(DVD REVIEW) Drive Angry

Nic Cage is like a delicate dinner being prepared. You may prepare it 100 times and some times the meal comes out horrible and some times it comes out fantastic. Cage movies are the same way. While some movies may be completely horrible (Ghost Rider, The Wicker Man, and whatever that movie about witches was last year) and sometimes we get a treat (Con Air). This movie comes in to the "good" category. While it is more like a cheesy 80s movie, it has something about it that makes it very likable.

The movie is about Milton (Cage) who is on a mission to save a baby from a cult leader that is going to try to use it to open a gate to hell. This is going to be in an attempt to bring hell on Earth. While Milton is on his mission he comes across Piper (Heard), a street tough girl that can hold her on but is looking for something more out of life. When she agree to give Milton a ride, the chaos begins and they are forced to fight for their lives against crowds of people and even some non-human villains.

The movie reminds me a lot of Evil Dead or Army of Darkness. It has that cheesy, low class, gross out, fun action factor working for it that is a lot of fun. I love that style of "grind house" action/gore...and this plays like a classic. Watch it!

Also, while it may not be available on DVD 3D, I can only imagine that it was great in the theater. Lots of 3D spots used and the movie was shot in 3D (as opposed to a 3D conversion that most movies use).