Piper is essentially a grindhouse version of Sara Connor, someone who doesn’t care what anybody thinks and ultimately always tries to do the right thing, something Milton notices (along with her muscle car). Part of the reason I find this so interesting is because of the parallels Drive Angry has with The Terminator, a film and franchise that has become known for its complex and often convoluted mythology. Milton seems to be an expert on a bunch of things hell-related, something about which, judging by the Accountant’s expression, he had no idea.
Heck, I would have even settled for a bit more about Milton’s adventures in hell.
While Drive Angry does feel a little undercooked, it still has a lot of potential to explore its universe. Still, I can’t help but feel as though some speculation is warranted when it comes to a genre piece with this kind of potential. Just as it is in Drive Angry, movies in the grindhouse genre are often set in a heightened reality that normally expects its viewers to simply go along with everything on screen. A lot of these types of films have playgrounds that just seem to get the mind turning, even if the narrative playing out on screen isn’t quite what it could have been. It almost makes me wish there would have been a multimedia push to flesh out the movie’s world a little more. Even pieces of dialogue in Drive Angry give us some insight into this version of hell, with mentions of Loki and the like (insert MCU joke here). It appears as though they’ve been battling for a long time in hell and Milton has figured out how to, at the very least, negate him. One of these backstories no doubt has to do with the relationship between Milton and the Accountant (played with glee by William Fichtner). The filmmakers seem content to bask in the grindhouse genre and resign any more backstory to word documents on their computers.
When we finally do get an answer to what exactly happened, it still ends up being vague. Granted, their animosity probably has more to do with the sister than anything else, but there always seems to be more to these conversations under the surface. Throughout Drive Angry, several characters are shocked that Milton is alive, yet his death is something that I feel is left intentionally vague throughout most of the film. He mentions how Milton used to drive a truck through the area and spent time with his sister while he was in town. The rest of their interaction is frosty at best, so Piper asks what the guy’s problem was with Milton. A prominent example of this is when Milton and Amber Heard’s Piper, a former waitress with whom he grabs a ride, head to a club and have a run-in with the bar owner, who, upon seeing Milton, comments that he thought he was dead. Milton’s interactions with various people constantly make us want to know more about him and the film’s universe.
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I dare say Cage borrows Steve Rogers’ “ man out of time” motif, whether he looks bewildered at the sight of a flip phone or being told he had to show some ID when he is trying to order a drink.Ĭage gives us insight into Milton’s world, a world full of psychopaths, dive bars, and gun battles. Yet, I can’t deny it’s incredibly fun to watch as Cage ham it up through the movie, determined to save his granddaughter and complete his unfinished business. One great example of this is Drive Angry, or as it was marketed at the time, Drive Angry 3D.Ī throwback to old roadhouse movies and the cheesy 3D thrills of the 70s and 80s, Drive Angry centers on Cage’s Milton, who returns from hell to rescue his granddaughter from the cult that killed his daughter and wants to sacrifice the latter under the full moon. Still, in recent years, Cage was able to find a way to continue giving audiences zany performances that served to bolster his zany movies. Who better to go on the ride with then Nicolas Cage? Cage has always been known for taking big swings creatively whether it’s Vampire’s Kissor the… misguided Wicker Man. I’ve always loved cheesy movies the kind where you turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride.
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