As an escapee from hell on a
vengeance-seeking mission to save his kidnapped granddaughter, Nicolas Cage
appears to have chosen this violent campfest as a bridge between Ghost Rider and its unnecessary sequel, but Drive Angry 3D director Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine) ends up unleashing three dimensions of hellish
boredom on Earth.
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For every pulpy B-movie
full-splatter killshot, there are long stretches where either nothing at all
happens or audiences are subjected to senseless dialogue that fails to maintain
what could have been a gloriously cheesy vibe. The only bright spot is the
presence of William Fichtner as The Accountant, the Devil’s ultra-professional
hellhound on the trail of Cage’s escapee. Fichtner plays his character as part-FBI
agent, part-Terminator with an
arid wit and we should be thankful that someone onscreen actually decided to
even pretend to act.
Cage has obviously given up
the good fight; content to now wander from one wannabe high-octane sequence to
another (and from one angry assault on film to the next). It’s hard to remain
angry when every single moment of the story drives towards an inevitable
anticlimax. Grade: F
Opens Feb. 25. Check out theaters and show times, see the trailer and get theater details here.
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