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Drive Angry (2011)
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.
Unstoppable (2010)
Unstoppable = Speed 3?
This movie gets a very high ratings, but is nothing more then a weak 'Speed' remake. Not with a bus, not with a boat, no ... with a train. It has the same story line, same style of action, but instead of a bomb it has dangerous cargo. A case like this is already very thin to build a complete film around.
The actors are OK and their performance is solid. Nevertheless the script and the dialogs are so poor that they can't rescue this film. The film contains a sequence of unrealistic actions and decisions that most of the times will just make you laugh instead of moving you to the edge of your seat: never a good thing for an action movie. As a bonus you get some bad CGI action in the climax scenes. After seeing the film you'll question if the director actually takes the viewers seriously or is just taking you for a ride. To summarize it's Speed 2 all over again.
The three stars are for the nice landscape and excellent (train-)shots by the camera crew!