Review of Getaway (2013) by Michael G — 06 Aug 2015
Car chases typically fill me with a sense of dread for our hero, unless they are in a monotonously-boring film. This film feels overly-long at its relatively short runtime of 90 minutes, and the ever-swearing unnamed Selena Gomez character doesn't help much.
The lone bit of charisma in this movie comes from Hawke, but there's not much room to exercise said charisma in just a cool car. Jon Voight, the primary antagonist, puts on his best Bond villain accent, but without much of a face to be afraid of, you can't really feel any dread after the inevitable shout of "Answer!" from Hawke.
Even the film's title is problematic - the misnomer of "Getaway" doesn't apply to anything in the film - this movie actually centres on Voight kidnapping Hawke's wife and then the former promising to release the latter if Hawke completes a set of missions, of which ring the bell to a tune of "smash everything" or "evade the cops".
It's a live-action video game, and it's not Gran Turismo.
This review of Getaway (2013) was written by Michael G on 06 Aug 2015.
Getaway has generally received negative reviews.
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