You know what I'd say was the best 3d movie ever made? That Pirahna joint from last year. It was everything you wanted from a 3d ... anything. It was booby, gory, schlocky fluff and what's wrong with that? Life might not be bloodthirsty fish and fake tits but it's hardly a Merchant/Ivory production and who wants to see that in 3d?
So it is with no trepidation I visit the cinema to watch Drive Angry. I don't want to see kids movie-Nicholas Cage. I want utro whacked Nicholas Cage. The Nicholas Cage of Bad Lieutenant, surely the antithesis of all or any of his performances.
The good news is that this movie pretty much kicks any ass, it comes in contact with for the 1st half; it is a lot of fun to watch as shit explodes and 57 varieties of shit is kicked. The voluptuous Katy Mixon of East Bound and Down turns up for 5mins, Amber Heard gets to talk some great Tarantino-type shit; it's funky and weird but it's silly and fun.
William Fincher has never quite clicked in a film for me. I mean he's like the quintessential 'guy who was in that film I saw'- I can't remember any films he's been in but I know he's been on tons; he was the Bank Manager in The Dark Knight but after that I'm blank. Well, he's great in this- it's like he's found his niche as the quirky unstoppable tracker from Hell.
Also weirdly Patrick Luissier turns in a non-hacky bit of 'party & bullshit'. He started off as Wes Craven's editor and protégée but he did well here; looks pretty good- overlit sets.which are necessary for 3d and he has put too much story in the broth either. I'm beginning to learn that if you have a very basic story that you want to tell or 'high concept' as Don Simpson would have coined it, it allows you to do fun extraneous shit and then go back to the story and know you won't lose your place. But as you may have twigged, it like every fast ride- it's not long before you run outta gas. The film just goes to being 'by the numbers' and not the silly shit from earlier. It's like Cage can't keep up his kickass routine sits the last half out and they stop playing with the 3d too it seems. The 3d here is pretty aight not great, not bad.
If you could go see it without y'all do that.
It was as good as I expected it to be and that's all I ask BUT there is one scene, which has to be one of the best of the year in terms of action and out'n'out exploitation. It was like 5mins of cinematic glory where sight and soundtrack click perfectly.
And that was a pleasant surprise...
I watched Drive Angry 3D at the cinema.
My 2011 In Movies will return with Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)...
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