Gone in 60 Seconds essays

Gone in 60 Seconds essays Gone in 60 Seconds reunites actor Nicolas Cage with producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The two are known for some of the best action movies ever, including The Rock and Con Air. Gone in 60 Seconds carries on that very same tradition with fast high speed action and fast high speed car chases. Gone in 60 Seconds tells the story of Randall Memphis Raines (Cage), a retired car thief who has given up the life of crime and has settled down. His younger brother (Ribisi), is still very much into the car stealing scene, and has gotten himself into trouble with his boss by botching a high priced boost. The boss then sends an ultimatum to Memphis: either he comes back to the business and lifts 50 cars in 4 days, or his brother dies. Memphis decides to return to his former profession for the sake of his brother, and gathers some old friends and forms a crew of car boosting experts. The chemistry between most of the characters works. Cage plays the protective older brother to Ribisi, a kid whos gotten into the life too deep and finds himself in more trouble than he can handle. Robert Duvall is the veteran who masterminds the whole The supporting cast is there for some comic relief. They fill the movie with many cliches and stereotypes. Ribisis young friends are the exact opposite of Cages crew. They are using their new high tech gadgets to steal cars for the money, unlike Cage and his crew who do it for the rush. In one of the funnier scenes, a member of Cages team is car-jacked while he is driving away with a stolen car. Instead of surrendering, he curses, gets out of his car, beats down the car-jacker, and lectures him that hes an amateur who doesnt know the first thing about reall ...