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3000 Miles to Graceland
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Kurt Russell,
Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak,
David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Howie Long, Thomas Haden Church,
Bokeem Woodbine, Ice-T |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Don't even think
about bringing them. |
| Date Movie: |
She might get a
little scared and snuggle. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
You know it's
happening but no nakedness. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of it. |
| Action: |
Some, but out of
the ordinary. |
| Laughs: |
It did have some
good jokes. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Robbing the casino
and Murphy in the car with the bubble-gum girl. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing really. |
| Directed By: |
Demian
Lichtenstein |
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3000 Miles to Graceland
A Movie Review |
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"3000 Miles to Graceland" is one of those
movies that had just about every element needed to make it cutting
edge, but somehow all of those elements just couldn’t come
together. It had sex, it almost had nudity, it had quality kills,
and it had a story of robbery and double-crossing. Even with all of
that I came out of the theater unfulfilled.
"3000 Miles to Graceland", which I’ll now call 3KMTG,
stars Kurt Russell as Michael and Kevin Costner as Murphy. Michael
just got out of jail, Murphy a little earlier, and their plan is to
rob a casino. It seemed like a good plan - they would be disguised
as Elvis imitators, the group of the five of them, and head for the
money counting room armed with various forms of artillery. We get
many a quality kill as they get the bag-load of dough, they get
away, and it’s time to divvy up the cash. But there is dissension
in the group, especially with one of the gang now dead, and you know
what, the underlying rule of the game is you can never trust a
thief. Therefore trust no one.
So you’ve got the story of the thieves, but 3KMTG also throws
in a story of Michael getting some action from Cybil (Courteney
Cox), but then getting double-crossed as Cybil uses her son to trick
Michael while she takes the cash. Who’s gonna get the money, is
Cybil trustworthy or just using everyone she can, why can’t cops
with laser-sighting hit the bad guys, and is Murphy really an
illegitimate son of Elvis? These are just many of the questions we
find in the movie. Some are answered, some are not, and some aren’t
necessary.
Like I said before, though, with all of these things going on
they just don’t come together to make a captivating movie. I liked
the story, the quality kills were pretty quality, and Courteney
looks good in underwear, but even with all of this it didn’t hit
the level of "Pulp Fiction" that this movie seemed to be
shooting for, and it could have. Kevin Costner was in one of his
best roles in a while, Kurt Russell was great as the bad but still
good guy, Courteney played it well as the dudette not knowing if she
should be in it for money or for love, and Ice-T was just too cool.
I just wish things didn’t get stupid, especially at the end.
Let’s take Murphy and two other bad guys against a slew of SWAT
members. Both sides are heavily armed, Ice-T comes through the
warehouse, upside down, spinning, and taking out a good number of
the good guys, and even with the laser-sightings the good guys can’t
seem to hit the bad guys. And if that weren’t enough, how do you
lose an ambulance? God this movie had potential.
In the end, even with the quality kills, 3KMTG gets 2 ½ stars
from me. It had potential and didn’t get there, but it did have
some of the best shoot-em-up scenes in a movie. If only Courteney
had gotten naked.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
