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Getaway (2013)

Getaway poster
Directed by
Courtney Solomon
Genre
drama film, action film, heist film, Christmas film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 673 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former race car driver is forced to drive a souped-up car through a city to save his kidnapped wife. He has to follow the instructions of a mysterious voice on the phone while taking a young woman along for the ride.

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What happens

Getaway is a 2013 American action thriller film starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, James Maslow and Jon Voight. Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan, the film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Though originally reported to be a remake of the 1972 film The Getaway, the film is actually an original story. This is the first film directed by Solomon in eight years, with his last being 2005's An American Haunting. The film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $11.8 million against its $18 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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