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Simply Perfect

Admirable film.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The acting in this movie is really good.

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.

Really there aren't too many things I can say for this movie.It is "filmed" in a strange way with multiple go-pro-like cameras among the usual and has a tiresome fast way of doing things. The direction of photography is as expected strange, the dialogs are dull and the character development non-existent. IMO the actors were a bad cast too.As I'm reading was universally panned by critics and audience and it was a nominee for the 2014 Golden Raspberry Awards.Soooo....the verdict is obvious and you should avoid this movie even when it's on free TV.A movie experiment that failed...

If the doctor ever diagnoses you with an adrenaline deficiency, try watching "Getaway" (PG-13, 1:30). This movie wastes absolutely no time giving the viewer an adrenalin rush - and keeps it coming! In the first five minutes, some guy's wife is kidnapped, a mysterious German voice on the guy's cell phone is giving commands that must be obeyed if he wants to get his wife back, and more cars crash than in any opening scene since the original "Beverly Hills Cop".Ethan Hawke is, Brent Magna, a former NASCAR driver who never quite realized his true potential, moved to Bulgaria and married a local woman. Brent is told to steal a very specific car (a Shelby) which is armored (all the better to crash with), outfitted with cameras (all the better to see Brent with) and a hands-free cell phone connection which issues him both stern directions and dire threats, like some psychotic GPS device. When a young woman (Selena Gomez) tries to carjack Brent, she ends up having to come along for the ride, and proves to be alternately an asset and a liability.The focus remains on the action, which rarely lets up. Major characters are billed simply as "The Kid" (Gomez), "The Man" and "The Voice", whom we only see in close-up shots of his mouth, eyes and hands - until the last scene of the movie. More cop cars crash than in "The Blues Brothers" – and more spectacularly than I've ever seen before in a single film. I can't count how many times my eyes just about popped out of my head or my mouth formed ohs, ahs, wows and various expletives (silently, of course, since I was in a movie theater after all).In spite of its fast pace and amazing action, this movie has its faults. Gomez's character is impossibly smart, stubborn and brave, the action borders on the preposterous, the film borrows liberally from other movies- those I've already mentioned, plus "Speed", "Die Hard" and "The Silence of the Lambs" (but that's not necessarily a bad thing) and the villain's motive is a little silly. On the other hand, the basic plot is strong, the editing is tight and tense and, most importantly, the movie is a lot of fun! Do yourself a favor (adrenaline deficiency or no) and get a hold of "Getaway", a movie that I'm rushing to give an "A-".

She is just not a very good actor. Its not a very good script. Nice car, Ethan is pretty awesome he carries everyone else. It is like Bourne Identity without and suspension if disbelieving and script and acting and camera work. Well there's a couple good scenes, but Gomez ruins them with her horrid acting. Like the car windows, never a scratch, never get dirty, even after 1000 bullets and an RPG are fired at the car. OK, I guess everywhere in whatever city they are in is flat, they drive everywhere through buildings and right through all sorts of stuff it just makes no sense its a Shelby not a tank. So instead of wasting your time watching this start a petition banning Gomez from acting.