3,000 Miles to Graceland is a very good action movie despite a few flaws. I am a huge fan of both Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner so I was really anticipating this one for a while, particularly since the last time I saw Kurt Russell was over three years ago in "Soldier (1998)."
The film starts out with a very entertaining and stylish action sequence involving the robbing of a casino during an Elvis convention.
The rest of the film deals with the backstabbing that goes on between the crooks after the event. I think I would like to see another film by Demian Lichtenstein. He made a very entertaing movie. The action scenes are very exciting and are aided by one of the best soundtracks I have heard in a long time.
This film has a great supporting cast including Howie Long who impressed me alot in "Broken Arrow (1996)" and "Firestorm (1998)." He is very good here, really funny. It also has Ice-T in his first theatrical release in like six years. He has been in about two dozen direct-to-video movies over the last three years. Did anybody see "Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)?" Believe it or not it wasn't that bad, but I was having a very good day when I saw it. Ice-T isn't in it that long, but he is also very funny.
But the film has a few flaws. I felt that Courteney Cox's character came across like, sorry, a bit of a slut. Cox isn't even that great, during a scene when she is suppose to be upset it looks like shes smiling through the whole scene. It is a beautiful smile though. I also didn't get that whole thing about ***small warning, this next few lines may give away some of the plot: when she runs off with the money she leaves her son with Russell, later she says she did it to help her because she can't can't raise her son by herself anymore. But how was she going to get her son back, it was never explained how they were planning on reuniting. It is a small thing but it bugged me.***
Then there were all the small characters that pop up during Costner's road trip that don't proceed the plot at all and are a bit distracting. The girl he picks up at the Gas Station for example. I though maybe Costner was going to fall in love with her are something but then she leaves and thats it, shes gone. Then theres the redneck cop that Costner has the shootout with. It was a funny scene but think for a second. The scene was completely pointless.
Also and it's a small thing but Kevin Costner is so good as the bad guy that he steals every scene he is in. Kurt Russell is the hero right, but you barely notice him. Kind of like in "The Jackal (1997)," Richard Gere was the star but you really kind of just cared about Bruce Willis.
All in all though, 3,000 Miles to Graceland is a very entertaining action packed film with a few minor flaws. But still a fun ride with a killer performance by Kevin Costner. I give it a solid 9/10.
The film starts out with a very entertaining and stylish action sequence involving the robbing of a casino during an Elvis convention.
The rest of the film deals with the backstabbing that goes on between the crooks after the event. I think I would like to see another film by Demian Lichtenstein. He made a very entertaing movie. The action scenes are very exciting and are aided by one of the best soundtracks I have heard in a long time.
This film has a great supporting cast including Howie Long who impressed me alot in "Broken Arrow (1996)" and "Firestorm (1998)." He is very good here, really funny. It also has Ice-T in his first theatrical release in like six years. He has been in about two dozen direct-to-video movies over the last three years. Did anybody see "Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)?" Believe it or not it wasn't that bad, but I was having a very good day when I saw it. Ice-T isn't in it that long, but he is also very funny.
But the film has a few flaws. I felt that Courteney Cox's character came across like, sorry, a bit of a slut. Cox isn't even that great, during a scene when she is suppose to be upset it looks like shes smiling through the whole scene. It is a beautiful smile though. I also didn't get that whole thing about ***small warning, this next few lines may give away some of the plot: when she runs off with the money she leaves her son with Russell, later she says she did it to help her because she can't can't raise her son by herself anymore. But how was she going to get her son back, it was never explained how they were planning on reuniting. It is a small thing but it bugged me.***
Then there were all the small characters that pop up during Costner's road trip that don't proceed the plot at all and are a bit distracting. The girl he picks up at the Gas Station for example. I though maybe Costner was going to fall in love with her are something but then she leaves and thats it, shes gone. Then theres the redneck cop that Costner has the shootout with. It was a funny scene but think for a second. The scene was completely pointless.
Also and it's a small thing but Kevin Costner is so good as the bad guy that he steals every scene he is in. Kurt Russell is the hero right, but you barely notice him. Kind of like in "The Jackal (1997)," Richard Gere was the star but you really kind of just cared about Bruce Willis.
All in all though, 3,000 Miles to Graceland is a very entertaining action packed film with a few minor flaws. But still a fun ride with a killer performance by Kevin Costner. I give it a solid 9/10.