Drive Angry

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Drive Angry

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Released Feb 25, 2011

1h 44m

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Thrown into hell for his crimes, brutal felon John Milton escapes from the fiery pit after cultists murder his daughter and take her baby. Intent on rescuing the child, Milton joins forces with a waitress, who gives him her ex-lover's fire-red muscle car. In it, the two pursue the cult leader, who plans to sacrifice the infant and unleash hell on Earth. However, the hunters become the hunted when Satan sends his merciless henchman to drag Milton back.

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Critics Consensus

It may deliver the over-the-top action pieces, but Drive Angry prefers to work safely within grindhouse formula than do something truly unique.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A rather straightforward supernatural-heroism tale straining oh-so-very-hard to be indecent.

Rated: C

Jun 15, 2011

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

I miss David Carradine and Warren Oates.

Rated: 1.5/5

Mar 4, 2011

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Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

While serious-minded critics are still trying to figure out what 3D can do to enhance the cinematic experience, director Patrick Lussier is having a blast with the as-of-now gratuitously revived technology.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 2, 2011

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The intentional irony completely undercuts any amount of delight to be gleaned from the experience, with its winking nods at its own absurdity just feeling like a prank on the audience.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 11, 2025

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Lussier’s gory action comes with plenty of debris and body parts flying at the audience captured by a fine use of 3D lenses, but with all of the movie’s silly pleasures, it still lacks the style or edge to make it memorable.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Bill Newcott

AARP Movies for Grownups

Nicolas Cage’s latest attempt at onscreen and/or career self-immolation, fills a particularly specialized film niche: The movie that is inappropriate for all ages.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 1, 2023

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mark g

Big names and budget, but maybe that's the problem. It's trying to be a throwback to the old grindhouse genre, but those were low budget films. Doing that style with a big budget and stars, well, very fake. And Amber Heard is from Texas, what is up with that accent?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Rich J

I was told be a few people to watch this and about how amazing the action is. I was severely disappointed. It is something I might have liked when I was 15 to 19 because of the excessive nudity and over the top violence but by the time I was 22 I was well past that level of immaturity. It does have a few parts without the cartoonish violence and nudity that are actually good however. There are so many worse movies out there but this is far away from being something I can recommend. William Fichtner was actually one of the bright spots and Billy Burke was consistently good as well.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/12/25

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Joey J

Best movie very good 100% Drive angry extremely funny and serious extremely funny

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/25

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Matthew H

Absolutely terrible, unbelievably fun The dialogue is bad, the characters are often skin deep and the plot is…acceptable. What they come together to form is an extremely funny, great time, which when taken completely unseriously can be extremely entertaining. This movie is Terrible, it’s also terribly fun. A must watch for anyone looking for a movie that is great fun, just perhaps not a family viewing…

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/25

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John W

Potentially the worst movie I have ever seen. William Fichtner was a bright spot as The Accountant.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/25

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Audience Member

What even is this? Lol...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/03/25

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Synopsis

Thrown into hell for his crimes, brutal felon John Milton escapes from the fiery pit after cultists murder his daughter and take her baby. Intent on rescuing the child, Milton joins forces with a waitress, who gives him her ex-lover's fire-red muscle car. In it, the two pursue the cult leader, who plans to sacrifice the infant and unleash hell on Earth. However, the hunters become the hunted when Satan sends his merciless henchman to drag Milton back.

Director: Patrick Lussier
Producer: Michael De Luca, René Besson, Adam Fields
Screenwriter: Todd Farmer, Patrick Lussier
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Nu Image, Lionsgate Television, Michael De Luca
Rating: R (Nudity|Grisly Images|Pervasive Language|Some Graphic Sexual Content|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 31, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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