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By Popcorn Avenger What could be more entertaining than a group of Elvis wannabe’s knocking off a Las Vegas casino? With a winning premise like this, one might wonder what went wrong with 3,000 Miles to Graceland? The problem is that the filmmaker, newcomer Demian Lichtenstein, decided to focus the story on the getaway rather than the heist. Kevin Costner, who only ten years ago was the golden-can't-miss-Hollywood-boy, is now reduced to play a one-dimensional psychotic Elvis impersonator. The film is a cat and mouse chase between Good Elvis (Kurt Russell) and Bad Elvis (Costner) to see who can claim the multi-million dollar take. While most of the film is overburdened with look-at-how-hip-I-can-be-quick-cuts, there are some bright points. The soundtrack is a compilation of some of today’s best and brightest up-and-comings. The brightest point is Russell’s character, Michael. Although we only get to see him Elvis it up at the beginning (a disappointment since 1979’s Elvis is a landmark for all Elvis connoisseurs), his Michael is the best drawn out of the Elvi. It is a shame that while Costner has achieved and recently wasted his star quality, Russell’s down-to-Earth screen presence has been, for the most part, unrecognized. I seriously hope that pop-culture’s fascination with the King is now over so that we will not be subjected to even more lame-ass Elvis wannabe flicks. This film should have been called 3000 Miles to a Good Plot   Back to Movie Index |
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