Getaway
Published 2014-04-24
Get in, get out, getaway
Film info
- Director
- Year / Run time 2013 · 1hr 30m
- Genres Crime, Action
- Cast
Former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:36 | I just don't get how anyone can drive through a car park that fast, I'd crash into every pillar. |
| 4:43 | Ack, the poor local police again. |
| 9:47 | Ridiculous premise, but let's go with it for now. |
| 16:02 | Selena isn't so convincing as a car thief, it's gotta be sad. |
| 19:22 | "Two days ago, I guess." How can you not know the last time you saw your car? |
| 25:45 | Blimey, bollards can fly pretty high! |
| 30:41 | A film about fast cars and piggybacking on servers. Pretty good geek fodder! |
| 33:58 | "The only thing I was good at was wrecking expensive cars." That's racing! |
| 42:17 | At this point, the ringtone is the most annoying sound in the world! |
| 47:54 | I like this Selena, she's all smart and stuff. With nice nails. |
| 49:42 | "I should have been a banker," is not up there with the best catchphrases. |
| 51:18 | She blatantly stole that from Speed. |
| 55:41 | The old car door trick. Gets them every time. |
| 58:03 | I'm worried they're going to run out of petrol soon. |
| 1:01:10 | She's right, she has kinda come up with every good plan so far. Well, stolen from Speed, anyway. |
| 1:03:58 | Blimey, one shot from a gun caused all that chaos? |
| 1:10:57 | Selena is so awesome. |
| 1:16:49 | I don't want them to but I'm not understanding why they haven't just killed her instead of driving her around the city. |
| 1:19:48 | Yeah, that'll buff right out. |
Thoughts
The trailer for this looked intriguing, if not a big blockbuster, and I love Selena Gomez so I wanted to see what she was up to. Ethan Hawke, however, is not my favourite, mostly because Mr C said Training Day was excellent and I disagreed.
As it turns out, this was a terrible film. The premise didn't make any sense, the story was full of holes and really just there as a tenuous thread to string far too many car chase scenes together. At one point, I didn't know which car had the good guys and which had the bad guys, and at that point, it all became meaningless.
I saw that Selena was nominated for one of those Raspberry Awards for Worst Actress. I'm not sure that's entirely fair, everyone appeared to be doing the best they could with a really shockingly bad script. The only thing Selena did wrong was accepting a role that was 99% screaming, hiding her head, and saying "slow doooown."
It wasn't so bad as to be boring, but I wouldn't recommend it in a million years.
Rating: 1 / 5