Episode 82: Drive Angry

TagEdit

"In this episode, we return to the Nicolas Cage well that never runs dry: we discuss Drive Angry.

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Movie SummaryEdit

Knee Injuries

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John Milton (Nicolas Cage) blasts a guy with a shotgun in the right knee, and then threatens to blow off the other one. @02:45 Later, after another guy gets kneecapped during a gun battle, The Accountant (William Fichtner) jabs a knife into that dude's kneehole. Again, the right knee. @1:01:45

StarringEdit

• Nicolas Cage
• Amber Heard
• William Fichtner

PremiseEdit

Nicolas Cage escapes from Hell in a muscle car, in order to track down the satanic cult which killed his daughter and kidnapped his infant granddaughter.

StoryEdit

Better ThanEdit

• Bangkok Dangerous @29:25
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance @32:40
• Seven Pounds @31:30

Worse ThanEdit

• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans @27:45
• Next @29:15
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice @27:55

Final JudgmentsEdit

• Movie I Kinda Liked (Elliott) @31:25
• Movie I Kinda Liked (Dan) @31:40
• Movie I Kinda Liked (Stuart) @32:40

Episode HighlightsEdit

Movie PitchesEdit

QuotesEdit

Listener MailEdit

"We Hate Movies" from Eric Lastnamewithheld @33:45
 

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RecommendationsEdit

• Castle Freak (1995) by Stuart Gordon (Stuart) @50:45

Mentioned InEdit

• Episode 83: I Am Number Four @34:25

• “­Any time you have Nicolas Cage in a movie, you're really hoping you get a Crazy Cage. Not like, kinda, the sad Drive Angry 3D Nicolas Cage.”
       —Stuart, Episode 117: Seeking Justice @38:25