Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, SUBURBIA), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston, CRACKER). With his brother's life on the line, Memphis .. Read more
| Starring | Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Christopher Eccleston |
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| Director | Dominic Sena |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, SUBURBIA), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston, CRACKER). With his brother's life on the line, Memphis must enlist his old car-stealing partners for help in order to pull off the ultimate crime. His team includes his mentor, Otto (Robert Duvall, THE GODFATHER), and an old flame (Angelina Jolie, CYBORG 2), plus a crew of other colourful characters. Once he gets them all together, Memphis has to do the impossible--organize the theft of 50 cars from all over Los Angeles in a single night, hampered by rivals, security systems, and the best efforts of the LAPD detective (Delroy Lindo) who is out to get him. GONE IN 60 SECONDS is a fun, action-packed movie featuring producer Jerry Bruckheimer's trademarks: a simple story, comedy, spectacular action, an excellent cast of stars and character actors, and an amazing car chase through the crowded streets of Los Angeles. This film is based on the cult classic 1974 movie of the same name, and it's a must-see for lovers of classic cars or action fans of any stripe. Dominic Sena, the director of KALIFORNIA, directed this fast-moving crime-adventure extravaganza.
| Starring | Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Christopher Eccleston, Delroy Lindo, Vinnie Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Frances Fisher, Will Patton, James Duval, Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Timothy Olyphant, William Lee Scott, TJ Cross |
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| Director | Dominic Sena |
| Studio | BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Cops & Robbers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | Russian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 11 Jun 2001 Blu-ray: 19 Mar 2007 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
"...Quite an accomplishment...[the movie] is mindless hot-rodding fun, especially for those with a weakness for vintage cars hurtling down city streets..."
Despite the flashy paint job and HipHop stereo soundtrack, Sena's reworking of HB Halicki's 1974 cult car-chase movie... read more on Time Out
Great fun. Some superb car chases and some of the most glorious cars ever made. Well directed and well acted by a solid cast. Not a movie I expected to like, if I'm honest. but one that won me over very quickly. Great.
OK - so this is not a high-brow film with any form of philosophical statement, or real social insight (except, perhaps, that some people really love cars, and that some guys can be happily entertained by a rediculous and otherwise generic plot, so long as a load of beautiful cars are thrown in there - erm, like me... I'm a Chevy Corvette man, and there's two in here!). But, it is perfectly shot, edited, scored and cast. And it is full of gorgeous cars, and has awesome sound (sit back and throw the sub-woofer on, and enjoy!). There's not too much to add really - it's totally vacuous. But it never set out to be anything else, and it does what it says on the tin - with style!
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