Drive Angry
2011 · Directed by Patrick Lussier
Original language: English
- fantasy
- thriller
- action
- crime
The story
Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid capture, avenge his daughter's death, and save her baby before she's mercilessly sacrificed by the cult.
What it’s like
Hot, saturated grindhouse excess: sun-bleached desert highways under a flat white sky, sodium-orange motel rooms, and the lurid reds and neon blues of a cult's midnight rituals, all shot with a scratched, deliberately dirty digital sheen that borrows the look of 1970s exploitation prints. Camera work is restless, with whip pans, slow-motion impacts and frequent cuts that turn each car chase and gunfight into a loud, kinetic set piece. The soundtrack is heavy on hard rock and thudding guitar, with roaring engines and gunfire mixed hot and loud. The vibe is trashy, gleefully overheated and mean-spirited, best suited to a loud Friday night with friends or a rowdy late-night watch when you want to switch off and laugh at the carnage. Pacing is relentless, almost manic, with little breathing room between explosions and absurd one-liners. The emotional register is wry and pulpy, a grieving, hard-living man reluctantly bonding with a sharp-tongued ally in a ticking-clock hunt. Violence is frequent, bloody and cartoonishly graphic, with plenty of shootouts, stabbings, and gore; there is sexual content and strong profanity, and the tone stays jokey rather than harrowing. Made for fans of cult grindhouse, gleeful genre excess and over-the-top action.
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