine & I discussed the upcoming screening.  One commented that he feels I’m in-effect overly GENEROUS with my ratings.  I said, I try to find the GOOD elements done by well-meaning people making the movies…

…  He also said, this one’s probably JUNK because of the way they waited until 9 pm the nite before the general release to screen it for people--  which he felt was probably a sign they’re trying to avoid BAD word-of-mouth & write-ups in the next day’s Movie section.  He was RIGHT about that part of it!...

…  To put it bluntly, I feel this is a piece of SCHLOCK, designed in the “SAW”  genre to try to sensationalize & explot unnecessarily BLOODY & brutal VIOLENCE (in the guise of “RELIGIOUS” connections) to move the supposed “plot” line forward & grab as much undeserved money as possible by the producers, certain desperate actors, etc.

  

…  I will tell you what they propose as being the purported “scenario”:   Milton (NICHOLAS CAGE) is an ex-felon that’s supposedly trying to recover his daughter’s baby girl from a religious “cult” leader  named Jonah King (BILLY BURKE) who’s killed the daughter & stolen the kid for some planned “satanic” ritual…

…  If you read an “approved” synopsis, you’re told that Nic is taking a last “shot” at (ahem) “REDEMPTION”, having broken out of “Hell” for the purpose (tho he shows no “license” to that effect’)….  Like most things in this movie, that’s one big EXCUSE for sadism…

….  Anyway, he chances to “hook-up” with an excessively-friendly & “tough” waitress named Piper (AMBER HEARD), & -- after a typical bloody scene done to be “HUMOROUS” -- they take her ex-boyfriend’s Dodge Charger to chase after Billy…

…  Around this time, we meet a fancily-dressed “unstoppable” guy named  “The Accountant” (WILLIAM FICHTNER), who for some reason is “CHASING” Nic (as are the police--  who also are “supposed” to be chasing BILLY)…

…  The “scenario” claims William is an agent sent by the DEVIL to retrieve Nic & return him to Hell (which might in reality be a MOVIE industry that refuses to HIRE Nic for such crap anymore!)…  

…  Anyway, Nic & Amber go around the countryside seeking Billy’s Bunch (the cultists) & FIGHTING with them & various law authorities as they search for Nic’s granddaughter.  Rest assured, “EXPLOSIONS” are the name of the game, & cruel CARNAGE is the the “video controller” for it all… 

…  Getting “answers” isn’t as important as people being impaled, gouged, & meant to SUFFER in a variety of LOW-class ways…  You’ll meet various ancillary characters such Nic’s ex-partner Webster (DAVID MORSE), & all of them basically are there to “advance” the march to gory MAYHEM…

…  I’d tell you a lot more, but there’s little “POINT” to it.  The ostensibly “witty” dialogue is designed to bring laughs out of the intense SUFFERING of others.  The laughs are “there”--  but, they’re not “WORTH” it in my opinion…  

…  I found this film to be an atrocious & mean-spirited way to try to make a “quick BUCK”, the 3-D is an “excuse” to charge extra for the blood-letting, & I react extremely POORLY to attempts like this. ..  

…  Accordingly, mainly because the chases & blasts are decent special effects, I’m rating it at 2 of 10 stars.  You’ve been “WARNED”!... 

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