# Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

### reviewed by
Chad Polenz

    Gone In 60 Seconds

Nicholas Cage is Randall "Memphis" Raines, a retired car thief who is blackmailed back into the business by a really creepy crime ring leader who will kill Raines' younger brother Kip (Giovanni Ribisi) because of something he messed up. Raines has to steal 50 cars in a short amount of time and in order to do he has to round up a gang of characters that could only be found in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie.

If you saw "Armageddon" or "Con Air" you can make a lot of assumptions about this film and be correct. The difference this time is that the subject matter is a little more tame, the tone is lighthearted and fun, it's not so trite and unbelievable. Raines is a nice guy but technically, he's a criminal, yet we don't want him to be caught. There's a subplot involving two detectives' efforts to catch Raines and his gang and amazingly, it works well and is actually suspenseful and exciting - exactly what a summer movie should be! Think of as a thriller for the whole family.

    GRADE: B+

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