
"After everything we learned on Valentine we wanted to really get back into the format and exploit it further and use all the knowledge we had gained there and try and push the limits of it even further," Lussier said.Ĭage, too, was intrigued by the possibilities of 3D.

Lussier and Farmer had collaborated on another 3D movie, 2009's My Bloody Valentine, an experience that made them eager to revisit the technology. Along the way, Milton meets up with a few classic American muscle cars and several colorful characters, including a tough-as-nails waitress played by Amber Heard, and the impishly demonic Accountant (Fichtner) tasked with returning him to Hell. Opening today nationwide, Drive Angry 3D follows Cage's Milton, who escapes from Hell to exact revenge on the cult leader (Burke) who murdered his daughter. The two were joined Wednesday by stars Nicolas Cage, Billy Burke and William Fichtner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, where they spoke to the press about the making of the film. "And that's sort of what started the ball rolling." "Patrick suggested, 'What if we do like a 1970s road movie, back when the hero wasn't exactly squeaky clean?'" said Lussier's co-writer Todd Farmer. The gun has two visible jam, exactly when Piper shoots the police officer and then when Milton reloads after shooting a cultist woman driving a pick-up truck.Although fueled by a desire to push the envelope of 3D technology, the spark for director Patrick Lussier's high-octane revenge thriller Drive Angry was a relatively simple idea. After the "God Killer" was made, Milton's sidearm was changed to a Colt M1911A1, to be less similar.

Milton's original handgun was supposedly going to be a. Judging from the typical dark grey finish, old safety lever and linear barrel, the gun is a genuine M1911A1 Army model, not a more common Series 70 often used to impersonate the gun. Piper ( Amber Heard) also holds this gun on a couple of occasions.

John Milton ( Nicolas Cage) carries a Colt M1911A1 pistol as his sidearm throughout the film.
