In the Grindhouse tradition... Drive Angry


"Since the birth of time, humanity has endeavored to restrain evil men in prisons. But since Cain fled the murder of his brother, evil men have fled the walls of punishment. So, it doesn't matter if you're a bad-ass motherfucker on the run, because you think you're better than everyone else, and somehow entitled to do what you gotta do. No. Because you see bad-ass motherfuckers are never fast enough. In the end, they will all be accounted for."
The Accountant

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This is Drive Angry's strength and weakness.  Farmer and Lussier jam the film with so many different ideas that none have a chance to be fully developed, yet the audience is never bored.  New plot threads are introduced every 10 minutes or so with a new action set piece.  I personally enjoy enigmatic qualities to a story and characters.  While this can often be due to lazy writing, Drive Angry never feels lazy.  It was a fast action horror hybrid with a plethora of ideas.

The film has a 70's grind house flavor, but is not a homage or rip off, it is the successor to those films.  Filled with pizazz and originality.   I missed it in 3-D, but the film still holds up on blu-ray. 
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Published on April 21, 2012 19:16
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