Gone in 60 Seconds

             Gone in 60 Seconds reunites actor Nicolas Cage with producer Jerry
             Bruckheimer. The two are known for some of the best action movies ever, including The
             Rock and Con Air. Gone in 60 Seconds carries on that very same tradition with fast
             high speed action and fast high speed car chases.
             Gone in 60 Seconds tells the story of Randall "Memphis" Raines (Cage),
             a retired car thief who has given up the life of crime and has settled down. His younger
             brother (Ribisi), is still very much into the car stealing scene, and has gotten himself into
             trouble with his boss by botching a high priced boost. The boss then sends an ultimatum
             to Memphis: either he comes back to the business and lifts 50 cars in 4 days, or his
             brother dies. Memphis decides to return to his former profession for the sake of his
             brother, and gathers some old friends and forms a crew of car boosting experts.
             The chemistry between most of the characters works. Cage plays the protective
             older brother to Ribisi, a kid who's gotten into the life too deep and finds himself in more
             trouble than he can handle. Robert Duvall is the veteran who masterminds the whole
             The supporting cast is there for some comic relief. They fill the movie with many
             cliches and stereotypes. Ribisi's young friends are the exact opposite of Cage's crew.
             They are using their new high tech gadgets to steal cars for the money, unlike Cage and
             his crew who do it for the rush. In one of the funnier scenes, a member of Cage's team is
             car-jacked while he is driving away with a stolen car. Instead of surrendering, he curses,
             gets out of his car, beats down the car-jacker, and lectures him that he's an amateur who
             doesn't know the first thing about reall
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