Review: 3000 Miles To Graceland
- Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 2:29 am
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I added this movie to my Netflix queue quite a while ago, and it finally made it’s way to the top. I remember seeing trailers for it when it was in theaters, but I never got a chance to see it, even though it looked like a movie I would enjoy.
Tonight after work I popped it in and enjoyed all two hours and five minutes of it. The movie starts out a little strange, but it picks up quick. A group of Elvis impersonators rob a casino in Vegas and quickly begin to fight over the money. The group slowly shrinks until there are only two left. After Michael Zane gets involved with Cybil and her son Jesse, Murphy comes looking for his money. Clever tactics on both sides turn everyone against each other and it all ends in a warehouse. I don’t really want to ruin the movie, because I thought it was done really well, and you should watch it for yourself. I suppose I would relate it somewhat to Fargo or The Ice Harvest, maybe even The Italian Job in a few places. It was pretty packed with stars including Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Courtney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Pollak, Ice-T, and football star Howie Long. I thought it was kinda cool to see Kevin Costner (or “Dances With Wolves Guy”, as Ben calls him) play a bad guy, and contrary to some of the reviews on IMDB, I thought the kid in the movie was really good.