Getaway
former race car driver is pitted against the clock as he commandeers a custom Shelby Super Snake Mustang, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed adventure at the command of a mysterious villain on a race against time to save the life of his kidnapped wife.
29 December 1938, Yonkers, New York, USA
18 January 1943, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
22 July 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
22 November 1958, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
June 18, 2016
When chipmunk-faced Gomez curses, sailor-like, waves a big gun, brags on her genius-level hacker skills-you wanna say, 'Put down that fake gun and go sing a nice pop ditty.'
April 28, 2015
This is the antithesis of craftsmanship.
August 30, 2013
Getaway is pretty much a 90-minute car chase. That's it.
August 05, 2014
The story is just an excuse for 90 minutes of fast cars and crashes ... filmed in a grueling, dirty, too-fast edited fashion...
August 30, 2013
Getaway has some of the crass trappings of a charmingly crass, go-for-broke action pic like the delightful Crank. But it's too dumb - and far too cynical about what audiences want - to even know how to have fun with them.
September 19, 2013
This latter-day B movie can be rather fun in its preposterousness and bargain-basement style.
June 28, 2016
Getaway is a videogame-one at its best when realizing this truth.
August 30, 2013
The only participant to emerge with its reputation intact--though not its paint job--is the Shelby Mustang muscle car, which also delivers the film's most nuanced and psychologically complex performance.
April 12, 2016
The wretchedness on display here is stunning, as if the screenplay was spat out by a musty, old Commodore 64 possessed by the spirit of Ed Wood.
July 22, 2014
It's all you can do not to laugh. Oh, go ahead. But be forewarned that there are many miles to go before we get to the end and it will feel like an eternity before any of it makes sense.
October 10, 2014
If you want to enjoy 'Getaway' feeling like you might be a blue bottle that's about to go 'splat' on the windscreen, rev it up.
