AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Sam Panico Directed by Patrick Lussier, who edited all of Wes Craven's later films and directed the remake of My Bloody Valentine, this film was originally shot to take full advantage of the 3D process. It's as close as a grindhouse film as you're going to get when you're spending $29 million to make a film.John Milton (Cage) died ten years ago and went to Hell, but he's broken out and stolen Satan's gun, The Godkiller, to come back and get revenge against Jonah King (Billy Burke, Lights Out and The Twilight Saga), a cult leader who killed Milton's daughter and plans on killing his granddaughter in order to bring Hell to Earth.On his way to the abandoned Stillwater prison to kill the evil cultist, he runs across Piper (Amber Heard, Mera in the upcoming Justice League, the remake of The Stepfather, Machete Kills), a waitress with bad luck in boyfriends. Directly after telling Milton her boyfriend is a good guy, she catches him in bed with a real estate agent. She kicks the woman's naked ass literally to the curb and attacking her boyfriend, who assaults her. Milton saves her and they make their escape by stealing his 1969 Dodge Charger R/T 440.That's when we meet Satan's agent, The Accountant (William Fichtner, as close as we're going to get to a character actor in this day and age). His mission? Get Milton and The Godkiller back to Hell. He carries an Obolos, the coin that the Greeks would put over a dead man's eyes as a payment to Charon, the ferryman for the dead. He can use the coin to become a badge or as a weapon. He kills Piper's boyfriend and takes two cops with him to hunt down Milton.After a night of drinking, both Milton and Piper are hooking up (not with one another, but with folks they found at the bar, though all Piper lets the guy do is paint her nails) when King and his men attack. Milton doesn't even stop having sex with the blonde he's with, shooting and killing numerous men before he gets hit with a taser, which ends up giving her an orgasm — I've never seen that in a movie before!Read more at https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/08/28/drive-angry-2011/

Nicolas F. Costoglou Drive Angry is a mixed bag to say the least. I like over-the-top action movies with dark content and good sense of humor...this movie has this things...sporadically.It's the kind of movie where the best scene goes something like this: Nicolas Cage making love to a prostitute while shooting at satanic worshipers with Scythes, with pretty bad cgi-blood splattering around and everything's in pretty cool slow-mo.(Note: I've now seen the movie "Shoot em' up" where the same scene takes place but much better...)Technically the movie looks okay, and has even some very well staged scenes, but the visual effects and green screen are incredibly bad for the most part, which is sad if you know that this movie cost 50.000.000 dollars. (One year later came a little movie called "DREDD" for a prize 15.000.000 below, and it looked stylish as hell, and is mostly known for it's incredible use of slow-mo and 3D...) And yeah i know that this movie wants to be some kind of Grindhouse- flick, but even the cheesiest Grindhouse movies use at least practical Gore-effects and stunts. The soundtrack is also very bland, it's kinda country-rock, there is even a part which clearly copies the famous "Mombasa"-Track from "Inception", but some of the licensed songs work fine.I don't want to sound too negative here, i enjoyed the movie for the most part, the things that are practical are even fairly good.The actors are well suited for this kind of film, i'm a fan of Amber Heard since her very strong performance in "John Carpenter's The Ward", and she's by far the most believable character to be found. She is a bad ass chick, but not because she's a good fighter, or just hot and dumb, but because of how she does everything in her power to stop the evil. Even her fight scenes are very realistic which is interesting to see in a movie where everything else is over-the-top. Nicolas Cage is very good, there is a scene in this film where he describes how it is to burn in hell, and you'll believe what he says. There is also a great cameo from Tom Atkins ("Escape from New York" and "Night of the Creeps") in a little role as Police officer, which is great to see. But the best performance in the film is by William Fichtner, this might be his best role to date, or at least one of his biggest.The plot is pretty basic, but serves it's purpose, it's surprisingly engaging to follow John Milton on his path to save his granddaughter. The only big downside: The Climax. It begins with a really fun and elaborate action sequence in which Nicolas Cage kills everyone without even getting out of his car, when he eventually does leave it, it get's to a very lame and clichéd conclusion...Drive Angry is trashy fun full of nudity, violence and Satanists, but it's not as tongue-and-cheek as i hoped. It's on the same level as another movie which came out the same year, with a similar premise and also Nicolas Cage in the starring role: "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" which was better than the previous one, but also a mixed bag, with some entertaining sequences which nearly made up for the rest...If you want to see a really good Grindhouse movie (in my opinion, the best), ugly enough also from the same year, and with a budget 47.000.000 dollars lower than this one, but far better made, watch "Hobo with a Shotgun", it's better in every way...

Floated2 Drive Angry rolls along with equal portions of car chases, gunfights, fistfights, and little character moments in a manner that doesn't allow how dumb it all is to seep in too much. It is uneven at times and it tries too hard in the first twenty minutes. The director Patrick Lussier ("Scream" Franchise) does a really good job of delivering fare for fans of exploitation movies and traditional genre fans alike. The cast is solid, Nicolas Cage doesn't show much remorse but his character here is more laid back. Amber Heard is great as she steals the show as Piper, and William Finchtner does well as the Accountant. He uses the 3D in a wide variety of ways and there were long stretches where I forgot I was wearing glasses and was enjoying the mayhem and then all of a sudden bullets are shot into my eyes in rapid succession.Drive Angry starts off strong and intense, then gets into its dramatic elements, somewhat squanders in the latter middle, then kicks back for a good conclusion. Hollywood has used it as a crutch or marketing gimmick. Regardless, 3D when used well or embraced for its heightened contribution to the experience is a joy. Overall, don't take Drive Angry too seriously as it is meant to be over the top, and a fun thrill ride. ================== As a rewatch (03/30/18') after several years later, opinions remain same about Drive Angry, it is an over the top action revenge film which delivers upon what it's intended to. The film knows its intentions of what its meant for and it delivers the proper thrills. Overall Drive Angry is engaging and although the film has been panned and received mixed reviews, it is one of Nic Cage's better action films. Recommend for those of grindhouse over the top action revenge thrillers.

videorama-759-859391 I gotta give credit to this movie, it's title for starters. I love refreshing stories that make original films. Drive Angry fits that bill. Action star Cage, has excelled again, in bringing us sure rapid fire entertainment, and that's exactly what you get with Drive Angry. Though not one of Cage's best performances, which did earn him raspberry status, the cool, calm, collective Cage is always fun to watch. Somehow, he always involves us, a man on a mission. Here, his mission, is to snatch his baby granddaughter from a religious cult, with only few days to do so. If failing to find her, what will result, is basically a hell on earth, as the infant, is to be sacrificed, for evil purposes. We have heavy doses of violence, so over the top, it isn't funny, amongst some shocks and surprises in a darn original story that never lets up. Featuring some quite nasty characters, none more than Billy Burke, the stealer of this show, (what else has this guy done?) as the evil religious leader, who you can't wait to see square off with Cage, you've got 100 minutes of compulsive viewing with a nice little twist at the end. William Fichter is great and commandingly cool, as The Accountant, a sort of guardian angel figure to Cage, who at first, you think is really one of the bad guys. Amber Heard adds sexy female involvement to this tale. An exciting action spectacle and movie experience like this, is something you don't wanna miss, believe me. It almost should be mandatory, in fact.