Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) - Cage, cast and LA shine in wonderful Bruckheimer vehicle

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Nicolas Cage's intense stare, Angelina Jolie's sexpot stare and a promise of speed work their magic on this poster for Dominic Sena's Gone in 60 Seconds

When his little brother finds himself in really deep trouble, Los Angeles premier ex-car thief, Memphis, is forced to tread backwards and drive him out of his morass; by stealing 50 cars in one night - without getting caught!

Gone in 60 Seconds is written by Scott Rosenberg (High Fidelity (2000)) and directed by Dominic Sena (Kalifornia (1993)), loosely remaking the 1974 mega-hit indie movie of the same name.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer's (Chase (2010-11)) largesse is here perfectly combined with Nicolas Cage's (Bangkok Dangerous (2008)) larger-than-life showmanship, coupled with an ensemble cast with James Duvall (Mission Possible (2018)), Robert Duvall (The Conversation (1974)), Grace Zabriskie (George B. (1997)), Scott Caan (In Enemy Hands (2004)), Angelina Jolie (Playing God (1997)), Delroy Lindo (The Core (2003)), Timothy Olyphant (Meet Bill (2007)) and more. Marvelous car chases en masse and a fairly amusing script, which runs like a masterclass in structure and brother mythology, helps rev the entertaining Gone in 60 Seconds into the 6th gear.

Cage gives an interview about the film here

Cost: 90 - 103.3 mil. $ (different reports)

Box office: 237.2 mil. $

= Minor flop or box office success (returned between 2.29 - 2.63 times its cost)

[Gone in 60 Seconds premiered 5 June (Los Angeles) and runs 118 minutes. Development began in 1995. Shooting took place in Ontario and in California, including Los Angeles, from May - October 1999. The film opened #1 to a 25.3 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another 2 weeks in the top % (#2-#4) and grossed 101.6 mil. $ (42.8 % of the total gross). While the film's Box Office Mojo site claims a 90 mil. $, a Slate.com article claims the 103.3 mil. $ number, (which could hint to the film going 13.3 mil. $ over budget), and the numbers make the difference between whether the film ranks as a minor flop or a box office success theatrically. It likely made a healthy pile of money on secondary markets. Roger Ebert gave it a 2/4 star review, translating to 2 notches harder than this one. Sena returned with Swordfish (2001). Cage returned in The Family Man (2000). Gone in 60 Seconds is rotten at 26 % with a 4.40/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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