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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 · Film · 105 min
Directed by H.B. Halicki
Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.
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I'd argue your 3rd point is more based in the reality of movies that involve unique cars (Gone in 60 Seconds, etc).
Most unique rides are typically stolen due to owner laziness(leaving keys on top of a tire, keys in the visor, left running, etc.).
Video games plots don’t seem like they would generally lends themselves well to movies since they seem to only exist for the purpose of gameplay.
I think movies would do better converted to games like Golden Eye. I would love to check out Gone in 60 Seconds as a game, similar to GTA.
Ronin has good driving sequences, but the cars aren't cool. The two best movies for cars are Bullitt and Grand Prix. Everything else is way, way down. Too bad, actually. I don't understand why Hollywood simply cannot make good car movies.
Edit: I forgot to add in the original "Gone In 60 Seconds", not the pathetic remake.
It always astounds me when these film companies promote theft, even glorify it (the italian job, gone in 60 seconds, the oceans 11 series etc) and then get annoyed when someone goes ahead and pirates a film.
Here's a thought - stop with the ludicrous distribution agreements and make it easier for someone to pay for a film at home than it is to click "download this torrent" on your favourite torrent sites.
I've said it before and I will say it again, there is something seriously wrong with the system when the path of least resistance is unlawful, especially for those people who WANT to do the right thing and pay for that privilege.
There will always be people who wont pay for content, so why not focus on making it easy and convenient for those people who do?