Review
According to another user this movie is ȫrainless fun" which I really must contend with. This movie sure is brainless but there isn't much fun to be found here. The script is dismal the central plot makes no sense and the chase sequences are edited in the contemporary shakycam style that makes it hard to tell what is going on at some points which really gets my goat. The whole reason I went to see this movie is to see some kickbutt car cinematography but there is better free content on youtube that I could have watched to whet my appetite(like Ken Block's gymkhana series or vintage rally Bgroup footage). To say that I am disappointed would be a lie I had a feeling this movie would be a dud because they hardly marketed it at all and released at the end of summer which is always a bad sign. Ethan Hawke's performance may be the only redeemable part of this movie as I could really tell he was working hard to make the 11th grade level dialog work. Selena Gomez's acting was predictably subpar it seems to me the only reason she was included in Getaway was to get guys my age into the theater. And if the two other dudes in the theater besides my friends and I are evidence it didn't work. In short don't waste your time on Getaway watch The Transporter or Top Gear instead to get your gearhead action fix.