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
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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
operation.
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...