Over the top fun. The Accountant needs his own spinoff movie/show/whatever... just as long as Fichtner is cast in the role. What a gorgeous, exquisitely talented man

Directed by Patrick Lussier, who edited all of Wes Craven's later films and directed the remake of My Bloody Valentine, this film was originally shot to take full advantage of the 3D process. It's as close as a grindhouse film as you're going to get when you're spending $29 million to make a film.John Milton (Cage) died ten years ago and went to Hell, but he's broken out and stolen Satan's gun, The Godkiller, to come back and get revenge against Jonah King (Billy Burke, Lights Out and The Twilight Saga), a cult leader who killed Milton's daughter and plans on killing his granddaughter in order to bring Hell to Earth.On his way to the abandoned Stillwater prison to kill the evil cultist, he runs across Piper (Amber Heard, Mera in the upcoming Justice League, the remake of The Stepfather, Machete Kills), a waitress with bad luck in boyfriends. Directly after telling Milton her boyfriend is a good guy, she catches him in bed with a real estate agent. She kicks the woman's naked ass literally to the curb and attacking her boyfriend, who assaults her. Milton saves her and they make their escape by stealing his 1969 Dodge Charger R/T 440.That's when we meet Satan's agent, The Accountant (William Fichtner, as close as we're going to get to a character actor in this day and age). His mission? Get Milton and The Godkiller back to Hell. He carries an Obolos, the coin that the Greeks would put over a dead man's eyes as a payment to Charon, the ferryman for the dead. He can use the coin to become a badge or as a weapon. He kills Piper's boyfriend and takes two cops with him to hunt down Milton.After a night of drinking, both Milton and Piper are hooking up (not with one another, but with folks they found at the bar, though all Piper lets the guy do is paint her nails) when King and his men attack. Milton doesn't even stop having sex with the blonde he's with, shooting and killing numerous men before he gets hit with a taser, which ends up giving her an orgasm — I've never seen that in a movie before!Read more at https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/08/28/drive-angry-2011/

Drive Angry is a mixed bag to say the least. I like over-the-top action movies with dark content and good sense of humor...this movie has this things...sporadically.It's the kind of movie where the best scene goes something like this: Nicolas Cage making love to a prostitute while shooting at satanic worshipers with Scythes, with pretty bad cgi-blood splattering around and everything's in pretty cool slow-mo.(Note: I've now seen the movie "Shoot em' up" where the same scene takes place but much better...)Technically the movie looks okay, and has even some very well staged scenes, but the visual effects and green screen are incredibly bad for the most part, which is sad if you know that this movie cost 50.000.000 dollars. (One year later came a little movie called "DREDD" for a prize 15.000.000 below, and it looked stylish as hell, and is mostly known for it's incredible use of slow-mo and 3D...) And yeah i know that this movie wants to be some kind of Grindhouse- flick, but even the cheesiest Grindhouse movies use at least practical Gore-effects and stunts. The soundtrack is also very bland, it's kinda country-rock, there is even a part which clearly copies the famous "Mombasa"-Track from "Inception", but some of the licensed songs work fine.I don't want to sound too negative here, i enjoyed the movie for the most part, the things that are practical are even fairly good.The actors are well suited for this kind of film, i'm a fan of Amber Heard since her very strong performance in "John Carpenter's The Ward", and she's by far the most believable character to be found. She is a bad ass chick, but not because she's a good fighter, or just hot and dumb, but because of how she does everything in her power to stop the evil. Even her fight scenes are very realistic which is interesting to see in a movie where everything else is over-the-top. Nicolas Cage is very good, there is a scene in this film where he describes how it is to burn in hell, and you'll believe what he says. There is also a great cameo from Tom Atkins ("Escape from New York" and "Night of the Creeps") in a little role as Police officer, which is great to see. But the best performance in the film is by William Fichtner, this might be his best role to date, or at least one of his biggest.The plot is pretty basic, but serves it's purpose, it's surprisingly engaging to follow John Milton on his path to save his granddaughter. The only big downside: The Climax. It begins with a really fun and elaborate action sequence in which Nicolas Cage kills everyone without even getting out of his car, when he eventually does leave it, it get's to a very lame and clichéd conclusion...Drive Angry is trashy fun full of nudity, violence and Satanists, but it's not as tongue-and-cheek as i hoped. It's on the same level as another movie which came out the same year, with a similar premise and also Nicolas Cage in the starring role: "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" which was better than the previous one, but also a mixed bag, with some entertaining sequences which nearly made up for the rest...If you want to see a really good Grindhouse movie (in my opinion, the best), ugly enough also from the same year, and with a budget 47.000.000 dollars lower than this one, but far better made, watch "Hobo with a Shotgun", it's better in every way...

Let's be honest. We have long stopped expecting Nick Cage to hammer out Oscar nods in movies like this. Drive angry is pure entertainment. If you are religious and easily offended by Religious content in movies, you shouldn't watch this. If you are expecting something that will be a classic to last the ages like Citizen Kane, you shouldn't watch this. If you were expecting the film to take itself seriously.... you probably knowing where I'm going with this right?Milton (Cage) starts out with a bang, quite literally, hammering up a bunch of crackheads over something we're not quite sure about. I'm sure they mentioned something about a child, and then boom, scene changes.Milton meets someone in a diner, kisses her, gets information, and leaves. Piper (appropriately named, Head) Is the hot girl of the movie, and with a temper to match her long, tanned legs. She quits her job, gives Milton a ride after the cheesiest meetup/dialogue in the history of cheesy meetup dialogues, and they head off to where Piper is heading.Piper breaks up with her boyfriend, and Milton steps in to help her escape his wrath.If you have left the Movie Theater by now, you are missing out in a huge treat.The Accountant steps in. His lean, gaunt, bored-yet-classy style immediately captures the attention. His lines are shot off quickly and off beat, like he is getting used to his mouth again, not really caring. He has done his job for God knows how long and this is just another run- of-the-mill job for him.I particularly love his encounter his encounter with Frank (Piper's ex) and subsequently the cops. I think he would have been the best choice as Two-Face of the Batman franchise.But I digress.We go back to Milton, with some forgettable conversation, tits, guns, blood gore, etc, and the movie moves on at a good pace, not letting you get bored for a second. I won't put too many spoilers around here, but yeah, that's all you need to know going in so far. My advice? Stay away from this film if you are looking for anything more meaningful than empty entertainment. If you are braindead from a long day at a mindnumbing job or studies, and all you want to do is watchsome action with some funny, watch this. I smiled and enjoyed the ride.You should too.