christianfrates
I am a Selenator since I attended the Boston Revival concert and Getaway (2013) showcased her most underrated acting performance. She was able to remove her innocent shell and embrace her brilliance, angst and expletive-ness. Selena Gomez should have had her Razzie nomination revoked and have much better award nominations. Rather than Selena Gomez stealing the spotlight, Ethan Hawke and Jon Voight did a good job in this practical film that is the "Die Hard" of car films.
Myriam Nys
Yet another addition to the canon. If Hollywood is to be believed, then Central and Eastern Europe consists of 1) smoking hot women who are intent on marrying, or are married to, American males, 2) smoking hot women who are prostitutes, 3) gangsters, 4) little girls with flaxen braids who like to prepare homecooked bread and 5) people heavily invested in Christmas fairs or shopping.Representatives of all categories can be found within the borders of Central and Eastern Europe, but it's pretty lazy (and pretty racist) to suggest that they make up the whole of the population. Unpleasant assertions about inoffensive citizens aside : this is a remarkably undercooked VROAR VROAR VROOM vroom crash crash plot holes large enough to drive an elephant through CRASH bang bang VRRRROAR. Vroom wish fulfilment ROAR ROOR RRRRomm vroom boing boingggg for adolescent males who like primary colors and explosions rhha rhaaaa rhhhaaaa a solid wall of noise VROOM vromm VROOM VROOM. It's an ode to reckless driving, road rage and speed crassssssssh crasssh crrrash CRASH, thinly disguised as ROAR RRROAR roar car crashes galore VROOM a lot of waste VROOM BOING BOINGGGG vroom vroom vroommm textbook conspicious consumption. VRRROOM vroom vroom VROAR ding ding dingeling BADOING BADOING to the point where you can't hear yourself think. That's precisely why they do it.
Davis P
Getaway (2013) is a great action thriller that is slam packed with nonstop action and adrenaline. Not really sure why this movie got so many negative reviews from both critics and audiences. This movie is exactly what it is supposed to be. It was made to please action movie lovers, and believe me, it pleases that group. Ethan Hawke did very well in his role as the lead, and so did co-star Selena Gomez. People complained about her acting, but I thought it was sufficient and I thought she did well with the material. Jon Voight did well, all he really had to do was talk for his part. The action sequences were amazing! I loved the effects and the cool visuals in this film! The movie as a whole was just super exciting! I loved the casting, the action, the script, the editing and the way it was shot, I loved everything about it! Very entertaining flick, 10/10 for Getaway.
MarketaN
My English is not perfect, please be tolerant.I would start from the visual side, which seems pretty untrustworthy. The first car chase is simply wrong. The whole editing is heady, sometimes even poorly done. I think the main problem is that the cut follows the action. It misses the right continuity of shots and good impression of the action on screen. Some shots are imaginative and monitoring through hidden cameras is not a bad idea. I appreciate this combined technique and occasional inventiveness of camera.Concerning the performances of actors, Ethan Hawke is doing whatever he can. The character of Selena Gomez is to me poorly written. And she really does not show herself as a good actress. This character really can not beat my favorite Lisbeth Salander from the Millennium series.Film is predictable and predictability it goes also for music and sounds. And I'm not a technical expert, but I would say that a lot of things in this movie are not feasible as the film shows. Screenplay acts as if it was written by a schoolboy.It is quite dreadful that because this film was smashed so many things. But also I understand that many people not so much as critical as me can like this movie.
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