Drive Angry

Drive Angry

2011

Director- Patrick Lussier

Cast- Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Tom Atkins, David Morse, Charlotte Ross, Christa Campbell, Katy Mixon, Pruitt Taylor Vince

            Milton (Nic Cage) has just escaped from Hell and is trying to rescue his infant granddaughter from the clutches of a Satanic cult that means to use her for a sacrifice. He enlists the help of Piper, a bad girl who seems to be pretty much on the highway to hell herself (played by vixen Amber Heard). Along the way they are chased by “The Accountant”(William Fitchner) whose job is to round up escapees from the infernal regions.

            This movie is pure entertainment and not meant to scare or be taken seriously. It feels more like a Robert Rodriguez film than a horror movie. In place of chills you get some decent gore and lots of gratuitous nudity, which is, I guess, a fair trade. Although its superficially a car chase film, I can’t really call it that as the car crashes are so outlandish they are obviously CGI. It’s more like a trip through the South with occasional headshots and boobs.

            The movie is helped by a strong cast. William Fitchner, Tom Atkins and David Morse are all genre veterans. Also, of a note is a really nice musical score by Michael Wandmacher. The film was written, directed, and edited by Patrick Lussier who has worked on a ton of horror movies so you can trust you are getting a competently put together film.

            Don’t watch it if you are wanting something somber and scary. However, if you are looking for a nice companion piece to, say, Demon Knight, this movie will provide an entertaining, fun, distraction.