Drive Angry

Drive Angry was a box office bomb, despite it looking like perfect friday night entertainment. The story concerns John Milton (Nicolas Cage) and his pursuit of the bad guys who have killed his daughter and stolen her baby in order to be ritually sacrificed. However, why does Milton carry such an odd looking gun, have impossible driving skills and be impervious to bullets in the head? Well, it doesn't take a genius to work it out. Throw in a ear bleeding sound track, plenty of sex and violence and Amber Heard's attempt to wear the shortest shorts possible and you have the feel and look of an old 70's revenge flick. So why the failure to find an audience? There are many possible reasons. Director Patrick Lussier hardly has a distinguished back catalogue and he has trouble cutting this into something coherent as many scenes are way too OTT and plenty of dialogue falls flat. This is also a 3D film and it appears people are beginning to see the light regarding this now. A person may happily pay the extra dosh to see Harry Potter, but they are now saving their hard earned when it comes to "standard" movies such as this where the 3D is negligible and in this case also shows up some truly dire special effects at times. Or is the problem Cage himself? He's done some great work in front of the camera over the last couple of years but he seems drawn like a moth to light when it comes to films of such dubious quality as this. No doubt its a blast for him professionally, but he comes across as such a limited actor in films of this type that it appears the audience don't have the time to invest in yet another monotone performance. Plus points? Two words. William Fichtner (excellent as always). So, Drive Angry? You probably will on the way home after seeing this.

The OC Film Sting Final Verdict

Should have been a fun B-Movie, but its too much of a mess to even gain a cult following. Rating 3/10.