After an attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace - overtaking his boss' betrayal and pursuing the Eleanor as Pace ... Read allAfter an attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace - overtaking his boss' betrayal and pursuing the Eleanor as Pace tries to make his getaway.After an attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace - overtaking his boss' betrayal and pursuing the Eleanor as Pace tries to make his getaway.
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- TriviaWhen viewed after director H.B. Halicki's second movie, The Junkman (1982), this film becomes an interesting piece of meta-fiction. Most of the movie is a shortened version of Halicki's first film, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), with a new, lengthy opening sequence and various other new scenes which create a new subplot surrounding Hoyt Axton and the LAPD Auto-Theft Division. In The Junkman (1982), Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) is presented as a fictional film in post-production - this movie's new opening sequence is partially seen being shot in The Junkman (1982), during which Christopher Stone's character comments that Halicki (himself playing a fictional director) was "not excited" by the first three minutes of the original film (train crash investigation), and is therefore filming an entirely new sequence. As such, this film is the result of what is seen being shot in The Junkman (1982), and thus takes place in a different universe. In reality, Halicki sought to improve upon the original Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) by re-releasing it with these new scenes, which are far more extravagant and costly than what was originally shot. Without the different title, it could almost be seen as a "director's cut" of the original movie.
- GoofsThe opening chase takes place entirely in Long Beach. While Captain Gibbs is an LAPD captain, he initiates the pursuit because he is on scene and witnesses his daughter's fiancé's car being stolen. However, the majority of responding units are from the LAPD instead of the Long Beach PD - and these LAPD units are parked in various areas around Long Beach, where they have no business being, particularly at the Queen Mary. All of the detectives who respond are part of Gibbs' auto-theft unit and it is highly unlikely that all would be in Long Beach at the same time working on different jobs. The dispatcher even says that "assisting units are Long Beach PD." Long Beach PD would be the primary pursuit agency, with assistance from the sheriff's department and Highway Patrol (as in the film). Captain Gibbs would be the only LAPD officer involved, as the other detectives and marked units have no jurisdiction in Long Beach.
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Captain Gibbs: [the telephone rings] Gibbs, here.
Carl: Captain Gibbs, this is Carl and your people won't let me get my personal effects out of the car. It's bad enough my Bricklin's broken. I could lose my image.
Captain Gibbs: [sarcastically] You know, you're really breaking my heart, Carl.
Carl: But, captain, they won't let me see my baby. I mean, some cop said they won't release it because of evidence or something. Come on, what's the deal?
Captain Gibbs: That's why we have impound lots.
Carl: Look! I have to show what's left of my car to the insurance adjuster or I'll never get any money out of it! You gotta help me! Please!
Captain Gibbs: I'll meet you down there at 4:00.
Carl: 4:00? I have to be in Hollywood, this afternoon for an important meeting. Let's make it 2:30. What do you say?
Captain Gibbs: No. Good-bye, Carl.
[Hangs up]
Carl: [Still on the other line] What about my reputation?
Captain Gibbs: Shut up, Carl.
- Crazy creditsThe original end credits from Gone in 60 Seconds are shown at the end of the movie, along with new credits for the additional scenes. Because this was supposed to be an "original" movie, this creates continuity issues since most of the people credited for the 1974 footage did not work on the new scenes.
- Alternate versionsAlmost all of the sound effects and all of the music has been completely changed for the DVD release, in both the new "Deadline" footage and the old "Gone in 60 Seconds" footage.
- ConnectionsEdited from Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
The new opening and additional scenes are actually really good. However, they pretty-much have nothing to do with the rest of the film. Well, they do, but not in a way that if you got rid of them and just kept the old "Gone in 60 Seconds", it would make a difference. Hoyt Axton steals the show, but unfortunately disappears towards the end. His daughter's fiancé's car is stolen at the start, and we get numerous "hell-bent" speeches on how he is determined to catch master thief Maindrian Pace, but come the big pursuit at the end, he is nowhere to be found, apart from a couple of quick scenes in a helicopter, and when he saves the day for the hapless car wash manager who is wrongly accused.
I guess the only thing to really discuss are the new scenes. For those who have seen the original "Gone in 60 Seconds", everything is still there, apart from a lot of shaved footage. The new Queen Mary chase at the start is very entertaining, but unfortunately the detectives in the pursuit are portrayed as goofy and stupid, much to the cliché. In "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "The Junkman", the police certainly crashed during chases, but the crashes were believable and real. In "Deadline Auto Theft", they seem to crash just for the sake of action, and most of the crashes are stupid and corny. Three cars in a row flying over an embankment and into boats to avoid a stationary Kombi? Not to mention the ridiculous "shortcut" taken by two cops in the LA riverbed, where they end up stalled over the drainage channel and have another unmarked car hit them and overturn.
It was wonderful to see Sgt. Hawkins from "Gone in 60 Seconds" back and involved in the new scenes. However, where he was a hard-ass cop in that film, his new scenes here portray him as just as goofy and stupid as the rest. I was unhappy to see him uncredited yet again, and would love to know who played him. A great actor!
"Deadline Auto Theft" is certainly worth a look. Hell, I really enjoyed it. There is one glaring problem, though, and that is that the new scenes were filmed in 1982, while "Gone in 60 Seconds" came out in 1974. So fashions and vehicles are completely different, and one would wonder why the hell Maindrian and pals dress like fools and the Long Beach PD drive 1968 Plymouth Belvederes, when at the start everything is post 1976. Try to ignore that and you'll be fine!
- MrTaft
- Oct 3, 2004
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