Getaway

Plot synopsis:
We open to Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) arriving home. The place has been ransacked, with the Christmas decorations destroyed and shattered glass everywhere. In addition, there is an obvious sign of a struggle, given Brent finds blood on the floor. He calls out to his wife and gets no response. Suddenly, his phone ringsCut to a parking garage where a tricked out Shelby Super Snake Mustang waits. Brent steals it and escapes the parking garage despite security trying to stop him.We flashback to him getting the call; a middle-aged man, simply called The Voice (Jon Voight) tells him that his wife has been taken and if Brent wants her back, he will have to do EXACTLY what he is told. The Voice tells him to steal the car. It has been outfitted with cameras to watch his every move, and is armor plated to deflect gunfire. Brent is warned by The Voice that he must do whatever he is directed to do. If he refuses a task, fails in it, or is caught by the police, then his wife will die.Brent sees two cops chasing him and speeds off. Being a skilled driver, he is able to think quickly on his feet to evade them well, eventually setting a trap to cause one to crash into the other. Two more cop cars find him and give pursuit. Brent makes them follow him into a sewer gully and causes them to crash into deep water held in the ravine. He then backs out of the ravine and drives away, free of police attention for the moment.The Voice calls Brent and directs him to a mountain. Once there, he called again and reminded of the rules; he does his tasks without question, and his wife lives. Disobey or get caught, and she dies. Brent requests proof of life and he is briefly allowed to hear her voice before The Voice cuts back in and tells him they will be in touch and to dump his phone. Brent tosses his phone and drives off.We are told that the story is taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria.We see Brent's wife, Leanne (Rebecca Budig) taken by the men who kidnapped her into a grimy holding room. Her cries to be let go are ignored.Brent drives and thinks of his wife.Brent receives a call from the phone system that has been added into the car. The Voice directs him towards his first task. He tells Brent to speed up and take some perilous turns, eventually being forced to crash through a park, ice rink, and shopping center, nearly killing numerous civilians in the process. The Voice calls to congratulate him and tells him to keep moving. Brent is ordered to crash into a water truck and run through a red lighted intersection, causing accidents in his wake. Brent is then ordered to park in a construction zone and await further instructions.Waiting there, someone opens the passenger door and sticks a gun in Brents face. Known simply as The Kid (Selena Gomez), she is apparently a car thief tells him to get out. Brent refuses and begins to struggle with her. The Voice calls and tells Brent to take her with him. Having no choice, Brent races off with her. Brent asks what he should do.Kill her, The Voice says.Kid looks horrified and Brent balks at doing it. The Voice says if he doesn't, his wife will die instead and gives him till the count of three. Brent points the gun at her face but cant do it. "I'm not a killer", Brent says. The Voice says that it is a good choice, as he will need her.Yet another cop car spots them, and Brent drives to evade him. Kid is screaming for him to pull over but of course Brent cant do it. He is eventually able to get rid of it, causing it to crash. What the hell did you do?! Kid screams. She tries to yell out of the window to get a cops attention until Brent pulls her back inside.An unmarked cop car joins the pursuit and Brent is forced to hit him and cause his car to flip three times into another. Kid yells at Brent for ruining her car with all the cameras and other high tech added to it. Brent doesnt know what she is talking about. This is my car, Kid says. She was given an anonymous tip by a cop that someone had stole it and told her where it was seen. Brent tells her no cop would do that, and them meeting was no accident. It was planned.We see The Voice at a bar. He maps Brent's location on a map then sets more cops onto him by hacking the police scanners.Kid and Brent talk. Brent tries to explain what is going on but doesn't know much. He doesn't recognize The Voice who is ordering him around.The Voice calls him and tells him of his second task. Brent will have numerous cops on his tail and has four minutes to escape. If he doesn't, Leanne dies. Having no choice once more, Brent evades numerous cop cars that are thrown at him, ramming one, forcing another off the road, and causing two to hit a truck. He drives down some stairs and gets away to The Voices satisfaction before time runs out. They continue to drive.We cut back to The Voice. His computer says two streets have been blocked.Kid is angered about the damage done to her car as it was a birthday gift by her father. She reaches into the glove compartment and finds her hidden iPad. Kid is apparently a hacker of some kind. She tracks the camera feed and sees that it is pinging off a government server. She notices several other feeds including a parking garage.The Voice calls again. He speaks of an article speaking of Brents racing career and tells him about the third task. The Voice wants them to go to a power plant and upload a flash drive into the system by 11:30 p.m. When Kid asks why he needs the power gone, The Voice tells her it would be wise not to ask too many questions.Having time to kill, Brent and The Kid park the car nearby the plant. Kid is livid since she believes Brent is a criminal. Brent explains that he used to be. He was formerly a NASCAR driver that washed out due to his dangerous driving skills that led to numerous wrecks. In debt, he became a wheelman and did some things he wasn't proud off. He changed for his wife Leanne, and they moved back to her home country to start over.Kid tells Brent she is a daughter of a Bank CEO that moved her here two years ago. He is distant and basically gives her money instead of actual affection.Kid then breaks down the big picture that Brent has apparently missed; when the tasks are over, why would The Voice ever give Brent his wife back? If it was the Kid in control, she would kill Brent and Leanne anyway. Oh shit, Id kill me too, Kid says, realizing they are all expendable. Brent says it is time to go and they drive to the plant.Kid gets out of the car saying she will hack the server. She uploads the data then hacks the computer to try and call 911. Thinking she got through, she tries to tell what has happened, only for The Voice to laugh at her, telling her as smart as she is, hes smarter. The Voice tells Kid to look up and she sees herself on camera. The whole thing was a set up to incriminate her. He tells Kid to run as the plant overloads. Kid gets in the car and Brent drives off as the entire plant explodes, taking out several power grids in the city.Brent and Kid are confronted by more cops. Brent drives evasively to disable them.The Voice is at the bar. His computer says five key streets have been blocked. He grins.Taking a moment to breathe, Brent pulls over. Kid gets out and says she is leaving. She mentions the camera at the plant and tells Brent they are being set up for something big that The Voice is planning. They are doing everything so they will be arrested and the ones who planned this will have full deniability. "I'm not dying for you", Kid says. I have to take care of myself.Brent gets a call from The Voice, demanding to get Kid back. Brent says 'no'. Brent is then giving a video of Leanne surrounded by guards and then the feed cuts out, signifying to Brent that she has been killed. The Voice says he warned him about disobedience. Kid comes back and says she is sorry. Brent says none of this is her fault. Kid tells him that Leanne is still alive. The Voice wouldn't kill his only bargaining chip until everything is done.While being pursued, yet again by more cops, Kid looks at her iPad and examines the crash locations. She realizes the points will cause a major traffic jam, leaving only one way out of the city. Its an escape route, Brent says.The Voice calls again and gives Brent his final task, to rob a bank. Specifically, the bank that Kids father runs. Brent is ordered to turn around and go in the direction of the bank. Brent asks when he can see his wife again. The Voice tries to shut him up and Brent finally loses his patience. I need to know that she is all right and WHEN THIS SHIT IS GOING TO BE OVER! The Voice tells him to keep his cool and turn around NOW. Brent relents and turns around.As they drive and evade the police, Kid questions the plan. Her fathers bank isn't a normal bank; it is an investment firm with just computers. Brent and Kid realize there must be evidence of hidden bank accounts with billions of dirty money on one of the hard drives. The blocked streets and electricity outage would cause bank protocol to move the sensitive information to another destination. They are being used for the ultimate fall guys. Furthermore, Kid was used to make it appear that she was targeting her fathers bank because she was cut off financially by him.Brent has to cut through a warehouse and fight off cop cars and a motorcycle. He trips the motorcycle causing it to flip and have its driver smash into a cop cars window. He evades the others by well placed jumps and exits the warehouse.Thinking quick, Kid uses her iPad to create a camera loop to trick The Voice. She thinks they are falling into a trap and wants to make sure. The loop will buy then time.Journeying near the bank, they see dozens of cop cars waiting. They finally realize that is all a set up. They would crash through the empty barricade, and rob an empty bank, while The Voice gets away with everything. Kid points out a nearby parking garage and they realize the hard drives are being moved from there.We see a security team moving the drives into an armored car when they hear motorcycles. Four motorcycle drivers with sub-machine guns attack the convoy, killing four guards. The drivers of the truck try to leave, only for the mercenaries to place bombs on the windows. The bombs kill them and cause them to crash the truck. Just as the mercenaries double to take them, Brent and The Kid drive up and intercept the drives to The Voices obvious surprise.As they drive off, The Voice calls them and threatens them but Brent shuts him up. We hold the cards now, Asshole! Kid yells to The Voices anger. The four motorcycles give chase. Brent tips one into a passing trolley. The other three shoot at the car but the bullets deflect due to the armor plating. Brent eventually causes the others to crash.Forced into a dead end surrounded by cops, Brent thinks fast. Taking Kids gun, he pretends to hold her hostage, causing the police to back off. They drive off once more.The Voice, though on the defensive, is still able to track the car. He calls one of his men and sends him the location.Brent pulls over to let Kid leave. Kid refuses to leave saying he would do something stupid without her. Just as they settle that, The Red Biker gives chase. They drive into a train yard where the Red Biker is shooting at them. Timing himself, Brent fires one shot that hits the Red Biker. He crashes into some machinery, causing a fireball chain reaction as Brent and Kid drive away.Brent calls The Voice and proposes a trade. He tells him to meet him at his workplace in two hours.Before they head there, Kid gets a brilliant idea. She tampers with the car cameras to make it a live feed to alert the police. That way, the authorities can see that they were entrapped and bring backup when things go bad.They head to an airport hangar. Five henchmen come out. Brent asks about his wife. The lead henchman asks about the Drives. Kid shows it. Brent asks about his wife. The lead henchman directs one of his men to get Leanne. The man then wants the drive, but Kid tells him to release Leanne first. He complies and Kid comes over to validate the drive. As she walks over, she notices an earpiece in the mans ear. She realizes The Voice is planning to kill them as soon as the transfer is done. The tech transfers the money and okays it to his boss. Cut to The Voice ordering his men to kill them all.Kid warns Brent, who shields his wife. He gets shot in the back just as the cops rush in and arrest the henchmen. In the confusion, The Voice, who had been hiding in one of the cars, grabs Kid and drives off. Brent had been only grazed by the bullet and sees Kid get kidnapped. Brent tells his wife he has to save her and tells Leanne to stay with the police and drives off.Kid uses her camera to link to her iPad to give Brent landmarks to follow. Brent sees it but he has his hands full. More of The Voices goons, this time outfitted with grenade launchers are pursuing him. They sandwich his car and try to grenade him several times. Brent is able to cause one to flip while he and the other car fishtail in an intersection. Brent cant get his car to start again and the other car is readying a grenade launcher. However, Brent is saved with an 18 wheeler clobbers the other car. He starts up the car, and drives away only to get caught in traffic. Remembering the blocked roads, and that there would be only one path out of the city, Brent turns around. He knows which way they are going.Taking the route, he comes up to the SUV where The Voice has kidnapped Kid. In an unbroken take, we watch through the windshield as both cars dodge traffic and each other. The Voice eventually drives into a park and tells Kid to get out. She is forced to jump out of the moving vehicle right into Brent's path. As she shields her face, Brent twists the wheel to miss her, causing his car to flip and crash right into the SUV driven by The Voice.Kid is able to get Brent out of the car as it bursts into flames. Police show up to put out the fires and put The Voice under arrest. Another police car shows up with Leanne and Brent realizes it is finally over. Kid jokes about how Brent owes her a new car and Brent replies it just needs a new paint job. Suddenly, a phone rings in Leanne's pocket. It isn't hers.Brent answers it to hear The Voice. Brent looks into the cop car holding the man who he thought was The Voice only to realize it is a decoy. The Voice congratulates him for doing so well. Asked about who he is, The Voice replies he is just Brent's biggest fan and chose him because he thought Brent never lived up to his potential until now. The Voice thanks him for his help and the money he helped him steal, which he now has quite a lot.We see a satellite view. The Voice wasn't even in Bulgaria. He had been directing all his men from a bar in the United States. He sees his new account balance and shut his laptop down, handing it to a henchman who locks it away in a special locking suitcase. He then walks out of the bar, completely getting away with the heist.

Tags: murder, flashback

Review:
The "plot" follows Former race car driver Brent Magna (Played by Ethan Hawke.) Who discovers that his wife has been kidnapped by a mysterious man referred to as the Voice,(Played by Jon Voight.) Who promises to promises to return her to safety if he completes a series of broad and laughable tasks while driving through the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria in a supped up Shelby Super Snake Mustang.
Along the way, he runs into the original owner of the Mustang named "The Kid" (Played by Selena Gomez.)Now, at first glance it's very easy to see that this movie's plot and characters are there to serve as a backdrop for the action, which would at least be tolerable, if the action was any good, sadly that is not the case here.
Though in Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez' defense, the horrible dialogue (which consists mostly of sh*t and a**hole) is to more to blame then they are.Never has a movie been more apply titled than "Getaway".
The whole reason I went to see this movie is to see some kick-butt car cinematography, but there is better, free content on youtube that I could have watched to whet my appetite(like Ken Block's gymkhana series or vintage rally B-group footage).
Selena Gomez was bright, and had the expected attitude of someone her character's age without being precocious or annoying.Most of the plot was admittedly easy to figure out early on, but the movie still provided plenty of excitement in how it got there.
And there was one street-level point of view sequence that I thought was especially well done - presumably a single take - that gave me a real rush.Overall, I enjoyed Getaway, but that may be in part because I went in with low expectations due to its opening weekend box office and some negative reviews.
The whole entire time my hands were sweating like "Oh my word, what is going to happen." See this movie, it's great and makes your heart pound.
But Ethan Hawke is 100 times better actor than him and Getaway is way more faster and exciting than Drive.
That doesn't mean I don't like Drive movie - I LOVE it.But I LOVE Getaway even more...Many people didn't get the point looking for a better story or other stuff - this is not a novel adaptation, this is a Car Chase movie just like Vanishing Point.
I like the movie,because it pumps your adrenaline,it has great filming and acting,and story.
but it wasn't that bad --like "Frankenstein theory" or other REALLY bad films lately-- If you saw "vanishing Point", this is better ,by far than that one .In a nutshell , Getaway is , or could be called "A Lot of Cops Crashing"Yes it is a thin plot , yes it has bad writing ,and although overall, it is highly polished, some of the camera work seems to be shot by a 9th grade A/V student,and some is crazy good, there is one shot towards the end that -for me- was incredible camera work ....
it is a grill cam shot from the second car car , it is one continuous shot that winds you through traffic like you are riding a street luge, it is a clean crisp long -no scene splits- camera shot that I just loved , Although predictable , this film is full of action, well , car chases, Im a car nut so , who cares about Oscars when you get to thrash a highly built mustang ...
Getaway is stockpiled madness on film: a cacophony of collisions, gears shifting, screaming, tires screeching, stock suspense riffs in the music, and vehicles hurdling around corners and down long highways, sometimes congested, sometimes open, but mostly obscured through abysmal filming.That's right, Getaway is another stumblebum actioneer that clobbers its audience with ferociously indistinguishable editing (particularly during the car chase sequences that take up roughly seventy of the film's eighty-two minute runtime) and a camera that always seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Conflicted by "The Voice" spouting directions to him on the Mustang's personal car phone (such as drive through crowded parks and outrun an onslaught of policemen), and in a serious press for time, he takes her along for this wild ride and the two are now stuck in this bad situation.
When multiple police cruisers are dispatched to try and take out Magna's car, as he speeds up and makes an attempt to outrun them, I was waiting for the camera to pan to the rear end of the car (in third-person fashion), exit cinematic mode, show a wanted level, four stars, a money counter, and a health bar (along with a small, circular map at the bottom left hand corner) and reveal I was watching a poorly-made cut scene from a Grand Theft Auto game.On a final note of pure asininity, Getaway takes place during the Christmas season and its soundtrack is either composed of typical potboiling, action-movie instrumentals that may as well be public domain by now or Christmas songs.
It's certainly not a high-class, grade-A wonderful film, but, if you go in expecting it to be what it is -- a film designed to have lots of cars moving quickly and getting crashed, this movie certainly provides and entertains.
the Fast & Furious thing is alright, but i think its more of Gone in 60 secs..because of the car, the Selena roll isn't that bad, well shes does not act either way..compared to spring breakers, here she did a Oscar role!
but for most of the part its a not that bad movie, the actors well..Selena its not an actress, Ethan well money is money right,?so its a fun, stupid, nonsense movie but hell better than watching a twilight movie..
It had a few yeah right moments and obvious mistakes like a side mirror falling off in one scene and then there on the next.I wouldn't say rush to the theater for this but it is for sure worth the rent.Ethan Hawke did a good job and so did Gomez.Pure action.6/10.
If you like a good car chase movie then your in for a treat!
This high octane thriller gives you all the bumps and crashes you would hope for but with an underlying story that is a bit on the week side but contributes to a reason to go and race and crash into anything in-site!Set in Bulgaria it's interesting that most the Police Cars look like they are all old ones shipped in from the UK to smash-up before the go to the crusher!On the whole the film was entertaining if you like that sort of thing worth a watch.My only real criticism is attention to detail is so blatantly bad!
Interesting as its a good 10 minutes later before they even get shot at!Also they make a big point of showing the right hand wing mirror being smashed off and low and behold in the next scene its back on the car again, then it's off, then it's on!.
"It's been a long time since you've driven but you'll have to overcome your fear if you want to save her." Brent Magna (Hawke) is a former race car driver who is forced to steal a car and complete a series of tasks in order to save his wife.
'GETAWAY': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) B car-chase movie starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez.
It's already well known as a painfully bad movie but in my opinion it's not that bad.Hawke stars as Brent Magna, a former race-car driver who's wife (Rebecca Budig) is kidnapped by an unknown man (Voight).
Her computer skills become useful as the two try to outwit this crazy man, holding them all captive, and end his crazy games.The movie is a pretty routine car-chase action flick but it delivers what it promises.
If not for the casting of Hawke, Gomez and Voight this movie probably would have been a direct to video release where it could have been a little more respected for what it is instead of failing to meet unusually high expectations.
The problem is not Ethan Hawke or Selena Gomez, but the way the film was directed, the dialogue, the music, and the shots of the car.Brent Magna(Ethan Hawke) is a former race car driver who has washed out and moved to Bulgaria with his wife to "get away" from it all.
The voice explains that he must steal a very special car, a 2013 Ford Mustang GT Shelby 500 Super Snake.Selena Gomez plays "the kid".
Yes, the film takes place during Christmas time in Bulgaria, but you never see any snow and Christmas music and cars do not mix.With dialogue such as "Shut up!"..."No, you shut up!" the actors become sort of irritating not just as two people driving in a car, but to a viewer having to watch it in a movie.The direction and filming of the movie went from great to bad very quick especially with the car.
There is no CGI in this movie, but with the way the car scenes are filmed you think there is.
someone vaguely explained, Ethan Hawke steals a car, gets stuck with Selena Gomez, and follows the driving instructions given to him by the mysterious voice on the phone.
She is too annoying for this to be "so bad it's good", but Ethan Hawke can't carry this poorly photographed (with dash-cams and the like) chase flick/ road movie/ buddy movie/ wannabe suspense flick.Only Hawke's character, and his wife are ever even given names, which makes this even more difficult to get involved with.A rare movie, in which the title is the filmmakers' command to the audience..
The car chase starts when Brent Magna's (Ethan Hawke) wife was taken due to his previous street activities.The movie is almost all a car chase as there are not many scenes that are not in the car.
Ethan Hawke stars a pro race driver with a wife that has been kidnapped and this old hag decides to make him bash into everything he sees to make the movie action packed.
Ethan Hawke plays Brent Magna a former racing driver now living in Bulgaria whose wife gets kidnapped, he receives a phone call and is told that he must follow instructions and that includes stealing a Shelby Mustang, evading the police and then dealing with an American teenage brat (Selena Gomez) who he just happens to come across in Sofia.The car is rigged with cameras and microphones so the controller (Jon Voight) can see what Magna is up to and can constantly threaten his wife's well being as well as give him further instructions.
Actually, it's pretty big shame that the movie is this indigested and bad, because you can see that the budget for this have been pretty big and the possibilities too (at least if you can cast Selena Gomez and Etan Hawke, and crash like 100 cars in a movie).
The only reason that "Getaway" didn't go straight to DVD was apparently because it has Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, and Jon Voight in its cast.
The only thing as bad as the overall movie, is Selena Gomez's acting in this particular film.
"I am not going to die for you."The title of director Courtney Solomon's film serves as a warning for us to getaway from this movie as fast as we can.
The plot is pretty simple since the entire film is just an excuse to see fast cars chasing this marvelous and invincible Shelby Mustang.
Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) is a former race car driver living in Bulgaria who arrives home one day to find that his wife (Rebecca Budig) has been kidnapped.
But the movie does have good action,and car chases!
But, if you go in expecting a movie about car chases and crashes then you'll have fun.
Sure it's not the best story or acting (at some points) and definitely not the best camera work, but it is what it is: a car movie.
Gomez, playing some bizarre daddy's girl, muscle-car driving, teenage computer nerd is just plain annoying and hopelessly miscast, before even considering that she is purely a contrived character to service the story line's needs.You just know things are dire, when 15 minutes into a movie, you are already looking at your watch.
Since the chase begins immediately, we have no time to get to know the characters, to like them, to care if they live or die.By jettisoning any sort of first act to set up the characters, and plunging us headlong into what should be the third act, the filmmakers have shot themselves in the foot, since action without anyone to root for as simply boring.In "Speed," another film where a maniac in an undisclosed location forces someone to drive fast and risk lives, we get to know the main characters and appreciate them.
unless you are a die-hard fan of cars running into things or suped-up shelby mustangs......heck just skip this movie entirely and go watch GONE IN 60 SECONDS again.
It was a bad film overall, but that street level point of view car chase was just amazing!
Hawke does his thing, but there isn't anything he could do to save this movie.The action has a lot of car crashes, but it gets very repetitive.
I was really interested in watching this movie with Ethan Hawk starring in it, unfortunately I came out completely disappointed and bored.
All the while they are being directed around by 'The Voice' who's master plan seems to involve pitting an apparently entirely inept police force against an arguing child and man in one vehicle.The movie contains more car crashes and vehicle destruction than verbal words spoken and is combined with loose attempts at plot development to explain to the audience why we're watching the film.
There other illogical character actions and scenes were generally drowned out by the overall 'crash car derby' effect of the film.Toward the end you start to feel like you've seen one to many police cars smashed to pieces and questions whether the footage is being recycled or if you accidentally hit rewind partially through the movie.
Apart from boring plot, poor quality car chase scenes the movie lacks polish.
Former race car driver Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) is pitted against the clock as he commandeers a custom Shelby Super Snake Mustang, taking it and its unwitting owner 'The Kid' (Selena Gomez) on a high-speed adventure at the command of a mysterious villain called The Voice (Jon Voight) on a race against time to save the life of his kidnapped wife Leanne (Rebecca Budig).
Rather than Selena Gomez stealing the spotlight, Ethan Hawke and Jon Voight did a good job in this practical film that is the "Die Hard" of car films..
In the first five minutes, some guy's wife is kidnapped, a mysterious German voice on the guy's cell phone is giving commands that must be obeyed if he wants to get his wife back, and more cars crash than in any opening scene since the original "Beverly Hills Cop".Ethan Hawke is, Brent Magna, a former NASCAR driver who never quite realized his true potential, moved to Bulgaria and married a local woman.
Major characters are billed simply as "The Kid" (Gomez), "The Man" and "The Voice", whom we only see in close-up shots of his mouth, eyes and hands - until the last scene of the movie.
Gomez's character is impossibly smart, stubborn and brave, the action borders on the preposterous, the film borrows liberally from other movies- those I've already mentioned, plus "Speed", "Die Hard" and "The Silence of the Lambs" (but that's not necessarily a bad thing) and the villain's motive is a little silly.
GETAWAY (2013) 0 stars Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Rebecca Budig.
Gomez is the unlikely owner of the super up automobile who is along for the ride and arguably the most laughable 'techie nerd' ever (!) Courtney Solomon's excuse for a movie is simply to show a shiny toy speed really fast and a ton of police cars paying homage to any other action film with an unending loop of a 'chase'.
Selena Gomez performance in this film grabs you with the intense car scenes, she is a smart and tough young girl.
There is what felt like a five minute scene from the perspective of the car in a high speed chase.
Don't get me wrong, Selena Gomez is talented, but she was miscast in this role.The movie gets repetitive and at only 90 minutes and some change, you feel like you've been watching a 2 1/2 half hour movie.
It's not a bad movie, although a little relentless with the car chases-I never thought that I would say that-but I don't think that I would buy it on DVD.
There's just not much of a story past the plot description...A former race car driver named Brent Magna, played by Ethan Hawke, is given a supped-up Mustang to pull off risky stunts so that his kidnapped wife isn't killed by a mysterious man, who's giving orders from the dashboard speaker.Brent ends up unintentionally picking up a teenage punk, billed as The Kid, and Selena Gomez spouts more dialogue than a commentator at the Indy 500.
Everybody gets taken for a ride in "Dungeons & Dragons" director Courtney Solomon's "Getaway," co-starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, and Jon Voight.
Sadly, I was left bored beyond belief and laughing at this poor excuse for a movie.We follow Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke), a former pro race-car driver who comes home one afternoon to find that his wife has been kidnapped.
One of the best car action movies I've ever seen.
if you like movies with fast cars, a ton of wrecks, a believable plot, then you will be glad you saw this one on the big screen..
Ethan Hawke basically does what he is told to do, both in the movie and behind the camera, and drives.