4/10

This unoriginal film was definitely nothing to be amazed with. Ethan Hawke, Selina Gomez and Jon Voight star in this fast paced thriller about a man’s wife being kidnapped for a hefty ransom. In a nutshell, you have seen this premise a million times before, so what makes Getaway so different? Absolutely nothing. I mean sure, there are some amazing camera angles and the action is off the hook, but it has a very week story that doesn’t bring out the best in the characters. Action can only take a film so far without a story line. The Fast and Furious films are a great example of this. They needed a storyline for the last couple of films so it wouldn’t be the same chase and crash scene over and over. Selina Gomez is possibly the most annoying character of the year. She seems like a brat who whines and constantly complains. Voight is good as the bad guy (Big surprise there, huh?), but he doesn’t have a lot to do. We don’t ever see his face, and come to think of it, this film is a lot like 2002’s Phone Booth. We don’t see the villain’s face or (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) we are thrown for a huge loop at the end when he isn’t the bad guy caught. It’s the exact same ending. The film is good for it’s action, but i don’t think that is enough to make a believer out of me. I don’t recommend this film unless you see it on HBO or Showtime in a year. It’s nothing to really get excited about.