Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Director:

Dominic Sena

Writers (WGA):

H.B. Halicki (1974 motion picture)
Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Ice Cold, Hot Wired.

Plot:

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.

Plot Keywords:

Pontiac Gto | Crushed Car | Volvo | Betrayal | Chevrolet Corvette

Awards:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Randall 'Memphis' Raines
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Kip Raines
Angelina Jolie	...	Sara 'Sway' Wayland
T.J. Cross	...	Mirror Man
William Lee Scott	...	Toby
Scott Caan	...	Tumbler
James Duval	...	Freb
Will Patton	...	Atley Jackson
Delroy Lindo	...	Det. Roland Castlebeck
Timothy Olyphant	...	Det. Drycoff
Chi McBride	...	Donny Astricky
Robert Duvall	...	Otto Halliwell
Christopher Eccleston	...	Raymond Vincent Calitri
Vinnie Jones	...	The Sphinx
Grace Zabriskie	...	Helen Raines

Also Known As:

Gone in 60 Seconds (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Finland:K-14 (2000) | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 (director's cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37519) | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-15 (2005) (director's cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

While only basic plot elements are shared with the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), one is the location of the last car. Eleanor, a classic Mustang (a 1973 model in the original, a 1967 in the remake), was parked at the International Towers in Long Beach.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Memphis injures Eleanor in the alley by breaking off the passenger side mirror, and the engine stalls, Memphis attempts to turn the ignition with a key. But he did not have a key when boosting her.

Quotes:

Kip: Hey, what time is it?
Atley Jackson: Seven-thirty. I think I'm gonna have to - get you outta town or something. Your brother's the best boost in the world but I don't how if he's gonna make this one.
Kip: Uh, I'm not like my brother. You know, I don't just abandon my friends.
Atley Jackson: Oh, man, I oughtta smack you silly, boy.
Kip: Well, go on then. Straighten it out.
Atley Jackson: Your mother told him to go. She knew that if Memphis stayed, you were gonna walk his line. You were gonna join his crew. But she told him to pick up and go. And he did, thinking it was best for you. He left all of us, for you. I guess it wasn't that big a deal for him though, really. Wasn't that big a sacrifice leaving everything he'd ever known behind. Than six years later, ain't life grand? You became a car boost anyway. How 'bout that?

Movie Connections:

References L.A. Confidential (1997)

Soundtrack:

Been Caught Stealing

The real stars here are the cars...

I have mixed feelings about this movie. I do prefer movies that are a little more... intelligent per say, but I still feel Gone in Sixty Seconds is quite underrated. Actually, my biggest complaint is that the movie was too short. There was simply too much story and way to many characters to fit into the movie's time frame.

The basic story is about a car thief, (Cage) who has achieved legendary status and then retired. His younger brother, trying to be like his brother, falls into car boosting too, but soon gets in too deep and ends up on the hit-list of a ruthless crime lord after he messes up a very important job. Now, the only way to save his brother's life is for Cage to come out of retirement and finish the job: Strealing fifty high profile cars in one night. Together with many other top thieves, they set out to do the impossible.

While the cast is truly star studded, with big names such as Nicholas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Rober Duvall, most of the acting and characters aren't that sympathetic. The movie simply has too many characters to really get deeply into any of them. Delroy Lindo does a fairly engaging job as the old arch-nemesis of the protagonist, and Cage is good as usual, but the rest of the cast is nothing special, except perhaps for the mysterious coroner who never talks, Sphynx.

But, the movie is still worth watching for the suspenseful action and the truly incredible chase scene at the end. Is there anything more beautiful then that Shelby Mustang GT, nicknamed Eleanor, roaring down the streets of Los Angoles? There are many other exotic cars in this movie too, from a very unique Hummer to a Lambourgini Diablo.

Don't go into this movie expecting a deep and involving, dramatic story. While it does attempt at this, it doesn't necessarily succeed. But the action is suspenseful and although a tad unrealistic at times, it is a great kick to watch. This movie is better then the average action movie. A true classic for the car chase genre.

My rating: **1/2 out of **** Other recommendations: Bourne Supremacy, The Italian Job (1969), Smokey and the Bandit