Gone in 60 Seconds
Usually I am not the type of guy that loves car movies, but I love this movie. The car action is good for the most part. The scenes that are meant to garner emotion do it well. The music on this movie is perfectly done. This movie was just brilliantly put together.

Kip Raines and his crew go on a boost (high profile car theft) for 50 cars and fail miserably. Kip's old brother, Memphis Raines, is contacted about Kip's failure. Memphis soon learns that they are going to kill Kip if Memphis can't get the cars in 3 days. So on the first day he assembles a small crew of men, and a woman, to help him steal 50 cars. On the second day they find out where all the cars are. On the third and final night they are going to steal all 50 cars. You are on the edge of your seat all the time. Memphis is unsure if they are even going to make it. That is different then most movies where they are trying to be positive.

The entire time this is going on, there is a timer that keeps appearing at the bottom of the screen. It is a count down until they are out of time. Kip is played to perfection with a combination of being scared, but still wanting to help. There are so many different stories going on in this movie, and it works very well. You see why Memphis left his brother, which is really tear jerking.

One gripe I have with the entire movie is a ridiculous jump sequence. The entire movie looks fairly realistic, but near the end of the movie they added an extremely fake looking jump sequence. All the events leading up to that moment are great, but the jump is just too fake. That is the only thing that knocks this down to four stars.

This movie is great just to see the cars and the chase. I won't even compair this movie to the original because there is no compairison.

I liked the movie. However I felt duped as it is not in 1080P like it says. It has black bars at the top and bottom of my screen its more like 1920 X 800 resolution.

TRYING TO STEAL 60 CAR'S IN 24 HOURS. iT'S MORE ABOUT THE CARS'S AND RACING THEN IT IS ABOURT THE ACTORS. JM

Sorry to all those die hard fans, but I never did like this movie. It's just plain BORING for about 7/8ths of the movie. All planning, planning, planning. Then the last 1/8th is a great chase scene. I bought this movie for the chase scenes. I would recommend RedLine as a great alternative to anyone wanting to see hot cars being raced around. You'll even get to see a Ferrari Enzo in RedLine! Gone in 60 Seconds was just a teaser. The commercials hooked you, just as they hooked me. Then you're sitting there asking "Where are all the cool cars?". There's really only one great scene at the end with the car they call Eleanor. And that scene alone was not worth the price of admission nor is it worth the cost of the DVD.

I'm a fan of Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie so that may have influenced me some along with the fact I liked the rest the cast as well. However, I was never a big fan of the original version. I do like this remake and the storyline is more entertaining and family friendly than the original. More of an "Oceans 11" version just as that remake is a little more palatable to families today. That isn't to say the originals aren't good classics, they are just a little rougher for some to take. The current version of this movie moves along at a steady pace and although you know the general circumstances you're never quite be sure what may happen next.

A great ex-car thief in retirement is running a go-kart track and finds out his kid brother's life is at stake over a fifty car heist, he jumps in to bail his brother out. He assembles his old gang and uses some of his brothers group as well to try to pull off a one night theft of all fifty cars. Meanwhile their actions are being monitored by the police and the local gang that doesn't like the competition. Lots of action and driving cars of all types at high speeds. Fans of car shows will probably like it best, but it will have some appeal to all but the very young. Good quality DVD and plenty of replayability.

Classic stunts in this action packed adventure. Better than the remake except that Angelina is not in this one. Great to see great American muscle cars being driven how they should be; hard and fast!

I seen this movie in its first version before it was remastered in 2000.
The difference between this DVD one and the old VHS (pre-1986) is the picture, and sound.
The DVD remastered picture is great, never looked better.
But the new DVD audio is ok, but not perfect.
in the old VHS, it had a mono soundtrack, which featured six songs, and real car sounds made at that time (such as engine noises, tire screechs, etc.), but the new DVD has completely removed this soundtrack and put in a new one that many times the same sound will come out twice, even three times in a row.

I don't think that H.B. Halicki would enjoy the remastered version, it is bad on audio, but the picture is great, and never been better.

If you like action car chase scences the chase of Elenor the vintage Mustang is great as far as picture quality and sound it is one of the best I have seen so far. If you have a blu-ray player and HD TV along with a good surround setup you will not be disappointed. The story line is not new but well done.

What can I say besides the incredible 67 mustang and Nicholas Cage in one film. It arrived on time and their were no damages. Their was nothing bad to comment on this product.

The only reason I am giving this 3 stars instead of 4 is because of a rather long drawn out "scene" in this movie that completely spoiled it for me. If they had left that part out, it would have been awesome! Great cars, good plot...guess you can't have everything...

Kip Raines is the younger brother of Randall "Memphis" Raines, a now retired professional car thief.
Kip was contracted to steal 50 exotic cars all over Los Angeles and Long Beach but something went wrong. Now the man who hired him, Raymond Calitri (a Russian mobster and stolen car broker), wants his head.
When Memphis learns of this, he comes back to town to see if he can help his brother. The only thing that will appease Calitri is if the order is fulfilled. Memphis must deliver the cars to Long Beach Harbor, Pier 14 by 8:00am, Friday morning, on the button, or watch Calitri kill Kip.
So Memphis has to assemble his old crew, and do the job in a few days. Meanwhile a cop, who hounded him upon learning of his return, is keeping an close eye on him.
Can the team pull this assignment off and deliver the cars in time? Will Kip finally realize that car boosting is dangerous? And can Memphis escape the cops?

this film was made illegally. they fillemed on sunday, back then cops didnt watch streets on sundays. and they wernt aiming for that light pole. cops didnt know who did that part.

if you dont have this GET IT.

For all the hype I heard about this movie, it's a bit disappointing. HB Halicky sounds like a cool jack-of-all-trades kind of guy, but he probably is a master-of-none. This film can be boring at times, especially compared to the remake, which is quite fun. You're better off renting this movie because you'll only want to see it once.

They say they cam steal 50 cars in 3 days. Can it be done? With Laura's help too.

Is it possible that there are boring Angelina Jolie movies? Yes, and this movie is proof of it. Forget the stylishness of "Gia" and the campy fun of "Hackers" (or "Tomb Raider"), Angelina Jolie has a barely existent role in this movie,and it's a crashing bore.

"Gone in 60 Seconds" opens with Kip (Giovanni Ribisi) wrecking a car theft-figuratively and literally. His older brother,the bland Memphis (Nicolas Cage) comes to his rescue. Christopher Eccleston has a brief role as the villain who tells Memphis to steal 50 cars in 4 days or else. Nicolas Cage goes to his mentor,Robert Duvall (this isn't the first boring movie Duvall has been in-check "Deep Impact") Duvall is annoyed (like the audience) that Memphis has returned to his car-stealing ways. Memphis seeks out recruits,among them the barmaid Sway (Angelina Jolie) who has astounding blonde dreadlocks. Despite Angelina's presence,the movie becomes increasingly boring,bogged down with dull exposition,bland dialogue,and Nicolas Cage's reliably lifeless performance.

"Gone in 60 Seconds" is so booooring you'll be gone after 30 minutes.

The acting was not the best, but the car chase more then made up for it.

I think this movie is great. It has an all star cast. The action never stops and the good guys win. It's fun and something a girl could watch with a guy and not be bored.

Just about every gear-head has seen this movie and it famous car chase by now. There's just one problem. When the film was moved from VHS to DVD the producers dropped all the original music. Sure it was corny, like "The Lois Lane Blues", but it explained several of the long shots and the tedious scene of Madrian's girlfriend staring wistfully into the distance.
I had a VHS copy that I ordered from a shop in Illinois from the era before eBay, but time took its toll on the tape. I'm afraid these songs may be lost forever unless the producers feel like sharing them with us in a future edition.

First off, I found the "director's cut" thing mildly amusing. Now I can see this gem just as the director envisioned it. I'm also keeping an eye out for director's cut releases of Revenge of the Nerds and Weekend at Bernie's II.

I know this is not a movie you're supposed to take seriously (yet the "director's cut" thing does seem to suggest otherwise)- we're all in the mood for some cheap entertainment now and again. However, I do believe watching this movie too many times could very well cause some sort of degenerative disease of the brain. Then again, the act of seeking out this movie (especially the director's cut) for the sake of viewing again (and again - the horror!) would suggest that such a disease has already reached an advanced stage.

This does make sense, since this movie strikes me as one which would appeal to the same shaggy-headed humanoids that stare at the first sign of the apocolypse we know as MTV. This channel makes the brain rot faster than nuclear waste, so a couple years of it would have a viewer pretty well primed for the movie.

It's no secret Nicholas Cage wouldn't chose a role in a good movie if his life depended on it. This one, however, is brutal. I conjure up an image of his diginity personified. It's sitting naked on the edge of a bed littered with various tools of self-mutilation, reeking of booze and covered with cigarette burns. It grimaces as it puts another cigarette out on its shoulder and turns another page in the script. The grimace was not from the cigarette.

There's no shortage of stupid, hokey scenes chalk full of horrid lines in this movie. The numerous attempts to capture "cool" and "hip" I'd liken to a Dustin Diamond interpretation of Hannibal Lector. The scene in which Cage plays "Lowrider" on the boombox is perhaps one of the hardest to watch in the history of film. Duval must have been crying in his trailor after doing that one. I do like Duval. I want so badly to believe there was some sort of contractual obligation involved.

Well, this movie already ripped an hour and a half of my life away - the residual effects I have still to endure(nightmares in which Cage repeatedly tells Master P "aaaight?"). So why am I punishing myself further by forcing all the unsettling imagery and sound back into my conscious stream? I must not waste any more of my life than I already have on this movie.

I will conclude by saying if all you want to do is watch car chase scenes, there's a ton of great films other than this one to choose from. Then again, you could just watch COPS, and you'd probably see some better acting in the process.

This review is strictly on the quality of the HD transfer. The story alone is great whether on VHS, DVD, or HD. However, the transfer to HD isn't as good as I would have hoped. I'm actually not very demanding in regards to perfect HD quality, but lets face it, this transfer leaves a lot to be desired. I have this movie in DVD and Blu-ray. It does look better in blu-ray, however I don't feel that it was that much better that it was worth the extra cost. In some scenes, it felt like I was watching the DVD. This transfer was actually one of the more disappointing bluray transfer that I have seen. I did not notice any pixelation, but everything just wasn't sharp or defined as a true HD movie. I would recommend it if you don't already have this on DVD.

Just picked this up and at the risk of sounding too technical... "WOW"! A far better movie than I was expecting. Granted, the cars are amazing etc, etc, but lets review the movie. You do not by any means have to be a car buff to enjoy this movie. Kind of like Field of dreams. Don't have to be a baseball fan to appreciate that one either. Some very good characters here, both good and bad to enjoy. Our hero is getting pressure from all sides and up and down as well. A nice script and tight directing. Practically non-stop excitement. Cage's character has to "acquire" 50 of the hottest cars all in one night to save his younger brother's life as repayment for his brother's colossal screw up in a car boost. PQ is excellent. Solid blacks, colors and nice detail. SQ is very dynamic and a real treat to experience. Wish I had picked this BD up earlier! A real Gem with very good rewatchability. Highly Recommended!

This is by far one of my very favorite movies. Exciting, suspenseful, sexy, awesome car chase scenes, plenty of action, and a killer soundtrack. It just doesn't get any better than this!

A must for your BD collection!

Still trying to get used to the blonde hair though.....

DO NOT BUY THIS. The movie is a classic but they have completely destroyed it on this release. As has been mentioned by other reviewers here, the sound effects and music have been redone and it sounds HORRIBLE. I am not lucky enough to have seen the original version; I watched this DVD with no expectations and was horribly disappointed. The horrible new music is throughout EVERY SECOND of the film- even parts when no music would have been ,much better. It often doesn't fit the mood of the scene. The music made the movie HARD TO WATCH, honestly- my friends left because it was so bad. You can tell the sounds have been rerecorded- they have much higher sound quality than the dialogue (plus they sound like they were digitally recorded!) and they're a little off. Much worse is the music, which was just thrown together on someone's computer- I could have made music like that in a day. Actually, I would have had a hard time making something that bad. You'd have to TRY REALLY HARD to make music that horrible. Don't buy this; instead, contact Halicki Films and demand their next release to be a genuine copy of this movie, which seems like it could be great. This copy is just awful though.

Halicki Films
9663 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 823
Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4303
(310) 205-4115

I bought the original DVD (not Dir. Cut). The disc won't play in my DVD player. It just keeps saying "reading" (aka searching for the disc that's in the player). All of my other DVDs work, though.

Well, there's a waste of $7.

I love this movie but this version include a music in the chase. The best version is the original version because the music is over the engine sounds and crashes. One advice, if you have a "home theather" just play with the "speakers options" or "unplugged" the speakers of the music and you could listen and enjoy the original sound version.

Fire up the Delorean, it's time to travel back in time, back to the 70's. You'll easily recognize the timeframe in this movie, with the bell bottoms and big hair. The porkchop sideburns. The awful polyester suits. And the vintage automobiles.
The plot here is pretty basic--a car thief makes a deal with some overseas smugglers. Steal 48 cars in four days. This story is really just a thinly disguised excuse for the GRAND finale. (More on that later).
The first half of this movie is poorly developed and frankly pretty boring. It does have a cool look at the thiefs stripping the wrecked cars down, transfering the serial numbers to the new cars, and then rolling back the odometer. Other than that I found the beginning quite tedious. The director Halicki was a very inexperienced director, and it really shows.
But he MORE than makes up for it with the famous car chase scene. Yes, it really is forty minutes long. I find it so amazing that this film was made over thirty years ago and it still is one of the most highly charged action sequences to ever hit the screen. Or the road.
That's because it is totally real. No CGI. No stunt doubles. No special effects. You can sense the pure danger that is evident throughout this madness. The pedestrians really are running for their lives during this extended scene, can you believe that? 93 cars were wrecked. The '73 Mustang had a Nascar roll cage installed as the director himself did the driving. This car's name was Eleanor, and she steals the show.
The only reason I bought this movie was the fact it was mentioned in Tarantino's latest film, Death Proof. It's obvious to see the influence this original Gone in 60 Seconds had on ole Quentin. Overall, I give it the edge over the remake.

I thought that this was one of the best action movies I have seen during that year it came out. First of all, it got your adrenaline up, which to me is important. Second of all, it depicts American love for cars and life style in a very accurate way. The way Cage talks and names cars and begs them to be good to him, all that is very specific to this country's culture and if you've ever been to Los Angeles, it makes even more sense. The movie points out that a car is more important then money, then women, then sex and though, not many will agree that it's a positive description, it is true of many people's feeling about it. This movie starts out with Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) who is a retired car thief. After his younger brother Kip (Giovanni Ribisi) blows a big job for top villain The Carpenter the older Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brothers life. The cost? He has 72 hours to steal 50 top range cars.

Dominic Sena pilots this basic plot making his intentions clear from the outset with a dazzling high speed chase. Once Memphis is on the scene he has to assemble a crew to help boost the 50 cars on his shopping list on a one night marathon. The supporting actors are good, seeming to vault effortlessly around the poorer parts of Scott Rosenberg's screenplay. Robert Duval deserves a special mention as Otto, Memphis's mentor and teacher. Delroy Lindo is good as the nemesis in the police Detective Castlebeck. Angelina Jolie as Sway, the love interest, has only a minor impact on the proceedings. The real stars of this film are the cars.The actors uniformly do a good job with the thin script.

The actions, especially the final chase, are breath taking, although the actors get mired in the slightly sickly sweet 'brotherly love' theme. With no real twists or complex plotting this is a movie you can sit and watch over and over. Bruckheimer knows his stuff... HELL YEAAAAAAH!

A very pleasant surprise, Gone in 60 Seconds, is an adventure that brings to the screen the story of a former car thief who is forced back into stealing in order to save his little brother's life. The problem is that he has to steal 50 exotic cars in only three days' time...
Nicolas Cage, Robert Duvall, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of this AMAZING cast, have outdone themselves with their performances, which are commendable to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few thrills, not to mention a few laughs.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the humor (!), and the music (!) are all wonderful!
In short, Gone in 60 Seconds is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection! BRING ON THE SEQUEL!

A very pleasant surprise, Gone in 60 Seconds, is an adventure that brings to the screen the story of a former car thief who is forced back into stealing in order to save his little brother's life. The problem is that he has to steal 50 exotic cars in only three days' time...
Nicolas Cage, Robert Duvall, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Vinnie Jones, and the rest of this AMAZING cast, have outdone themselves with their performances, which are commendable to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few thrills, not to mention a few laughs.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the humor (!), and the music (!) are all wonderful!
In short, Gone in 60 Seconds is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection! BRING ON THE SEQUEL!

A grindhouse classic with updated sound and clarified picture. Substantially superior to the Nicholas Cage remake.

I saw the original"Gone" in the 70's & many times times more on cable & I
own the VHS & Plain DVD when DVD's came out. I have seen remakes of other movies and they did suck,but This didn't.

The plot was abit different that the original,but it had to change. Nicolas did a bang up job {No pun} & I liked the ending about family
& saving the cop.I loved the part of mentor played by Robert Duvall,just as crusty as the part he played from Days of Thunder.

But The best part was indeed played by Angelina Jolie.Great Call. Buying the Directors Cut as I type.

I saw the movie in 1974 when I was in junior high. I have always been a Mustang fan,driving a 1997 Coupe. This is indeed one of my all time favorite movies. Have a VHS Copy & the Plain DVD.

The only scene I didn't like,is when they trash a Dodge Challenger in the
claw.

If I had the money, I would track down a 1974 Eleanor Mach 1 because they are the coolest cars made.Just like in The James Bond Movie "Diamonds are Forever"when Sean Connery took a Mach I on two wheels,again trying & getting away from the cops.

I had buy a HD Player But NO A BLUE RAY PLAYER then i couldn't see the movie great error