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Summary: Nothing to do with Elvis
Review: The title of this movie is pretty misleading although you'll get the joke at the end. If you're expecting lots of Elvis related plot twists based on the movie's trailers, you'll be disappointed. There's a small portion of the movie that hints at some Elvis related plot twists but the film doesn't do anything with them, leaving you asking "Why include them to begin with?"Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner are both pretty good and the beginning and ending action sequences of the movie are pretty entertaining. But the middle of the movie just becomes random and disorganized and prevents the plot from going anywhere. When I think about it, 3KMTG really is like most other action movies with some shootouts and some thrills and spills. Its entertaining but doesn't really stand out in my mind against similar action movies. I'm not a big Elvis fan but I was looking forward to more Elvis related plotlines. You may or may not like it. IT'll depend on how picky you are about action flicks.
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Summary: Elvis & Kurt Russell = Great Movie
Review: Vegas. Violence. Elvis. Kurt Russell. What else do you need? So many critics bad-mouthed this movie. Why? Okay, so its not the deepest movie, but its got plenty of violence and blood to keep me happy. Its good to see a violent Tarantino-esque film, especially after all this talk of stricter censorship. The one real complaint I have with this move is that the casino heist is done and over with 15 minutes into the movie. Anyways, Kurt Russell is back after that cinema-fiasco, "Soldier". He is a bad guy, but not the baddest bad guy. Russell is cool and easy-going in the roll. He also does the best Elvis impression I've ever heard. Kevin Costner gets to be the villian in this movie, and actually does pretty good (despite one or two lines where he sounds incredibly stupid). Courteney Cox is good and looks rather sexy in this movie, which is really all she has to do. Lichtenstein's MTV-style direction fits very well with this movie. I usually don't like this style, since their is usually no substance to go with it, but I'll make an acception for this one. In conclusion, if you're wanting to see a Tarantino-esque movie and can't wait a year or two or his next one, then this will fill the spot nicely.
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Summary: Cool, hip, noir -and a helluva ride!!
Review: Boy, do I agree with the other review: this movie is sooo good, so underrated that it's odd that it wasn't a bigger hit. The known story is: a group of mean, hard criminals go to Las Vegas to rob one of the casinos, the robbery goes fairly well, but they didn't know that the meanest, most badass of them doesn't believe in splitting the money. I have to say that I was surprised by the role of Kevin costner, psychotic characters are very common, violent ones too, but very few of them can come even close to the way Costner looks and acts in this film (there's a scene when he intimidates the guy who was going to clean the money, where you can really feel how threatening he is, how violent and psychotic he could get). Kudos for Kevin, even if he wasn't one of my favorite actors, he is one now. Forget the negative reviews, forget the pseudo-connoisseurs who want to show how clever and witty they are and how ignorant and fool we (audiences) are: this is a great way to spend two hours of thrills and fun, not everything has to be existencial or meaningful, this film is fun, entertainment, and Costner is greater than life here, cooler that any character you can remember. Watch this movie, buy the DVD, you'll be thanking you did. Really.
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Summary: Elvis is back!
Review: Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell star in a super charged adventure- 3000 Miles to Graceland. MY REVIEW: "A riveting rush of excitment! The action is great! But we want more action! The middle of the film is just ...! The ending sequence was one of the biggest blow-out non-stop action packed scenes I've ever seen! See it for the Vegas shootout, the action-packed end, and the in-between humor here and there!"- MJV & the Movies.
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Summary: "3KMTG" has Cult Classic written All Over it.
Review: Stamped in Style and Covered in Cool, "3000 Miles to Graceland" has Instantly become one of my Favourite films of All Time. Two of my Favourite Actors on the Planet (Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell, who also faced off a few years ago with their Rival Wyatt Earp pics, "Tombstone" and "Wyatt Earp") Face Off in the most Explosive Action film since "Desperado". Yes, it's Morally Reprehensible, So What. All Style, No Substance... Hardly. Yes, it Glorifies Violence. So did "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" and They are classed as Classics. In Time.. So with "3KMTG", but not your Regular Classic, it's a Cult Classic. The Definition of a Cult Classic is a film that Critics Hated, Audiences Ignored, gets Attention of Video due to a Built in Fan Base (Elvis fans.. Anyone) and Eventually grows into a Force to be Reckoned with. It'll Happen.. Oh yes.. It'll Happen. Not since Tarantino and his Black-Suited Jewel Thieves Slow-Moed their way into Crim-Cinema History with "Reservoir Dogs" has Crime ever looked So Cool. Costner may not be Looking very Youthful these days, but he Acts with a Teens Energy as Thomas J Murphy, the Heathen with a Heart of Stone. Russell balances the Scales as Michael Zane, The Heavy with the Heart of... Bronze. Gold would have been taking things a Little Far. He's Nice, but he Ain't that nice. He's Mel in "Payback" nice; he's the Diet Coke of nice, Just One Calorie... Not Nice Enough. They both give Ultra-cool Infinitely Fun Performances. Kurt makes the Perfect mix of "Snake Plissken" Strong Silent type, "Gabriel Cash" Humour and "Elvis" Cool. Costner creates a Character unlike Anything in His Resume. (his Southern Crim in "A Perfect World" would come closest) He is 100% Cool, I was Grinning Ear to Ear Every time he was On Screen. The Whole film is Anti-Hero-Heaven. (which is Also were many of the characters End Up) Oh Yeah, the film also features Christian Slater, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Kevin Pollak, John Lovitz, Howie Long, Ice T and Thomas Haden Church... But Forget them, this is Kurt and Costner's pic All the Way. Demian Lichtenstein's Frenetic Direction is as Warped and Wild as the films Morals. It is Blindingly Obvious that his Career stems from Music Videos, but I'll always think of him as "The Sandman" as he has made the Film of my Dreams. The Perfect Cocktail of Crime-Caper, Over-the-Top Action and Black Comedy. The kind of film that No one else has the Guts to make in Hollywood. (John Woo makes this kind in Hong Kong; Robert Rodriguez makes them in Mexico) If you Haven't made This Trip to Graceland, Forget the Critics, Get your Bubblegum and Go. It is a Wild, Wild ride that you Won't Soon Forget.
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Summary: Same as it ever was
Review: Okay, the casino robbery scene was kinda cool. Unfortunately, it happens in the first fifteen minutes of the movie and it's all downhill from there. I don't think that there was one original scene in this movie. It's a series of action cliches and some regular movie cliches thrown in just for kicks. Bokeem Woodbine (the black guy) dies first, of course. There's a "sassy beyond his years" kid, who makes smarmy remarks and acts like he's cooler than Steve McQueen. And you just know that the bad guy is going to be holding a gun to his head at some point in a standard "give me the money or the kid gets it" pose. And we are, of course, subjected to the constant flip flopping of his mother in order to get us to actually say out loud, "Whose side is she on, anyway?" But, what the movie doesn't count on is the audience's complete lack of interest. And after all that, I actually read about how, during the credits, there's a little behind the scenes shot of Costner pulling a gag or something on the set. I find it really hard to believe that they actually expected us to not run out of the theater the second the credits started rolling.
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Summary: Minus 3000 Miles and Counting
Review: Start the countdown and get ready for the trip of your life! "3000 Miles to Graceland" is one far-up, far-out, no-holds-barred movie. Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner are two diametrically in tandem partners. Gun battles, car chases, doubles crosses, twists and turns abound in this high-octane pursuit to the closet thing to utopia these characters can possibly conceive. Trust no one and believe only half of what you see is the best way to survive this cross-country quest for El Dorado. This is the 21st century's version of the 'Auteur theory' at work here. However, as usual I can see the handwriting on the wall. This is another great Kurt Russell movie that nobody is going to go to take serious.
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Summary: 3000 Miles to Graceland
Review: Great movie with lots of action. Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Gives an interesting perspective of Vegas casino security and how they react.
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Summary: Pure Bunk.
Review: There is just nothing redeeming about this flick. I was so excited for it, too-- I haven't seen Kurt Russell in anything for a while. It started out good, and could have been a whole lot better, if only the director and screenwriter hadn't decided to flush it down the toilet. From the unnecessarily bloody slaying in Vegas to Ice-T flying through the air hanging by his feet, "Graceland" is a series of images that pop into a 14-year disturbed boy's head during an algebra test. Unless you're into drivel, skip it.
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Summary: 3,000 Tickets For Graceland!
Review: A group of ex-cons (Costner, Russell, others) plan a heist of a Las Vegas casino during an Elvis-impersonator convention which will serve as a cover and a distraction.)
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