GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew n one night to save his brother's life. Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter." Being young and cocky, Kip messes up, so it's up to his big brother, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas... Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter." Being young and cocky, Kip messes up, so it's up to his big brother, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), to come out of car thief retirement and save him. With a cast that includes Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, Delroy Lindo, Cage, and Ribisi, it would be easy to say this story wastes all their talents--which it does, but that's not the point. This is a Jerry Bruckheimer film. A good story and complex characters would only get in the way of the action scenes and slow the movie down. No, Gone in 60Seconds (based on the cult 1974 film of the same name) is not about the stars as much as it's about cars. Fast cars, Rare cars, Wrecked cars, All cars. Too bad director Dominic Sena (Kalifornia) doesn't come across as more of a gearhead; he seems less interested in fast cars than fast cuts. But is this movie fun? Absolutely, and it's fun because it's so stupid. With pointless car chases and hackneyed dialogue in one of the most predictable plots of the year, Gone in 60Seconds is a nice movie to watch a nice time pass and have fun watching the world chasing a car and then even they do not succeed.If Dominic Sena's turbo-charged action-thriller Gone In 60 Seconds was a car, it would probably be a second-hand souped-up GTI - lots of noisy power behind that sleek and sexy frame, yet alarmingly unreliable and altogether a rather soulless ride. Ridiculously expensive too.

Gone In 60 Seconds is a remarkable film for many reasons. Not only does director Sena achieve the impossible, and make the various car chases look pedestrian, but he test drives Scott Rosenberg's slight screenplay for almost two hours and tells us virtually nothing about the characters.
Cage whispers all of his lines which - and it's a small relief - sometimes get drowned out by the roaring of engines, and Jolie perfects her pout. Rising star Ribisi is stuck in one-dimensional supporting character hell along with Duvall, Patton with only Vinnie Jones making any impact as the mute hard man who takes personal offence (and a petrol bomb) to anyone who dares to disrespect his buddies.