In the scene where Memphis played by N.Cage is passing the list of cars around,Director Dominic has casted very neatly every car along with its performance and passion to be stolen! but i would like to write out the points where he could not make out or where mistakes happened...
When Memphis breaks the mirror off the Shelby Mustang, it remains hanging by it's wires. The problem with this is that Ford wasn't putting power mirrors on cars.
The whole premise of the movie is that Kip Raines by Giovanni Ribils who tries to fill in the list of cars and his brother had to finish it for the Russian crook. The idea that Kip would have the skill and manpower to do this, when the black gang that chases them later seems to specialize in this type of crime, is stupid. Even though he was the brother of Memphis, the most famous car thief in the area, this is quite a lapse by the Russian and almost impossible to swallow. The Russian may have thought that Kip was trained by Memphis and had the same connections. It's very possible as they were family.The famous "RAINES" The assumption would have been made that Kip worked alongside Memphis, not knowing that Memphis did not want Kip stealing cars.As he left his profession for kip's good carrier and a promise to his mom.
Regarding the theft of the 3 Mercedes, a huge issue is made of the fact that the cars cannot be stolen without the proper keys, which have to come from Germany. So how did the Caan kid get the dealership to order, have shipped and receive the keys within a couple of days? Even with a rush delivery, shipping would be at least overnight, and the keys would need time to be manufactured. Unlike the keys needs to have a duplicate ready to be dispatched by Some private Jet or so!!!
When Detective Castelbeck played by Delroy Lindo and his partner are searching the warehouse with the UV lights, they find the list of the cars written with the UV reactive ink. When Castelbeck raises his arm the power cable of the UV light can be seen going into his jacket sleeve to a power supply somewhere inside it. he he...The cord can be seen in a few other shots during this scene. It appears that they are using standard light fixtures, with UV bulbs, the same fixtures that you can get at any hardware store, ones that require them to be plugged in. Just because they do not show them plugging them in, doesn't mean they are battery operated.
When Castlebeck discovers the black light car list, he says that there are only a few cars that they should follow, the rarest ones. He chooses several to watch including a Hummer. When Sphinx played by Vinnie and Mirror Man steal the truck and are ramming the police unit, we can see from the badges on the hood and steering wheel that this is actually the Lamborghini LM SUV and not a Hummer!!!!
When the Raines brothers are taking refuge in the diner from the black gang, Kip sneaks out and hooks up the BACK of the Mercedes to the cable via the tow hook in the rear frame. When the wrecker leaves, the cable is connected to the FRONT axle which is ripped out. Kip actually loops the cable round both axles and attached the tow hook to the rear. So when the wrecker leaves, the cable is tightened and rips out the front axle. If the tow hook was just attached to one place, the car would just be dragged down the road.
Also the Artistic creation of The Russian crook was broken by Memphis - where his deal was in millions and why would one be worried about art and wooden carpentry! This Shot needs to be seen after reading, try to watch it at least twice.
I would rate it a 7 out of 10.it a watchable movie.
When Memphis breaks the mirror off the Shelby Mustang, it remains hanging by it's wires. The problem with this is that Ford wasn't putting power mirrors on cars.
The whole premise of the movie is that Kip Raines by Giovanni Ribils who tries to fill in the list of cars and his brother had to finish it for the Russian crook. The idea that Kip would have the skill and manpower to do this, when the black gang that chases them later seems to specialize in this type of crime, is stupid. Even though he was the brother of Memphis, the most famous car thief in the area, this is quite a lapse by the Russian and almost impossible to swallow. The Russian may have thought that Kip was trained by Memphis and had the same connections. It's very possible as they were family.The famous "RAINES" The assumption would have been made that Kip worked alongside Memphis, not knowing that Memphis did not want Kip stealing cars.As he left his profession for kip's good carrier and a promise to his mom.
Regarding the theft of the 3 Mercedes, a huge issue is made of the fact that the cars cannot be stolen without the proper keys, which have to come from Germany. So how did the Caan kid get the dealership to order, have shipped and receive the keys within a couple of days? Even with a rush delivery, shipping would be at least overnight, and the keys would need time to be manufactured. Unlike the keys needs to have a duplicate ready to be dispatched by Some private Jet or so!!!
When Detective Castelbeck played by Delroy Lindo and his partner are searching the warehouse with the UV lights, they find the list of the cars written with the UV reactive ink. When Castelbeck raises his arm the power cable of the UV light can be seen going into his jacket sleeve to a power supply somewhere inside it. he he...The cord can be seen in a few other shots during this scene. It appears that they are using standard light fixtures, with UV bulbs, the same fixtures that you can get at any hardware store, ones that require them to be plugged in. Just because they do not show them plugging them in, doesn't mean they are battery operated.
When Castlebeck discovers the black light car list, he says that there are only a few cars that they should follow, the rarest ones. He chooses several to watch including a Hummer. When Sphinx played by Vinnie and Mirror Man steal the truck and are ramming the police unit, we can see from the badges on the hood and steering wheel that this is actually the Lamborghini LM SUV and not a Hummer!!!!
When the Raines brothers are taking refuge in the diner from the black gang, Kip sneaks out and hooks up the BACK of the Mercedes to the cable via the tow hook in the rear frame. When the wrecker leaves, the cable is connected to the FRONT axle which is ripped out. Kip actually loops the cable round both axles and attached the tow hook to the rear. So when the wrecker leaves, the cable is tightened and rips out the front axle. If the tow hook was just attached to one place, the car would just be dragged down the road.
Also the Artistic creation of The Russian crook was broken by Memphis - where his deal was in millions and why would one be worried about art and wooden carpentry! This Shot needs to be seen after reading, try to watch it at least twice.
I would rate it a 7 out of 10.it a watchable movie.
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