Well it took me a while to work out the significance of the title "Gone in 60 Seconds," but I finally got it. The movie is about an ex-car thief who is lured from retirement to rescue his little brother from a predicament. Nicholas Cage plays the thief as a kind of blue collar Robin Hood.

        Although a car thief, he's a good hearted and kind soul, as we quickly tell from this opening scene, where he's teaching small children to race go-carts. And his tender-heartedness is reinforced when we discover that although he was the best darn car thief in the business, he gave it all up because his Mother told him it would lead the kid brother astray.

        However, our noble felon's great gesture is too late, his kid brother's already twisted, and Cage finds himself back in the game to save his brother from the real villain of the film, who has a villainous Cockney accent that only reinforces the Robin Hood theme. Further, Cage has to gather together a band of merry men, who help him on his plunderous task. He steals from the rich, to save his poor brother. Okay, so the analogy won't stand too much scrutany, but then again, neither will this movie.

        The really bad guy wants to our man Cage to steal 50 cars in 48 hours. Not any 50 cars, but a particular list of cars, including one particular car that is Cage's Waterloo: he's tried to steal it before, but it's always brought his trouble. So you know the climax of the movie has to be Cage and car bonding. What you can't predict, is that the scenes with Cage and the car‹a 1967 Shelby GT 350 Mustang--are almost good enough to make this movie worthwhile. As a person who usually hates car chases, this one is really really good, culminating in a jump that Evil Kenevil only dreams about.

        And since we're in the land of dreams, there has to be a token female to add luster to the film. In this case our Maid Marion, is none other than the most wacky woman in Hollywood, Angelina Jolie, who has nothing to do and nothing to say in the film, but she still manages to look bizarre. I have to admit I really like her, which gave the film another plus.

        But overall the movie still earns a negative rating. In fact, I am quite sure the title refers to the impact of this movie. 60 seconds after the final credits roll, the whole thing was gone from my mind.

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