slightlymad22 3000 Miles To Graceland (2001)**Spoilers**Plot In A Paragraph: A gang of ex-cons led by Murphy (KC) and Michael (Kurt Russell) rob a casino dressed as Elvis, during Elvis convention week. KC plays Murphy as a cold bad ass, who has zero regard for human life. Almost everybody who dies in the movie is killed by Murphy. We see a lot of people murdered during the robbery (the only time people are killed by other members of the gang) and they are quickly forgotten about. Russell (who received top billing) shows he had not lost his ability to do a good Elvis impression, we know from the outset he is the good guy. During the robbery he dresses in a white jumpsuit as opposed to KC's black, and he is the only member of the gang not to kill someone, hitting them with the butt of his gun instead.As for the rest of the supporting cast Courtney Cox gives a career low performance, her accent is awful and her character unlikeable (like when she steals the loot herself, leaving her son with one of the thieves) Christian Slater is OK, as is David Arquette, Bookeem Woodbine however is the token black character, who is so cliché, he actually dies first!! It has several problems with it. A ludicrous opening involving robot scorpions, a ridiculously annoying child actor, time wasting subplots and a few plot holes. But I for one do find it fun to watch. Im not sure what it says about me if I find such acts of violence by despicable people fun, but hey ho. I think if they ditched the subplot involving Cox and her kid, the core audience this movie was aimed at, would have loved it. With a whopping 13 producers (Just like Get Carter) 3000 Miles was produced by Franchise Pictures who didn't seem to know what they wanted. So like with Get Carter and Driven, they started interfering. When the film finished shooting, the director, KC and Russell all disagreed about the way the film should feel. The studio let both stars edit their own versions which were then shown to test audiences. Russell's cut was more comedy oriented and focused on his character's relationship with Cox while KC's was more action oriented. It's unknown who's cut was released, it could be a mash up of both, as there is plenty of action, but also a lot of Russell and Cox!!The movie performed so badly at the domestic Box Office, it wasn't even released in theatres in the UK, going straight to DVD (The first KC movie to do that since God knows when.... Maybe something from 81-85) and that was not until after his next movie was already released.

SnoopyStyle Michael Zane (Kurt Russell) meets Cybil (Courteney Cox) and his thieving kid at a desolate motel. He sleeps with her after 5 1/2 years behind bars. Elvis fanatic Thomas Murphy (Kevin Costner), Hanson (Christian Slater), Gus (David Arquette) and Franklin (Bokeem Woodbine) come to pick him up for a job. They set off to rob the Riviera Casino as Elvis impersonators.The movie tries so hard to be an edgy crime drama. It starts from the beginning with the CG scorpion battle. It looks cheesy and bad. There is some shoot em up action but not done that well. Too much slow motion is used. Everything is done aggressively that none of it is that compelling. Demian Lichtenstein is simply not at the upper echelon of directors that this movie needs. The kid is so annoying. Some of the characters act stupidly. None of them are likable and there is no rooting interest. It's a slick crime drama but the style doesn't work.

msoysta Just finished watching this movie and after 10 years it has only gotten harder to view. There are some nice actors that have since gone on to bigger things, and some old actors that we haven't heard much from lately, so I thought it was worth a repeat view.I was a bit off the mark. There are some decent scenes, and it was nice to see familiar faces portraying somewhat interesting characters, but the premise of the film is so lacking credibility that I felt irritated throughout.First of all, if you are going to rob a casino full of Elvis impersonators while being dressed like Elvis why don't you use this to help escape or blend in?? Then, how do you spray every camera except the one that shows you taking the money? Why would you then have to go through the entire casino floor to get to the roof? This would perhaps be the most ridiculous- but it is topped by the struggle which makes up the entire rest of the movie- the money is taken from HARD COUNT.Now anyone who knows anything about casinos knows that they take in a lot of cash money. This money has to be counted (these are the people in the room where the gang-o-thieves grab the cash). This is not money from the bank but money going to the bank and therefore this money is in no way marked and there is absolutely NO REASON for it to be marked. So going to find someone to launder this cash is completely idiotic. Therefore the rest of this movie is idiotic and makes no sense whatsoever. Really people, I know this isn't supposed to be real life but base a movie on some sort of reality. Or else call it science fiction or fantasy or something. This was so far fetched that I couldn't objectively watch the rest. Too bad? Or maybe just as well.

puttputtk 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) This is a tricky film to rate and review. Do I rate it based off of how entertaining it was or do I rate it based on how terrible it is. I guess I'll meet them somewhere in the middle.To start with the positives, 3000 Miles to Graceland is very entertaining and keeps you watching. It has a lot of cool effects and great action sequences, and a relatively decent storyline, though ridiculous in many ways. One other thing I have good to say about it is that it has some pretty good cinematography, not always, but often. With an all star cast like they have (personally I love Costner's character) its hard not give it a chance and I think it deserves people watching it, at least fans of action films.On the other hand, the film is actually pretty terrible. Very bad acting by most of the cast, and a lot of generic and stupid dialog. As I mentioned, it does have a good root idea for the storyline. However, trying to be cool, and more action packed weakened the plot and made the film get worse as it progresses. Top all this off with an obvious and yet unfitting ending and you have 3000 Miles to Graceland.I think a lot of people will like this film if they are going into it looking for a hardcore action film and not looking for an overall good film. It will keep you entertained but I think whether you like it or not you will probably agree that the action is the only thing holding the film together and making it watchable.6/10