By Todd Garbarini
Directed
by Patrick Lussier, whose previous directorial outing was 2009’s entertaining 3D
film My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry is a wild, extravagant and
farfetched ride about deep, meaningful subjects such as love and loss, and
takes the audience through various locations in Louisiana. Nicolas Cage stars
as Milton, a convicted felon who
makes his way out of Hell to stop Jonah King (Billy Burke), the head of a Satanic
cult, from sacrificing Milton’s infant granddaughter to the Prince of Darkness on
the night of the full moon, thus becoming the most powerful human alive. The
cult killed Milton’s daughter and he will stop at nothing to kill as many of
the cult members as possible with his trusty “GodKiller†gun. Unfortunately, Milton is without a vehicle,
but a fortuitous stop at a roadside diner puts him into a partnership with Piper
(Amber Heard of The Joneses and the
upcoming The Rum Diary), a waitress who
bolts from her lecherous boss (Jack McGee) and cheating boyfriend Frank (Todd
Farmer, who co-wrote the script with the director) in the latter’s 1969 Dodge
Charger. Together, Milton and Piper seek to stop the cult and save Milton’s
granddaughter and humanity from the dark forces of evil. With the police hot on Milton and Piper’s
trail, one of the Devil’s minions, known as The Accountant (William Fitchner), inexorably
chases Milton in an effort to take him back to Hell.