Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in Sixty Seconds)

Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50 cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter." Being young and cocky, Kip messes up, so it's up to h...( read more  read more... )is big brother, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), to come out of car thief retirement and save him. With a cast that includes Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, Delroy Lindo, Cage, and Ribisi, it would be easy to say this story wastes all their talents--which it does, but that's not the point. This is a Jerry Bruckheimer film. A good story and complex characters would only get in the way of the action scenes and slow the movie down. No, Gone in 60 Seconds (based on the cult 1974 film of the same name) is not about the stars as much as it's about cars. Fast cars. Rare cars. Wrecked cars. All cars. Too bad director Dominic Sena (Kalifornia) doesn't come across as more of a gearhead; he seems less interested in fast cars than fast cuts. But is this movie fun? Absolutely, and it's fun because it's so stupid. With pointless car chases and hackneyed dialogue in one of the most predictable plots of the year, Gone in 60 Seconds is a comic film that's not quite a parody of itself, but darn close. --Andy Spletzer

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PG-13, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Dominic Sena

Released: June 9, 2000

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DVD Released: December 5, 2000

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  • April 11, 2009
    A retired car thief is forced to come out of retirement to help his brother steal 50 cars to order in one night. Brilliant cars and chases. Full of adrenalin. Great cast and plot.
  • January 30, 2009
    "Ice Cold, Hot Wired."

    Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on... ...( read more )
  • January 29, 2009
    More emphasis on the stars instead of the cars in this remake. That's not necessarily a good thing with the exception of Robert Duvall and Will Patton. From the Bruckheimer school of action flicks.
  • December 29, 2008
    To make it short and not to spoil everything this film is about Kip (Giovanni Ribsi), a car thief, who messes up a big delivery of stolen cars (50 in total). He is then threatened to be killed by the man who gave him the ?order'. The objective now is to get 50 cars stolen in 3 da... ...( read more )
  • June 24, 2008
    cool flick
  • July 4, 2009
    Awesome. Crew, cars, music... everything is great. See this one over 50 times if not more. I know almost every line. Trevor Rabin done excellent job on soundtrack. I totally adore 1967 Shelby Mustang GT.
    My favorite character is Sphinx played by Vinnie Jones. The man doesn't say... ...( read more )

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March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Sixty seconds is all a professional car thief needs to steal a car. It takes about the same time for a moviegoer to know he or she is watching a Jerry Bruckheimer movie. full review

May 10, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A product that will delight car junkies and drive cinephiles to swear off film until fall. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is the kind of movie that ends up playing on the TV set over the bar in a better movie. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Slow this movie down long enough for people to get up to buy popcorn, and they might change their minds and go straight home. full review

Comments


  • bjhawkins04
    January 22, 2009
    This movie is just too amazing! Love the Shelby!!! Angelina Jolie is cool too!
  • ImJK
    December 21, 2007
    This was an AWESOME movie. I love Angelina Jolie's character in this movie. Anybody else?
  • JustJasmin
    July 1, 2007
    added pix check em out
  • babydirtracer06
    May 21, 2007
    This is the best movie well I think and right now i'm buliding me a 67' shelby gt 500 right now with my boyfriend as a graduation gift to my self lol
  • hottiemamacita69
    May 16, 2007
    I am doing a report a the shelby gt in the movie
  • txbadboy4u
    May 4, 2007
    Angelina jolie & Nicolas Cage are a great actting cple in this movie, Angelina jolie is very sexy in the movie but when is she not sexy ?
  • mandie501
    March 22, 2007
    I so loved this film because i was in it lol xx
  • ilovemovies2007
    February 25, 2007
    kikin movie.
  • evilredneck03
    February 5, 2007
    everyone. This movie was twisted but yet it was more twisted when my i got to drive a 1967 Shelby GT 500 identicle to the one in this movie. Those car move and all the actors made this movie really move and grab your attention.
  • Perezc8
    December 29, 2006
    This is such a great movie, Angelina Jolie looks like a lunatic and a drug addict with this hair she got by then but the movie is pretty cool.

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