Gone in 60 Seconds... Remake as good as the original??

 

There are 2 writers who are given credit for creating this film and I think we can all agree without the work of H.B. Halicki (the creator of the original Gone In 60 Seconds) this would not have been made.  The other writer who helped get this movie together was Scott Rosenburg who worked on the screenplay.

Untouchable car booster Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage) retired from the business. Now six years later, his brother, Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) takes over "the job", employed by British car broker Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). Well one night Kip feeling on top of his game messes up stealing some cars and gets into some major trouble, Memphis gets called back to the life he got out of to save his little brother. To save his brother he must: Steal 50 exotic cars all over Los Angeles and Long Beach in just one night and deliver them to Long Beach Harbor, Pier 14 by 8:00am, Friday morning.  If he does not deliver all of them and on time then he will never see his brother again. So Memphis and Kip need to get a crew together to get this done so they ask for some help from longtime friend Otto Halliwell (Robert Duvall) to get the old crew reassembled.That old crew includes sexy Sara "Sway" Wayland"(Angelina Jolie), Donny Astricky (Chi McBride), The Sphinx (Vinnie Jones). The only problem is the LAPD G.R.A.B. (Governor's Regional Auto-Theft Bureau). It's on the lookout and Det. Roland Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo) and his partner, Det. Drycoff (Timothy Olyphant) are keeping close eyes on Memphis and his team. Can the team pull this assignment off and save Kip?   Can Memphis remain untouchable from Castlebeck and the cops? It's a long shot and it's going to be one hell of a ride but they may have a chance.

This movie gets a B.  It shows how much love Memphis has for his little brother, there are not that many people who are willing to put their lives on the line and possibly end up in jail to try to save a family member.  Maybe its just me because I don't know a family member that would risk going to jail for me.  That being said you can see the chemistry flow between Nicolas Cage and Giovani Ribisi because they make you feel like they truly are brothers.  When Ribisi is showing his anger at Cage for leaving him behind you really feel the sibiling bickering going on.  There are touches of comedy which I love to see in a movie like this because it breaks it up and makes the movie flow great.  Then the night they had to steal all the cars in my opinion was epic.  All in all watch this movie.