RavenGlamDVDCollector Coming at ya!Must way, The Raven doesn't normally watch such rough stuff. This one is particularly violent, with a blood and gore and spilled guts ratio that would compare to what the average fan of this genre would hope to find. I am, of course, here for no other reason than, arguably, the most exciting contemporary actress, Amber Heard. Usually, when I wax lyrical, it is about some actress in a long- forgotten TV show or (Eighties/Nineties) old movie, but Amber's been pretty much in the news lately, she is well-known, and there are hordes Amber fans out there. I know her from ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE and AND SOON THE DARKNESS, and soon I will be settling in for another unlikely choice, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. Yeah, following on the trail of favorite actresses, I do encounter some odd titles, films I'd never have gone for.This one, it is how it is described on Wikipedia, "brash, loud" in spades! High octane, tortured steel, smell the petrol fumes, the burning rubber.There is really only one thing letting the side down.Nicolas Cage.He is some kinda big fraud. Actor? Him? I've never ever seen him in any way convincing in any movie. This is no exception. The man cannot pull off being an action hero. He couldn't even pull off being down and out in LEAVING LAS VEGAS. I have to admit, I've never been a Nicolas Cage fan, he was ridiculous in WILD AT HEART, disliked him ever since, and his presence in a movie is kinda off-putting for me already, which is why I was kinda skeptic about obtaining this title, but the trailer convinced me I gotta have it for Amber's sake. Testosterone-laden way the movie starts, quite too much for me. I'm thinking, what overblown junk, but okay, Amber movie, just hold on, she'll be here. And then she does, and when she transforms outside the diner, there is just no looking back. The most exciting female star of the time?Amber Heard is 1000% perfect for this movie. I doubt anybody else in the whole wide world could have remotely come close. She is jaw-dropping stunning, and portrays the necessary attitude, man, I cannot do the chick justice, she is just a force, a force beyond comparison that defies description.Do I go for a character like hers? No. I am old school. I do a bit of writing myself, and I have frilly-girl heroines, they are very gentle creatures, they do show their mettle when they are cornered, but they're not even really Me Generation types, what say Urban Grrrls, like Piper here, the type of survivor our declining society has produced.But Amber is absolutely a thrill to behold. The action heroine to end all kick-ass action heroines. Utterly convincing. Which is more than can be said for old Nick there.But okay, to be fair... The movie is such a force, sweeping you along, by the end all really got to me... And I even looked past my criticism of ol' Nick. This whole thing is BEYOND DESCRIPTION something unbelievably GREAT! Highly recommended, not for the squeamish, for action fans.

The Grand Master Nicolas Cage is not the awesome actor he used to be nowadays. For the past several years his career has hit the wall and he has found himself in a lot of mediocre to poor movies that barely rate a mention. Today Nicolas Cage is a far cry from the actor who used to be one of my top 5 favourite actors growing up. On my list Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997), Adaptation (2002) and Matchstick Men (2003) were certainly his most memorable movies. Drive Angry was certainly not a highlight for Nicolas Cage. This brainless car wreck of a movie was just awful. Drive Angry is another one of those movies that I disliked so much that I just could not persist with this movie right to the finish.John Milton (Nicolas Cage) manages to escape from hell after Satanist cult members led by Jonah King (Billy Burke) murder his daughter and take her baby with intention of sacrificing the baby. With the help of a waitress named Piper (Amber Heard). To stop the sacrifice going ahead, Milton and Piper tear through the highways in a 1971 red Chevrolet Chevelle SS that Milton has been given. To complicate further matters, Satan's merciless henchman known as The Accountant (William Fichtner) who is also disguised as a FBI agent has been sent to rein Milton back into hell.This was one of the most disappointing and unmemorable movies for Nicolas Cage. His movies are just a joke now, and as an actor I have lost faith in him. The plot is a complete mess and a total disaster. As I said at the start, I could not be bothered finishing the movie. Everything about Drive Angry was bad.Save your money and save your brain cells, because Drive Angry is one of those movies that you should not waste your time with. 1/10.

Paul Magne Haakonsen I hadn't expected much from this movie given the fact that it is a Nicolas Cage movie, and it seemed like just yet another of those countless movies that he is popping up in everywhere you look. And "Drive Angry" was exactly that.I will say that if you like cars, Nicolas Cage and over-the-top things that make no sense then you will enjoy this particular movie.A man has returned from the fiery depths of Hell in order to track down those who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.Right...The movie started out alright, but quickly swerved down a path better left untrodden. And towards the end you will be ready to claw out your eyes, I swear.The only thing that salvaged "Drive Angry" from being utter rubbish was William Fichtner. He is always a delight to witness in a movie, and this was no exception."Drive Angry" is the type of movie that you watch once and never again.

videorama-759-859391 I gotta give credit to this movie, it's title for starters. I love refreshing stories that make original films. Drive Angry fits that bill. Action star Cage, has excelled again, in bringing us sure rapid fire entertainment, and that's exactly what you get with Drive Angry. Though not one of Cage's best performances, which did earn him raspberry status, the cool, calm, collective Cage is always fun to watch. Somehow, he always involves us, a man on a mission. Here, his mission, is to snatch his baby granddaughter from a religious cult, with only few days to do so. If failing to find her, what will result, is basically a hell on earth, as the infant, is to be sacrificed, for evil purposes. We have heavy doses of violence, so over the top, it isn't funny, amongst some shocks and surprises in a darn original story that never lets up. Featuring some quite nasty characters, none more than Billy Burke, the stealer of this show, (what else has this guy done?) as the evil religious leader, who you can't wait to see square off with Cage, you've got 100 minutes of compulsive viewing with a nice little twist at the end. William Fichter is great and commandingly cool, as The Accountant, a sort of guardian angel figure to Cage, who at first, you think is really one of the bad guys. Amber Heard adds sexy female involvement to this tale. An exciting action spectacle and movie experience like this, is something you don't wanna miss, believe me. It almost should be mandatory, in fact.