3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

Touches You

The Age of Commercialism

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This is one of the worst films that I have ever seen. I give it a 4 because it could've been worse.

Just finished watching this movie and after 10 years it has only gotten harder to view. There are some nice actors that have since gone on to bigger things, and some old actors that we haven't heard much from lately, so I thought it was worth a repeat view.I was a bit off the mark. There are some decent scenes, and it was nice to see familiar faces portraying somewhat interesting characters, but the premise of the film is so lacking credibility that I felt irritated throughout.First of all, if you are going to rob a casino full of Elvis impersonators while being dressed like Elvis why don't you use this to help escape or blend in?? Then, how do you spray every camera except the one that shows you taking the money? Why would you then have to go through the entire casino floor to get to the roof? This would perhaps be the most ridiculous- but it is topped by the struggle which makes up the entire rest of the movie- the money is taken from HARD COUNT.Now anyone who knows anything about casinos knows that they take in a lot of cash money. This money has to be counted (these are the people in the room where the gang-o-thieves grab the cash). This is not money from the bank but money going to the bank and therefore this money is in no way marked and there is absolutely NO REASON for it to be marked. So going to find someone to launder this cash is completely idiotic. Therefore the rest of this movie is idiotic and makes no sense whatsoever. Really people, I know this isn't supposed to be real life but base a movie on some sort of reality. Or else call it science fiction or fantasy or something. This was so far fetched that I couldn't objectively watch the rest. Too bad? Or maybe just as well.

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) This is a tricky film to rate and review. Do I rate it based off of how entertaining it was or do I rate it based on how terrible it is. I guess I'll meet them somewhere in the middle.To start with the positives, 3000 Miles to Graceland is very entertaining and keeps you watching. It has a lot of cool effects and great action sequences, and a relatively decent storyline, though ridiculous in many ways. One other thing I have good to say about it is that it has some pretty good cinematography, not always, but often. With an all star cast like they have (personally I love Costner's character) its hard not give it a chance and I think it deserves people watching it, at least fans of action films.On the other hand, the film is actually pretty terrible. Very bad acting by most of the cast, and a lot of generic and stupid dialog. As I mentioned, it does have a good root idea for the storyline. However, trying to be cool, and more action packed weakened the plot and made the film get worse as it progresses. Top all this off with an obvious and yet unfitting ending and you have 3000 Miles to Graceland.I think a lot of people will like this film if they are going into it looking for a hardcore action film and not looking for an overall good film. It will keep you entertained but I think whether you like it or not you will probably agree that the action is the only thing holding the film together and making it watchable.6/10

Fresh out of prison a man meets up with his old gang and they dress as Elvis impersonators and go to Vegas and rob a casino. The head of the gang kills his members, but one gets away and takes the money along with his new girl and her kid. Of course the leader of the gang comes looking for his money and the adventure they partake in is a wild one. Love, money, and bullets flow in this action drama.It wasn't bad at all. This made about my 3rd or 4th time seeing it and I am always entertained while I watch it. The direction was pretty good and it's nice because we see so many changes in style through out the movie. It starts off with the credits in a c.g.i. fight between two scorpions and then the movie starts with some beautiful desert shots and a very isolated and relaxed mood. It is followed by Vegas and the bright lights and heavy paced action and several other relevant sets and locations lead up to the films finale shoot out in an abandon loading facility.The movies music is mixed, the score is okay, but the soundtrack is filled with everything from Kid Rock and Uncle Cracker to loads of crappy Elvis music.Like everything else the acting is mixed too. Of course, we have legends that were great like Kurt Russell, Kevin Pollak, Jon Lovitz and David Arquette and some mediocre actors like Courtney Cox and Kevin Costner in one of his better acting attempts. Ice-t doing his best to be a tough guy on the screen, but I find that he acts that way in real life and although a bit over the top here he still pulls it off as a bad*ss. We have some actors here who I wish had been replaced like the very dull Christian Slater, athletes that should not act like Howie Long and the bottom of the barrel of acting like that of Thomas Haden Church and Bookeem Woodbine. Last but not least I wanna praise the kid that played Jesse, David Kaye, he did a great job and I would love to know why he isn't more famous.This movie is fast paced and has a lot of action, some comedy and some lovey dovey going on. It was all and all a very nice effort and a good way to kill a couple of hours...4/10 stars