Gone in 60 Seconds

Action, Crime, Thriller

Nicolas Cage	Randall 'Memphis' Raines
Angelina Jolie	Sara 'Sway' Wayland
Giovanni Ribisi	Kip Raines
T.J. Cross	Mirror Man
William Lee Scott	Toby
Scott Caan	Tumbler
James Duval	Freb
Will Patton	Atley Jackson
Delroy Lindo	Det. Roland Castlebeck
Timothy Olyphant	Det. Drycoff
Robert Duvall	Otto Halliwell
Christopher Eccleston	Raymond Calitri
Chi McBride	Donny Astricky

Director	Dominic Sena
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer; Mike Stenson
Writer	H.B. Halicki; Scott Rosenberg

Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50 cars 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 60 Seconds (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 60 Seconds is a comic film that's not quite a parody of itself, but darn close. --Andy Spletzer