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Getaway: Film Review  1:00 PM PDT 8/28/2013 by John DeFore  The
Bottom Line  Brainless chase flick doesn't even offer guilty
pleasures.   Friday, Aug. 30 (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Courtney Solomon  Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez turn Sofia,
Bulgaria into a city-sized car wreck.  Director Courtney Solomon
wrecks scores of cars and one movie in Getaway, a pedal-to-metal
flick only an out-of-work stuntman could love. Failing to
understand that a chase scene is only exciting for those who
care about someone, anyone, who's part of the action, the movie
produces untold broken axles but no thrills. A quick exit from
theaters is all but guaranteed.  Ethan Hawke plays former pro
racecar driver Brent Magna -- could we maybe just let that
tidbit serve as the entire review? -- who comes home one day to
find his wife has been abducted. An anonymous older man (Jon
Voight) calls, telling Brent that he'll never see his wife again
unless he goes to a nearby gar