Drive Angry (2011)

A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.

Director:

Patrick Lussier

Writers:

Todd Farmer, Patrick Lussier

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage	...	Milton
Amber Heard	...	Piper
William Fichtner	...	The Accountant
Billy Burke	...	Jonah King
David Morse	...	Webster
Todd Farmer	...	Frank
Christa Campbell	...	Mona
Charlotte Ross	...	Candy
Tom Atkins	...	Cap
Jack McGee	...	Fat Lou
Katy Mixon	...	Norma Jean
Wanetah Walmsley	...	American Indian Mother
Robin McGee	...	Guy with Camera Phone
Fabian C. Moreno	...	Latino Busboy (as Fabian Moreno)
Edrick Browne	...	Rookie

Storyline

John Milton is up against the clock: Jonah King, the leader of a Satanic cult, has murdered Milton's daughter and kidnapped her baby. In three days, King and his followers will sacrifice the child at midnight. Milton picks up the trail in Oklahoma as well as rescuing a waitress named Piper from her brutal, two-timing fiancé. There are odd things about Milton: his driver's license is out of date, he has a very strange gun, and he's being pursued by a man in a suit who carries FBI ID and calls himself the Accountant. Piper, who's lived a life on the sidelines, has to piece things together on the fly as they close in on King.

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Plot Keywords:

female frontal nudity | sex scene | waitress | rear nudity | topless woman | 

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Taglines:

One hell of a ride.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong brutal violence throughout, grisly images, some graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Filmexport [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Drive Angry 3D

Filming Locations:

3975 Greenwood Rd Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,187,625, 27 February 2011

Gross USA:

$10,721,033

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$40,909,909

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Millennium Films, Michael De Luca Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Latin inscribed on the god-killer's bullet reads DEUS VELOX NEX, which loosely translates to "God's swift [violent] death."

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Goofs

When the '57 Chevy appears at the end of the film, it has unlit amber marker lights in the grille. After Milton and The Accountant get in and drive off, the marker lights are lit, but showing clear/white light

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Accountant: Since the birth of time, humanity has endeavored to restrain evil men in prisons. But since Cain fled the murder of his brother, evil men have fled the walls of punishment. So, it doesn't matter if you're a bad-ass motherfucker on the run, because you think you're better than everyone else, and somehow entitled to do what you gotta do. No. Because you see bad-ass motherfuckers are never fast enough. In the end, they will all be accounted for.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits are shown down a speeding broken highway

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Alternate Versions

Also released in a 3D version.

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Connections

References The Terminator (1984)

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Soundtracks

You Want the Candy
Written by Sune Wagner (as Sune Rose Wagner)
Performed by The Raveonettes
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing America obo Juvenile Delinquent Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Fierce Panda Records

User Reviews

Straight forward action movie with cliché one-liners, explosions and muscle cars

Let me first state that i don't really like Nicholas Cage. However in this movie it really didn't bother me all that much. So even if you're like me and don't like Cage you can still see this movie. ;-) On to the movie itself. It's a rather straight forward action movie with a bad-ass good-guy who chases a bad guy with and his supporters. Milton (Cage) has some history with the baddie and on his way to get to him he uses guns, big explosions and prefers travel by classic American muscle car. While doing so he picks up a hot chick (Heard) to accompany him on the road. That's basically it.

The reason i still give it a 7 out of 10 is that the action is pretty nice, most of the special effects are good and the story, although limited, moves along at a steady pace so you won't get bored. Fichtner's side character is also quite cool. The things a don't like about the film are some cliché dialogs with silly one-liners and the feeling that the makers aim for cult status. Too bad the movie isn't good enough for it, but if you hear a title like 'Drive Angry' you expect a simple action movie and that's exactly what you get. Always nice from time to time.