a5c7b9f00b Framed by an ex-partner for a murder he did not commit, Tobey Marshall, a financially struggling custom-car builder and street-racer, spends two years in jail thinking about one moment. Fresh out of prison he reacquires the fastest car his workshop ever built and sold, and seeks to enter a secretive and extremely high-stakes race knownThe DeLeon. His purpose; redemption, recognition from the world of racing and to solve his problems. Yet all this fades in comparison to his driving reason. Revenge. Above all, revenge. This is a story about love, redemption, revenge and motor oil all swirled together Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his headthe race begins. As a fan of &quot;The Fast and Furious&quot; franchise, I was actually looking forward to this film. I did not get the chance to see it in the theater, so I put it on hold at the librarysoonI could. I just figured that this movie would be on par with the Fast and Furious films, if not a little worse. I remember putting the disc in the DVD player, grabbing my big bowl of popcorn, and sitting back for what I was hoping would be a semi-entertaining film. Unfortunately, this film did not meet even the incredibly low expectations that I had for it.<br/><br/>I have a theory regarding popcorn and films: if the popcorn is better than the movie, either you have an exceptionally damn good bowl of popcorn, or the movie is just insanely bad. In the case of &quot;Need for Speed,&quot; I would say it was the later of the two choices. I did like seeing the handful of sports cars, and a few of the racing and chasing scenes were mildly entertaining, but beyond that there was virtually nothing redeeming about this movie.<br/><br/>Reflecting on this film, I am not sure whether or not the fault was more the actors or the script. For those of you who have not seen this film, I will give you an example of the most laughable dialog. In the movie, Michael Keaton&#39;s character refers to a 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang&quot; the chariot of the gods!&quot; (Keep in mind this Mustang is in a movie filled with Lamborghini&#39;s and Bugatti&#39;s). And the saddest part is that most of the dialog revolving around the Mustang is walking the border of worship. The villain in this movie is so intimidated by this car and its driver that he is willing to give up his Lamborghini Sesto Elemento to anyone who can stop it from entering the final race. IN WHAT UNIVERSE WOULD SOMEONE GIVE UP A &quot;LAMBORGHINI&quot; JUST TO AVOID RACING A MUSTANG?!<br/><br/>But that&#39;s not all. I do not remember the exact situation for this Ford car, but it seemed that, according to the film, this was the last Mustang that Carroll Shelby was working on before his death. Now, I don&#39;t know if it &quot;was&quot; the last SPECIFIC Mustang Shelby was working on personally or the last Mustang he designed. But in either case, this car sells (in the movie) for no less than $2.7 million. HOW DOES A MUSTANG SELL FOR MORE THAN A FERRARI?! Oh, and it can hit a speed of 234 miles per hour. <br/><br/>If I&#39;m being honest with myself, the biggest disappointment with this film is that there was absolutely nothing about this film that felt right or even fit the scenario it was in. Moments that were supposed to be comedic were not, scenes that were supposed to be taken seriously were laughable, the acting was painful, and the story was mind numbingly cliché.<br/><br/>There have been very few films this year that have been so bad I actually regret seeing them, but this movie is one of them. This is a movie that literally was so dumb I do not even want to waste time talking about it. From a guy stripping at his job to purposely get fired to a British car collector paying $2,700,000 for a freaking Ford Mustang, I found little to no enjoyment in this film. Comparatively, this movie makes &quot;The Fast and the Furious&quot; films seem like pure gold and some of the best to come out of the last four decades of cinema. I really don&#39;t get why people and critics alike have hit this moviehardthey have. This film is what it is and what it is supposed to be. Its fast, has crazy chase scenes and absolutely gorgeous cars. Those who went into this film expecting a deep story arc and well thought out characters, are very obviously delusional. I honestly went into this movie not expecting a lot but was pleasantly surprised by the end. Regardless, I do hope that they make a second film and maybe try to add abit of story arc and maybe some character. God knows we could do with a good contender against the &#39;Fast and the Furious&#39; franchise. And kudos to Aaron Paul, once again showing that he really is an up and comer in the acting biz. A moderately popular racing series that the powers that be have tried to turn into a turbo-boosted stunt-car extravaganza of the same make and modelthe "Fast & Furious" franchise.
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