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Crazy-Sh*t, Basket-Case Cage Drives Angry, Motherf**kers

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (34)



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As much as I dislike 80 percent of the 17 annual movies that Nic Cage makes, when he does decide to do basket-case crazy-shit Cage (see Bad Lieutenant for a recent example), there’s hardly anyone that does it better. Here, he not-the-beeees the hell out of the scenery, drives fast, and shoots shit. He’s paired with the perfect director in Patrick Lussier, who gave us the spectacularly dumb fun flick of 2009, My Bloody Valentine 3D. Amber Heard co-stars, along with William Fichtner, who can do sadistic crazy pretty goddamn well, too.

Make no mistake: Drive Angry is going to be a terrible goddamn movie, but it’s the good kind of terrible.

Here’s the full movie poster, compliments of Shock Til You Drop.

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Comments

good morning mr. cage!

Posted by: rabbi at October 15, 2010 10:18 AM

Weeeeeeellll, that poster's been photoshopped to hell. Ever drive with the windows down with long hair? It whips in your face and scratches your eyes out. It does not flip back. And how is her hair lit from the top, the front and from behind while Cage's do is completely in shadow? Are they even in the same car?

So many questions, so little interest in the answers.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 15, 2010 10:34 AM

He's going to break a wrist if he keeps shooting that sawed-off with one hand.

"What kind of gun is that?"
"It's a magical kind with absolutely no recoil. Oooooh, spooooky..."

Posted by: superasente at October 15, 2010 10:35 AM

OK, just watched the trailer.

"Make no mistake: Drive Angry is going to be a terrible goddamn movie, but it’s the good kind of terrible. "

I think you're right.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 15, 2010 10:38 AM

Oh glorious. The car is like "Christine" on steroids.

BTW, Cage could play this guy, don't you think?

www.onlineseats.com/upload/concerts/2350_con_Joe_Grushecky_3.jpg

There's a great rock and roll movie waiting to be written about Joe Grushecky. Somebody else write it, I've done all the casting work.

Posted by: , at October 15, 2010 10:46 AM

Nicolas Cage is great when he does quirky/nebbish (way down key), as well, not just over the top. I offer as evidence: Adaptation, The Weatherman, and Bringing Out the Dead. He's bad when he tries to amp up the charm and machismo.

But, yes, good bad. The kind of trash you don't mind wallowing in.

Posted by: RobP at October 15, 2010 11:04 AM

Was anyone else hoping for a groundhog at the wheel?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 15, 2010 11:08 AM

I guess that would be the trailer for Don't Drive Angry.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 15, 2010 11:09 AM

I grinned all the way through that trailer. I will ride with Mr. cage.

Oh and you can shoot a 12 gage one handed without breaking your wrist.

Posted by: logan at October 15, 2010 11:11 AM

Oh, dude-walking-slowly-away-from-an-explosion shot! How I've missed you!

Posted by: Todd at October 15, 2010 11:18 AM

Man, Ghost Driver doesn't have to worry about his wrist.

Posted by: Jay at October 15, 2010 11:20 AM

Wow. Batshit crazy. I hope it ends up as manicky and campishly entertaining as the trailer.

Posted by: Parker at October 15, 2010 11:25 AM

But are there dancing souls?

Posted by: admin at October 15, 2010 11:36 AM

Fitchner? Yum!

Posted by: badkittyuno at October 15, 2010 12:00 PM

So this demon guy can tell when those stoners under the bridge are going to die, but he has no idea when Cage will bite it? Because knowledge of one man's fate implies a knowledge of all men's fates, which implies the existence of Predestination, which means he should know the time and manner of Cage's character's death, and since we're sure Cage's character will win in the end, the demon is consciously committing suicide for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

I guess what I'm try to say is: Screenwriters are idiots.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 12:05 PM

Kballs,

Cage's character supposedly escaped from hell. Meaning he already is (or was?) dead.

Attention, son. You need to pay it.

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at October 15, 2010 12:22 PM

^Kballs: Since he evidently "broke out of hell" dude would seem to be possibly outside the boundaries of Predestination, no?

Posted by: HappyGobo at October 15, 2010 12:41 PM

Geeze, you take the time to smoke just one bowl...

Posted by: HappyGobo at October 15, 2010 12:42 PM

On the upside, this movie looks awesome now.

Posted by: HappyGobo at October 15, 2010 12:43 PM

No, because all beings would be bound by Predestination regardless of their state of existence. Plenty of people "die" and are revived. His death was just a longer version of that. Unless he was actually converted into a demon during his time in hell, he is still operating with a human soul and falls into place like everyone else.

Attention paid, motherfucker.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 1:13 PM

*No, because all HUMAN beings would be bound"

Sorry. Forgot the operative word there.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 1:15 PM

Mrs. Julien, I concur....I was let down.

Posted by: lawnjart at October 15, 2010 1:24 PM

Methinks that maybe, maybe, you might be nitpicking this one to death, pal. Settle down. I think asking movies to follow the philosophical ramifications of predestination and divination according to a specific model of theology is bit excessive, no?

Not to mention a giant fucking waste of time.

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at October 15, 2010 2:19 PM

"Son"?

"Pal"?

If you were anymore condescending, you'd blast off into outer space, CHAMP.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 2:33 PM

Kballs, for what it's worth I think it's a worthy question: if there is life after death, does predestination extend beyond this life into the afterworld? Would a being powerful enough to have knowledge of said predestination be limited to those events that occur in this plane of existence, or would that knowledge extend beyond? If predestination exists beyond the realm of the living, wouldn't anyone who has an awareness of said predestination be aware that Nicholas Cage was going to eventually escape from Hell? If such knowledge existed, would any effort be place on presenting it from happening (perhaps it is like the prophecy that Oedipus would slay his father -- in that every effort to prevent this only leads to the event itself)?

To even hint at the ability of foresight and predestination opens a flood-gates of questions, all of which must be sufficiently resolved in order to prevent the movie from declining into moronic idiocy, cheap one-liners, and indeed from the pits of Hell itself; and every examination of these flaws is worthy and important. Frankly sir, I admire your thoughtful ponderings and encourage you to ruminate more often.

Posted by: superasente at October 15, 2010 2:34 PM

superasente,

You should know by now that I am too superficial to dive that deeply into any thought. But yes, my main idea was to poop all over the stupidity of escaped souls and omniscient demon bounty hunters.

For what it's worth, Predestination seems to make sense only if EVERYTHING is predestined and free will is a myth, or it starts falling apart (re: your questions above). And yes, that includes different planes of spiritual existence. I have no real argument to support that. It just sounds like the most plausible explanation when my brain and I spoke just now.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 2:46 PM

"Pal" is condescending? Calm down, Susie Sensitive.

Seriously, did you watch that trailer? And after watching it, the failure to adhere to dogma is your biggest concern?

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at October 15, 2010 3:05 PM

Oh, you're deep, Kballs. You're Kballs deep.
...heh...

Posted by: superasente at October 15, 2010 3:17 PM

I didn't realize Ingmar Berman directed Drive Angry. Now I really want to see it!

Posted by: RobP at October 15, 2010 3:18 PM

superasente,

I'm stealing that line for the next time I find myself carnally involved with a fellow Pajibette:

"Oooh, yeah baby. I'm Kballs deep, now!"

Then I'll hold my hand up for a high-five because I'm sexy like that.

Posted by: Kballs at October 15, 2010 3:32 PM

Argue whatever the fuck you what about predestination.

He's blowing fucking cars up with a shotgun, there's a chick with a supremely terrible southern accent, a guy who kicked a car door out of a car, and some gun that apparently shoots like 6 rounds at once.

And you're arguing about accuracy?

What the fuck is wrong with people?

Posted by: DeistBrawler at October 15, 2010 3:35 PM

I once saw a video of people asking Isaac Asimov questions. I think that's who it was:

Person: Do you believe in fate or free will?

Asimov: Suppose I'm crossing the street and a huge semi is coming towards me and its brakes fail and it's honking its horn to let me know. Do I keep crossing the street at a normal speed knowing that the truck will hit me, or do I free will myself as fast as I can out of the way?

I guess it all comes down to, "Can predestination be fucked up by a butterfly fluttering by at the wrong time?"

Posted by: BWeaves at October 15, 2010 4:21 PM

3D - Fail, Nicolas Cage - Fail...next.

Posted by: TrickyHD at October 15, 2010 9:46 PM

Let's say that the devil doesn't know your destiny after you die. We know Cage is going to kill a bunch of bad guys. Couldn't the devil just hang out where those guys are going to die seeing as he knows when they'll die and by Cage's hand? OR...has Cage's escape from Hell change their death destiny? (Deathstiny. Ooh, they should use that for Fin6l De6tin6ti6n.)

Posted by: PaulterA at October 18, 2010 4:39 PM