Plot
Former race-car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock when his wife is kidnapped by a mysterious villain. He commanders a young woman's car and takes her on on a high-speed race against time.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 3.9/10 (780 voted)
Director:Courtney Solomon
Storyline
Getaway is the gritty, exciting action thriller from Warner Brothers in which former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock as he commandeers a custom Shelby Super Snake Mustang, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed adventure at the command of a mysterious villain on a race against time to save the life of his kidnapped wife.
Trivia:
Picerni's team carried out over 20 air cannon launches. They also executed 25 pipe rims, which involves running the car up a pipe and turning it over. They did 40 turnovers, which is a huge amount for one film. See more »
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A late night car chase through the cosmopolitan streets of Sofia,
Bulgaria; throbbing with that distinct and exotic coolness European
cities exude when darkness falls... it's an idea that could have been
executed very well. Unfortunately not in the case of Getaway, which
instead slaughters the idea so poorly you can't help but feel sorry for
it.
Everyone loves a good car chase. You won't find one in Getaway though.
All the chase scenes are nothing more than a nauseating rapid
succession of very brief cuts. It's literally impossible to get a
wider picture and understanding of what is going. Many scenes could
have been quite impressive if they had just been shot at a wider angle
and held a longer frame. This does not happen once though. The
breakneck speed at which the cuts are made (close up of car
headlights-exploding box-back wheel-driver-back to headlights) just
doesn't allow the chase to flow and is frustrating to watch. How can
one appreciate what's happening when they can't even see what's
happening?
Selena Gomez may be trying to break out of her Disney image (and good
for her) but that doesn't mean she's suited to every role. Her
performance here feels weak and definitely isn't helped by an even
weaker dialogue. Ethan Hawke's performance is more believable, but it's
only one taste bud of sweetness in the overall bad taste this movie
leaves.
There's pretty much zero laughs, the first half is filled with the
characters bickering annoyingly, the chase scenes are visually
unwatchable, it's painfully unnecessarily noisy and the plot is nothing
but mediocre.
Fortunately I viewed the film at an advance screening and therefore
given it was free I just felt disappointed, rather than feeling ripped
off as I would have had I actually handed over my hard earned dollars
in exchange for that mess. I tried my best to enjoy the film, but to be
honest all I wanted to do was getaway.
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