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 There are odd things about Milton: his driver's license is out of date, he has a very strange gun, and he's being pursued by a man in a suit who carries FBI ID and calls himself the Accountant.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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$10,706,786, 17 April 2011

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

At some point, Milton mocks the Accountant by asking if he thinks he is Anubis, to which the Accountant just shrugs. In Egyptian mythology, the jackal-headed god Anubis was the one in charge of deciding whether a soul belonged to Heaven or Hell by weighing his heart on a scale.

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Goofs

When the hydrogen truck being driven by the Accountant explodes the primary fire ball created is blue green. If the tank had been filled with hydrogen the fire ball would have been primarily yellow in color when it ignited.

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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

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)

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Soundtracks

Amazing Grace
Written by John Newton (uncredited)
[Incorrectly credited as 'Traditional hymn']
Arranged by Michael Wandmacher

User Reviews

Thriller without a Real Story

Some good visual effects, mixed with comedy. Multiple sex scenes and nudity. . .

But ultimately the plot is lacking, extremely predictable, oh and guess what its all 3D, and again I had to put those annoying scopes just to see like 10 minutes of exciting 3D animation !

My Rating is 4, rent in a weekend when your bored maybe this movie will appear exciting and thrilling, but there are better movies in the theaters.

Oh and p.s: Amber Heard is really hot, Nicholas cage isn't doing his best.