Gone in 60 Seconds Review

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stealing cars? Having sex... ...or boosting cars?

That's a good one. Hello and welcome to the 60th

episode of the M wire movie we can review today.

We're going to be discussing Gone in 60 seconds.

I'm your host if you and Mike and joining me

is Steve Megatron. Hello Hello, how are you,

sir? Tired tired. What are you going up to? various

voice acting endeavors not paid of course, but

It's exposure Between that I got my G .I. Joe

animated film, which I have yet to watch. Probably

will be watching it tonight, the remastered brand

new High Definition Transfer from Shout Factory,

thanks to Dana from Shout Factory. Yes, and I'm

going to do a review on it between the old version

and the new version. reminiscent of the old one

but yeah it's it's going to be interesting to

watch that and check the special features compare

it to the old disc which has nothing so yeah

that should be a real cool experience yeah yeah

I've just you know usual stuff podcasting this

past week was nuts We talked to two different

people. We talked to Christy marks. We talked

to David so love Bunch of podcast records and

I don't know this this this past week was like

one of those things where holy crap What the

hell are we doing? We're drowning in our work.

Yeah Unpaid work, but that's a topic for another

show Yes. To pay or not to pay, that is the question.

But I think we'll be gone in 60 seconds, so...

Yeah, I don't know. Kevin always, I don't know,

Kevin Thompson over at Tooncast and behind the

voice actors always just kind of like scoffs

at my numbering schemes. He just doesn't care.

He doesn't see the real joke in him. He doesn't

see them as funny, but I figured... Oh wait,

Gone In 60. Yeah, Episode 60, Gone In 60 Seconds.

So yes, Gone In 60 Seconds is a 2000 American

action film starring Nicholas Cage, Giovanni

Ribsi, Christopher Eccelson, Robert Duvall, Will

Patton, and Angelina Jolie. The film was directed

by Dominic Senna and written by Scott Rosenberg.

It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Well, you

say it like it's a bad thing. No, pretty much

everything Jerry Bruckheimer touches is gold.

Oh yeah. It is also a remake of the 1974 H .B.

Halleke film of the same name. The film was shot

in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and throughout Los

Angeles and Long Beach, California. So when did

you first see this and it better not have been

yesterday? No, this is something I saw a long

time ago. I remember catching it on Cable at

one point. Yeah, I think it was probably one

of the first films I saw Nicolas Cage in Surprisingly

enough. Mm -hmm I just remember them doing this

long haul of freaking cars stealing them And

to me at the time stealing cars and blowing shit

up was always a bonus So, yeah, that's why it

caught my attention. Uh -huh. Yeah, I... This

to me... And we'll get to these other films down

the line in MWIRE, but... This to me is a better

version of the Fast and the Furious type movie.

Because it actually gives you... a pretty straightforward

and and you know pretty straightforward plot

and it pretty much does what it's supposed to

do it doesn't try to be something it's not it

doesn't try to be you know like overly in your

face about it So I guess getting into the plot

here, the film follows Randall Memphis -Raines,

played by Cage, a retired Master Curr thief who

is forced to return to Los Angeles and his former

trade to steal 50 cars by Friday morning for

British crime boss Raymond Vincent Carpenter

-Calitri, played by Christopher Eccleston. Raymond

is threatening to kill Memphis' younger brother

Kip through the... through the compactor after

not making the deadline. Memphis quickly reassembles

his old crew, including his mentor Otto, played

by Robert Duvall, and old girlfriend Sway, played

by Angelina Jolie. With LAPD detective Roland

Kasselbeck, played by Delroy Lindo, and his partner

Detective Dreikhoff, played by Timothy Olyphant,

Breathing down his neck, Memphis decides to steal

all the cars in one night to avoid tipping off

the cops, stealing the cars en masse the night

before the deadline. Memphis is forced to change

the plan midstream when he realizes Castlebeck

is onto them, dangerously deciding to steal three

of the cars from the police impound lot. Discovering

the shopping list from the earlier job, Castlebeck

uses his experience with reigns to predict he

will save one particular car, the 1967 Shelby

Mustang GT500, or codename Elinor for last, as

Memphis has unsuccessfully tried to steal the

car numerous times. When he catches Memphis in

the act of stealing it, a high -speed chase ensues

through Long Beach, concluding with a high -risk

jump over a traffic jam on the Vincent Thomas

Bridge. When Memphis arrives at Kalitri's salvage

yard with the final car, Kalitri reneges on their

deal, deciding to kill Memphis. After Kip arrives

to save him, Memphis heads to the warehouse to

settle the score with Kalitri, saving Castlebeck

when he shows up unexpectedly and sending Kalitri,

falling to his death. Castlebeck lets him go

before the police arrive. Later, back at Otto's,

the gang celebrates and Kip gives Memphis a gift,

a Shelby GT500, which is heavily damaged. Which

auto claims is a heap, but a couple of weeks

will be a streamlined butterfly? Thoughts? It's

your typical movie. I mean, pretty much it is.

It's pretty much along the same lines as all

the Fast and Furious. Of course, this was first.

Just inspiring and more, you know, hip. modern

version of the same thing. But it's pretty engaging

film. I mean, it's not boring by any means. I

actually would rather watch this again before

I'd rather watch Fast and the Furious again.

Mostly because this is more doable and realistic.

Yeah. Even though it's still far -fetched, stealing

that many damn vehicles. In one night, yeah.

Yes, it's not doable in that sense, but, you

know, nevertheless. I mentioned to you off air

a couple nights ago, before we recorded this,

I love every single aspect of this film. I think

that the way it was pulled off, The way it was

directed, the way the music fits in with the

film, everything just fits with this movie. There

isn't anything that I saw that I felt that was

out of place. It's just like one giant action

ride. And yeah, there are a couple of down times,

like in the bar when he and Swayer kind of going

back and forth and back and forth, when he's

trying to get her to help him to save Kiff. And

I think the only part I really don't like about

it was when Toby and Fred were trying to get

the dog to Crap out the keys that was a little

That was a little a little out there, but You

know overall I mean you've cut I don't care where

anybody says in some of his films Nicolas Cage

is awesome He is a very good actor. No, there's

a lot of people lately that every person I talk

to just doesn't like Nicolas Cage for some strange

reason. I don't know why. I think maybe it's

because he's going to be doing Ghost Rider 2.

I don't know. Whatever. I think it more so depends

on his... it depends on the role that he takes

on. No one is going to be perfect in any, like,

in all movies. Well, true. It doesn't really

matter. I mean, it's there's going to be something

he's not good at. And then people are just going

to, you know, hit him, you know, just time to

the stake with it and just, you know, try and

crucify him with the movie. Yeah, it's granted.

He plays a lot of the same type of movies, but

that's not really a bad thing. I mean, it's just.

I don't know. I can kind of understand where

they get a little irritated with them, but it's

this is one of his better films. Yeah now I have

the Unrated new extended version the director's

cut version of the film. I know I I don't ever

remember not watching this version because it

adds in I don't know I think it's like I Don't

know maybe eight minutes of footage and it's

just like cut into the film So it's it's it's

mainly stuff like you know a different, not a

different part of the story, but they basically

add lines here and there. Like there's a point

where I think he has like 25 minutes left to

get Eleanor back to Kalitri and Otto calls him

on a walkie -talkie as he's driving. That was

not in the original film. That was not in the

theatrical version. So it's stuff like that.

That's in this director's cut and I think it

makes for I sent a while ago When we did way

back in the Marvel spotlight when we did daredevil

Daredevil's films I prefer the director's cut

version to the theatrical cut. I'd love daredevil

Don't get me wrong, but this this is on that

same line I love the original version of this

as far as the Nicolas Cage gone in 60 seconds,

but the director's cut I think adding in the

additional nuances and the additional, you know,

scenes, I think it's a better film for it. And

like I was saying earlier, I mean, just look

at this cast list. I mean, say what you want

about Angelina Jolie, but she did do a very good

character in this. You got Robert Duvall, Will

Patton. I mean, you know, those are two very

heavy hitters. Scott Cann, James Conn's son,

as Tumblr. Vinnie Jones as Sphinx. Vinnie Jones

is like this really famous soccer player in Britain.

This was the first film that I really got to

know Delroy Lindo's character, well not really

his character, but Delroy Lindo himself in acting

in a while. I love the character of Castlebeck.

I don't know, it's just... Like I said before,

everything in this movie fit the movie. Outside

of, like I said, maybe that one scene with the

dog thing, but everything else, it fit with this

film. Every time I watch this, I can watch this

front to back. This is just like... When we did

paparazzi same thing, you know that this movie

takes you in the music gets you going And it's

just awesome. I actually have soundtrack score

on iTunes And there's just some movies that they

just you know, they That even have you know good

soundtracks a lot of movies don't anymore. Yeah

Are really lacking and it's kind of sad to see

Yep. Speaking of the soundtrack here, you've

got, at least from the ones that I know, you

remember the scene where Memphis and Sway are

in the car waiting for the couple to finish fucking

right? that scene has the song called painted

on my heart by the cult that has got to be at

least in the context of that scene that has got

to be like the one of the most sexiest songs

I have ever heard I mean that's like it's pretty

much it's a sexual song is what it is yes that's

That's on the soundtrack. Machismo by Gomez is

on the soundtrack. Flower by Moby, which is the

opening to the film. Everybody knows that song.

Let's see. What was the other one? Party Up up

in here by DMX. I don't really care for that

song, but whatever. You got Stop the Rock by

Apollo 440. And then there were some songs, those

five tracks that weren't in the film, weren't

on the soundtrack. Busy Child by The Crystal

Method, Low Rider by War, Been Caught Stealing

by Jane's Addiction. Right on Josephine by George

Thorgood and the Destroyers And if everybody

looked the same by Groover Amata, which I don't

understand why those couldn't have been on the

soundtrack I don't know. Maybe it was a licensing

thing, but I mean I like how they have to Amp

up before they start going out and stealing the

cars and they amp up to lowrider Yeah. And the

young guys are like, whoa, what's going on? And

then Cage goes, okay, let's ride or whatever.

One of my favorite scenes in the movie is, I

think it's F .R .E .B. Yeah, it's Donnie Astrache

played by Chy McBride and the other kid, F .R

.E .B. they steal one of the cars from I don't

know a hotel or a casino or something and and

Donnie says something and then some Mexican looking

kid comes up to the car with a gun and tries

to steal it from them and Donnie's like you gotta

be shitting me and he he gets out of the Pushes

the Mexican kid away by the opening the car door

and you you lazy son of a bitch I forget what

the line is, but it is just hilarious why he's

like Anybody can put it anybody can pull a gun

on somebody you know the first thing about stealing

a car boy get a role model I I just I love I

don't think that they're From what I've seen

of Chyna McBride's different roles, I don't think

that there's a role that he's done that I've

seen that I don't like. Because he is just one

of those really, really great actors. And the

character of Donnie Asterichie is just hilarious.

Yeah. Let's see here. For the... release in its

opening weekend gone in 60 seconds earned 25

.3 million gross from 306 or 3006 US theaters

leading all films that weekend by the end of

the film's theatrical run it had grossed 102

million from US box office and 136 million from

foreign box offices comprising a total gross

revenue for the film of 237 million, $202 ,299.

Though the film earned $237 million worldwide,

box office gross, slate columnist Edward Epstein

argued that after overhead it lost roughly $90

million after all expenses including the $103

.3 million it cost to make the film were taken

into account over the four years following the

film's release. See this is one of those things

where I don't really like the Chris Hey, if it

lost money it lost money, but it's still a very

good film Yeah, I mean Movies lose money all

the time or they make too much money even if

it's a shitty film. I mean, it's You never know.

I mean it's It's just something that there was

probably something else out that year that more

people went to see so this just got bad You know

publicity yeah it's not that it was a bad film

it's just that you know more people probably

went to go see something else kind of like around

the time that freaking you know avatar was out

99 percent of everybody was seeing avatar i was

going to see everything else yes um you have

any other thoughts on this film Although I don't

remember, you know exactly everything from it

it it I do remember watching it. It was a Nice

action -packed film I Love that car chase scene

at the end. Yeah, that's probably my most memorable

part is the end I like how the movie ends when

they they show him the the junk the junker gt

-500 and he gets in it and turns it on and goes

this way and says hey you want to go for a ride

and she goes hell yeah and then you see the you

know you kind of see them drive off and you hear

the car kind of dying he's like don't do this

to me and then the movie ends I just love that

that was so hilarious Overall, very good film.

It does its job of taking you in. And again,

you have to be a fan of these types of films.

I mean, no, it isn't exactly Fast and Furious.

I think it's slightly better. But it's not...

I mean, Fast and Furious was its own thing. So,

I mean... This I think this and torque are my

two favorite Like Motorcycle car chase thing

movies. I don't know. I think they're two of

my favorites so You got anything else you want

to bring up All righty then thank you for You

and your fucking ace in charge shit, you got

me fucking saying it now you asshole. Ha ha ha

ha ha. It was a good film. Fucking shit. God

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