Drive Angry

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Many runners and walkers, in particular those who train for and participate in endurance races, recognise in regards to the psychotherapeutic effects of running and walking. So, it makes sense to a good deal of humans that going for a long workout could be a good way to recover from anger. While it is true that the time to reflect and the eventual endorphin rush could pull you out of your anger, the hazards of exercising while angry outweigh this benefit. Here are five of those hazards.

1. Anger while running or walking may program you to reduce or eliminate training.

When you exercise while angry, you program your unconscious mind to associate it with this powerfully negative emotion. But your unconscious mind is always working to protect you from pain, even if it does so in damaging ways. This means that your unconscious mind will undertake to protect you from the pain of anger, which you may have related with running or walking. So you will reduce or eliminate that exercise — in all likelihood the opposite of what you wanted when you went for a long run or walk to “work out” your anger.

2. Anger while walking or running blinds you when you have to be your most cautious.

It is a classic story in books and movies because it is true. A story’s reputation becomes angry, goes out for a drive, and crashes his or her car because of failure to detect danger. Many running and walking situations entail safety hazards. Working out while angry means that you will be less alert to these hazards, which means that you increase your likelihood of getting into an accident.

3. Anger while running or walking without apparent effort leads to chronic injuries.

Anger may cause you to push yourself too hard for the duration of a workout. And pushing yourself too hard may effortlessly lead to iliotibial-band strains and other injuries that may require long-term physical therapy for recovery.

4. Anger while walking or running drives away good training partners.

Even the best training collaborator does not want to train with you when you are angry. If you feel anger very ofttimes while exercising with him or her, you very likely will drive your training collaborator away.

5. Anger while running or walking attracts other angry runners or walkers.

The Law of Attraction works just as well, if not better, for negative emotions as it does for positive emotions. This means that walking or running while angry will tend to attract other angry runners or walkers. Do you genuinely want this kind of runner or walker in your life after you have win a victory over your anger?

In the high-octane, action-adventure DRIVE ANGRY, Nicolas Cage stars as an undead felon who breaks out of hell to revenge his murdered daughter and rescue her kidnapped baby from a band of cult-worshipping savages. Joined by tough-as-nails Piper (Amber Heard), the two set off on a rampage of redemption, all while being pursued by an enigmatic killer (William Fichtner) who has been sent by the Devil to retrieve Milton and deliver him back to hell.

Take lurid 1970s B movies in regards to fast cars and loose women, add a dash of Nicolas Cage at his most deadpan, and sprinkle CGI and 3D technology on top, and you’ve got Drive Angry 3D. Damned badass Milton (Cage) in a literal sense busts out of hell to rescue his infant granddaughter from a Satan-worshiping cult leader named Jonah King (Billy Burke from the Twilight movies). On his way Milton picks up Piper (Amber Heard), a blond waitress with a bad attitude and a worse boyfriend. But hot on their trail is the Accountant (William Fichtner), a demonic emissary of equivocal purposes but unstoppable power. From there it’s a series of car chases, shootouts, and sex scenes, and once in a while sex scenes that are likewise shootouts (a bit that was done better, it must be said, in the underrated Shoot ‘Em Up). Don’t ask for coherence or mutual sense; this is a movie where beauteous much any character’s main motivation may be summed up as sheer cussedness. Drive Angry 3D maintains a general sleazy good humor, and Fichtner at least is enjoying himself–he’s giving precisely the kind of unexpected, offbeat performance that Cage applied to specialize in. (Cage himself is gorgeous lackluster here, sadly, and wearing one of his worst hairpieces to boot.) This is self-conscious trash; think of it as a associate piece, both in intention and quality, to Quentin Tarentino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse compilation. –Bret Fetzer

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80 of 90 people found the following review helpful.
It’s like drinking beer from a skull.
By H. Guy
If you have any morals, this movie is not for you. Thankfully, I do not. Drive Angry is sure to offend some(the ones who shouldn’t see it in the first place), for others, it will be an extremely satisfying affair. Packed full of F bombs, shot off limbs, and naked trailer trash, Drive Angry goes full throttle for all of its 104 minutes. As a huge Nicolas Cage fan(minus The Wicker Man and 8MM), he doesn’t disappoint, but he wasn’t the scene stealer. This honor would go to William Fichtner(the Accountant) for his hilarious portrayal of Satan’s bounty hunter(in a way). Amber Heard also quite impresses as a strong female co-star who can hold her own in a fight.

33 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Ridiculously fun and a hell of a ride
By C. Sawin
Writer Todd Farmer and director Patrick Lussier really seemed to make the most of their partnership once they started working together. On their own, they brought us films like Jason X, Dracula 2000 and its sequels, and White Noise 2. Other than Jason X getting a pass from loyal horror and Friday the 13th fans, you don’t really hear much about those other films. Drive Angry is technically only the second time Farmer and Lussier have collaborated with one another, but their first outing together was My Bloody Valentine which was actually a hell of a lot of fun. Not to mention the two horror buffs are currently attached to two projects that seem to have been in the works for ages; Halloween III and the Hellraiser reboot. So how would Drive Angry measure up to My Bloody Valentine? Would it be just as fun and would the 3D be utilized properly? How terrible would Nicolas Cage be? Turns out that if you’re a fan of the previous work Farmer and Lussier have become associated with, you have nothing to worry about with Drive Angry.

How is it that every character in the main cast is a total badass? It’s because of that that it’s hard to dislike anyone in the film including Nicolas Cage. Cage seems a little dull at first. When he mutters the line, “Tell him…I’m comin’!” it sounds a bit stiff and it isn’t clear what type of performance Cage is going to give. Milton is actually Cage’s most entertaining role since Big Daddy. He makes it seem so natural to be so angry while also being this unstoppable vigilante that just broke out of hell. Amber Heard’s Piper comes off like she has a bigger pair of balls than any man she comes in contact with. She isn’t afraid to go toe-to-toe with anyone and she usually comes out on top. William Fichtner may be the most entertaining part of the cast. He’s been sent by the big man downstairs to retrieve Milton and bring him back to hell. His quick wit combined with the tricks he pulls off with that coin he carries around and his practically endless arsenal of superhuman abilities cause all eyes to be glued to him whenever he walks on screen. Then there’s Billy Burke whose Jonah King character is a satanic cult leader convinced that he can’t be harmed by anything from this earth. Jonah is such a despicable character that you’re practically rooting for his character to bite it by the time his wicked plan is about to come to fruition.

In addition to the film’s cast, the writing is fairly entertaining as well. If you’re familiar with anything Farmer or Lussier have done, you can pretty much expect events in the film to get a little outrageous or extremely outlandish at times. To tell the truth, that’s half the charm of their films and what makes them so much fun. Does anyone else remember how people were saying that films like Crank or The Expendables were just kind of fun action films that you didn’t have to think hard about? While that statement failed to register with me about those two films since I disliked both immensely, it fits extremely well with films by Farmer and Lussier except their films have a little more of a horror twist to them. The dialogue stood out at times, as well. There’s a line Jonah spits out to Piper that went something like, “I could shoot you in the throat right now and watch you gurgle while I eat my morning grapefruit…” Some may consider that terrible, but the way Burke says it and the context it resides in really hit home with me. Cage also delivers a rather standout speech about how he had to watch his daughter suffer in hell while staring into a barrel of fire that is pretty memorable.

The humor in the film slides into the storyline fairly smoothly. Everything from sarcastic one-liners to a rather obese man taking a picture of a naked woman lying on the sidewalk with his cell phone will be sure to get a fair amount of laughs. The coffee scene with Nicolas Cage is just really hilarious. All of that over black coffee and sugar. Todd Farmer’s Frank may get the most laughs and audience reaction though, especially once Fichtner’s The Accountant shows up. Drive Angry is just able to effectively blend action, comedy, and horror into this exceptionally entertaining film that engrosses your attention from beginning to end.

Drive Angry is just ridiculous fun. It has an incredibly solid cast, an excessive amount of explosions and high octane car chases, and there’s enough blood and T&A to satisfy the most deprived R-rated film enthusiasts. The 3D deserves to be mentioned, as well. Having shotgun shells, severed limbs, various amounts of debris, and a countless amount of bullets practically fall into your lap should be a good enough reason to see this film in theaters. Drive Angry actually being an extremely satisfying and extraordinary action film is just a bonus.

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