Release Date:
06/09/2000
All the elements are in place: A shady anti-hero looking to go legit, a dark past that wont stay buried, an evil villain with a strange obsession (furnituredont ask), cops, guns, and a ticking clock. With every tiresome crime movie cliché present and accounted for, why is Gone in 60 Seconds so much goddam fun?
In a word: speed. Not just fast cars, but a straightforward plot that zips through two hours in what feels like, well, 60 seconds. Reformed Greatest Car Thief of All Time Randall Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) has 24 hours to steal 50 exotic cars in order to save his brothers sorry ass, and, well, thats about it. Buckle your seat belt and youre off. The plot is light, the action is stylish, and the laughs are many.
The entire cast seems to be enjoying themselves so much, its hard not to play along. Robert Duvall is a classic Zen Master Thief, Delroy Lindo is a perfect foil for Cage, and Christopher Eccleston, as the villain, makes an impression in the brief screen time he commands. While other actresses in a guy movie might be subjected to a gratuitous shower scene, this movie instead has what might be the first gratuitous lipstick-application sceneand since the lips in question belong to Angelina Jolie, we aint complainin. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels badass Vinnie Jones steals the show as a sort of Silent Bob-meets-The Terminator character. The cars are terrific, by the way, and motorheads will have 50 reasons to drool. But the formula works just as well for guys who cant tell a Hurst Shifter from a Hertz Rent-A-Car. When the movies over, just pray your vehicles still in the parking lot.
In a word: speed. Not just fast cars, but a straightforward plot that zips through two hours in what feels like, well, 60 seconds. Reformed Greatest Car Thief of All Time Randall Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) has 24 hours to steal 50 exotic cars in order to save his brothers sorry ass, and, well, thats about it. Buckle your seat belt and youre off. The plot is light, the action is stylish, and the laughs are many.
The entire cast seems to be enjoying themselves so much, its hard not to play along. Robert Duvall is a classic Zen Master Thief, Delroy Lindo is a perfect foil for Cage, and Christopher Eccleston, as the villain, makes an impression in the brief screen time he commands. While other actresses in a guy movie might be subjected to a gratuitous shower scene, this movie instead has what might be the first gratuitous lipstick-application sceneand since the lips in question belong to Angelina Jolie, we aint complainin. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels badass Vinnie Jones steals the show as a sort of Silent Bob-meets-The Terminator character. The cars are terrific, by the way, and motorheads will have 50 reasons to drool. But the formula works just as well for guys who cant tell a Hurst Shifter from a Hertz Rent-A-Car. When the movies over, just pray your vehicles still in the parking lot.