Synopsis
Former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeBrent Magna
- Selena GomezThe Kid
- Jon VoightThe Voice
- Rebecca BudigLeanne Magna
- Paul FreemanThe Man
- Bruce PayneDistinguished Man
- Dimo AlexievHenchman #1
- Velislav PavlovHenchman #2
- Dejan AngelovHenchman #3
- Peewee PiemonteThug
Recommendations
- 42
The A.V. Club
For the most part, Getaway lacks tension and violence. Strobe cuts rob the stunts of any sense of motion; twisting metal, seen in half-second snippets, becomes abstracted texture. While it’s possible to appreciate this stuff on an individual level, it doesn’t quite add up to an action-movie whole. - 40
New York Daily News
What Getaway needed most is enough juice to get to the finish line, narratively speaking. Because while jumping into the car is great, the fun dies fast if there’s nowhere to go. - 38
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Maybe they all took a gander at that random, ridiculous scenario and hoped that the car would be cool enough to bail them out. It isn’t. - 30
Variety
Easily one of the dopiest major studio releases since Elie Samaha got out of the business. - 30
Austin Chronicle
This is not a remake of Sam Peckinpah's "The Getaway," but a new effort. The film is loaded with action and violence, although not in any logical or accessible way. - 30
The Dissolve
It couldn’t be a simpler, more workable premise for a good B-movie, but the amount of effort put into making it fast and edgy is inversely proportional to the scant thrills it yields. - 30
Arizona Republic
Gomez plays ... well, that’s one of the problems. Her character is so underdeveloped in director Courtney Solomon’s movie that she doesn’t actually have a name. - 21
Film.com
The film blinks too fast to maintain a coherent vision.
