Director H.B. Halicki
Stars H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda
Rate PG
Score 2/6

When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag – thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.

 A total of 127 cars were either destroyed or damaged throughout the entirety of the film. It should be noted that Gone in 60 Seconds is credited with the longest car chase in movie history with a 40-minute long scene. It should be noted that Gone in 60 seconds is the first installment in H. B. Halicki’s trilogy of “horsepower” movies the other two being The Junkman and Deadline Auto Theft. Of course for those of you playing along athomethere was the 2000 remake (it’s a loose remake the plot of the two movies is wildly different) produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Dominic Sena, Am I going to watch the other two movies in the trilogy? I don’t know. The movie really doesn’t have much of a sense of urgency to propel the movie forward and honestly the movie felt as if it dragged on for way too long in the third act. I couldn’t help but chuckle when I noticed that “Eleanor” was mentioned in the opening credits, “Eleanor” is the code name used that refers to a 1971 Ford Mustang (redressed as a 1973 for the film). You have to respect the fact that characters make a point of only stealing cars that are insured, There’s some nice transition shots but I really wouldn’t recommend this one unless they were a fan of “car chase” or “horsepower ” movies.