The film stars Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Charlotte Ross, Katy Mixon, and Tom Atkins.
After interrogating and killing some of King's followers in Colorado, Milton discovers that the ritual will take place in Stillwater, an abandoned Louisiana prison.
After killing Frank, he poses as an FBI agent, tricking a pair of state troopers into helping him.
King and his men attack and Milton violently dispatches them with many rounds of gunfire, leaving the naked and terrified waitress completely traumatized.
The Accountant appears with the police and chases Milton and Piper, who by now are far ahead of them, hotly pursuing King in his RV.
Piper breaks free, fights King, and jumps through the RV's shattered window onto Milton's car hood.
Piper discovers that Milton is undead and has to abandon his daughter in order to protect her, which allows King to manipulate her into joining his cult.
[15] The three cars driven by Cage in the film are a 1964 Buick Riviera, a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T (440 Engine), and a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454.
[23] Drive Angry's box office performance made it the lowest-grossing opening of a 3D film released in more than 2,000 US theaters.
The website's "Critics Consensus" says: "It may deliver the over-the-top action pieces, but Drive Angry prefers to work safely within the grindhouse formula than do something truly unique".
[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of C+ on a scale from A to F.[26] Mark Jenkins from The Washington Post wrote, "Even at its most lurid, though, the movie is a little dull.
[28] Elizabeth Weitzman from the New York Daily News wrote, "Drive Angry is pure grindhouse, so committed to its own junkiness that it is, in its way, a pleasure to behold".
[29] Writing for Variety, Rob Nelson called it "plenty watchable" but probably more of a draw to cult film fans than to mainstream audiences.
[30] In The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney called the film "a mindless exploitation entry that should have been appallingly awesome".