O.K. Garage

"All Revved Up" is a very ironic title for this, because if this movie was any slower, it would be moving backwards. It is a classic example of good actors and actresses in very bad parts. The characters have the energy of zombies, but seemingly without the intellect or sense of purpose. It has one brief action scene somewhere near the end, but the "zombies" actually turn out to have little to do with the action.

And don't let the cover fool you. It has little to nothing to do with the movie. I don't recall seeing either of those cars in the entire movie. In fact, the car most seen is a broken down Honda. There is absolutely nothing exciting about this movie.

Stars lili taylor. Rachel's car keeps breaking down. And she keeps bringing it to the ok garage. Where they keep ripping her off. So far, that's the only plot. And we're thirty minutes in. She meets johnny through sean (john turturro and will patton). They are both pretty far out there; johnny is a little slow. Sean carries lizards around with him. The two of them argue non-stop; they are angry all the time. And pick fights with everyone. That's pretty much the whole film. Pretty lame. Finally, things start happening in the last twenty minutes. Written and directed by brandon cole. This is the one film he has directed so far. I'm really glad i didn't pay money to see this one in a theater.

Ok, This is not a great movie. It's not even a good movie. Quirky, slow, lackluster and uneven. However, there is a reason why Will Patton won best actor award at the Newport Film Festival for his portrayal of Sean. He did an incredible job as this slightly crazy character who is sane enough to know something is very wrong with him. It is worth seeing this movie just to take a gander at Patton's performance.

This is one of those movies you wonder why they made it. It probably looked great on paper, but it's so incomprehensible that you start to doubt your own perception. These actors should know better. The story is about a woman (Lili Taylor) who's car has broken down, she brings it to the OK Garage and after a while finds out that she is being ripped of by the owner (a couple of times). She gets so mad about this that she asks her weird, reptile-loving neighbor (Will Paton) to help her get even with the owner. Together with a friend of his (John Turturro) they (sort of) do this. In between we see the garage-owner Yannick have some trouble with a scam he is trying to pull of involving stolen cars. Sounds like fun? Well, it isn't! They sell this movie as a comedy, but there is hardly anything to laugh about, this is Indy-filmmaking at it's worst. Didn't the director/writer realize that there is supposed to be some point in all this? What is this movie about? Who cares...... Avoid this movie, even if you like these actors: it's a waste of time.

Firstly, this movie came to me in a DVD compilation pack of 10 movies, categorized as a comedy collection. Now, you would have to be drawing a long bow to think of this movie as a comedy, although there are one... or maybe two funny parts. Despite this, I think the movie was O.K. .... get it! .... O.K. Garage .... O.K. .... Awwww...never mind! lol

I have to admit that I did not have the DVD cover and a title "All Revved Up" to give any false "Fast and Furious" expectations, as commented by others. However, what I did find was indeed a quirky, offbeat, romantic type drama, which to me rings true. Having worked in the automotive repair industry when I was younger, similar type behavior and meeting some quirky people was not uncommon in some workshops and this movie has helped me relive some suppressed nightmares.

The movie itself is no blockbuster with crazy car chases and huge explosions or lashings of CGI, but what it does give is a relatively accurate representation of what could be real life situations in the daily grind of life, with everyone playing their parts really well. While the only character I didn't like was Louis (Richard Bright), I felt the character was a little over the top and not quite believable, but necessary I suppose for his part in the story.

All in all not a movie for everyone maybe, but worth a look.

I think it is O.K. (-;