The heavily-hyped 3-D action film Drive Angry surprised me.
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| Lussier thoroughly embraces the formula, rarely slowing for reflection through the dizzying array of creative action, one-liners and bare breasts. While no one will be discussing this picture next year around awards time, “Drive Angry” thrills and excites unlike any action movie of the past couple of years. Just make sure to check your brain at the door. |
I further elaborated at Moving Pictures:
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| Plot and common sense rarely matter within this genre, and “Drive Angry” is no different. Milton (a brooding Cage) breaks out of Hell to avenge his dead daughter and to stop a cult (fronted by the over-the-top Billy Burke) from sacrificing his infant granddaughter. Satan’s minion the Accountant (the laconic William Fichtner) pursues the rogue soul. The beautiful and feisty Piper (a surprisingly tough-as-nails Amber Heard) befriends Milton. Excessive bloody violence, car chases and gratuitous nudity — all common grindhouse traits — ensue. |
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| The idea that this simple and derivative screenplay required two writers (Lussier and Todd Farmer, who also worked on Lussier’s “My Bloody Valentine”) borders on ludicrous. The concept, characters and pacing bear an uncanny similarity to Richard Kadrey’s excellent 2009 novel “Sandman Slim,” though Kadrey handled the whole mess in a far superior fashion. |