This is a supernatural chase film in which Cage's John Milton and (arrgh!) Heard's waitress Piper pursue a satanic cult led by snappy dresser Jonah King (Burke in full Jim Jones-meets-Elvis swagger). And what's with this title? Has anyone ever seen a Nicolas Cage character that doesn't drive angry? Yeesh. This is the Cage of Gone in 60 Seconds and Ghost Rider, not the tortured, often venomous phantom from Bringing Out the Dead or Face/Off, and as such he's strictly old hat (and tight denim jacket). Granted, Cage has performed fearlessly before ( Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) and probably will be again, but in Drive Angry he's strictly coasting on his own past badassery. Cage continues his Tokyo drift into mid-career mediocrity with this decidedly bottom half of a nonexistent double bill that’s guaranteed to play better from the vantage point of the back seat of a ’55 Chevy (or, as here, a ’69 Dodge Charger). You will, too, if you buckle up with this retro drive-in also-ran. Well goddamn, I miss David Carradine and Warren Oates.
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