Need for Speed
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The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Need for Speed as a noisy, overlong video game adaptation that couldn't escape the shadow of the Fast & Furious franchise it was chasing. A small minority found enough kinetic energy in the car sequences to justify the ride, but most felt the plot and characters were too thin to sustain two-plus hours — and gearhead reviewers were especially unimpressed by the film's casual disregard for automotive logic.
“Paul has talent, though the actor's idea of simmering intensity in the context of Need for Speed comes off more like a serial killer in the making. Cooper, by contrast, seems to be having some fun playing a dashing, dastardly, sexy beast.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“In trying for the vicarious varoom of the street-racing video game that inspired it, and no doubt dreaming of Fast success, Speed clocks in at a long two-plus hours and falls painfully short.”
Betsy Sharkey·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Scott WaughDirector
Aaron PaulTobey Marshall
Dominic CooperDino Brewster
Imogen PootsJulia Maddon
Kid CudiBenny Jackson
Rami MalekFinn
Ramón RodríguezJoe Peck
Harrison GilbertsonLittle Pete Coleman
Dakota JohnsonAnita Coleman
Stevie Ray DallimoreBill Ingram
Michael KeatonMonarch
Brian KeaulanaRight Seater
John GatinsWriter
Shane HurlbutCinematographyNeed for Speed
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Need for Speed as a noisy, overlong video game adaptation that couldn't escape the shadow of the Fast & Furious franchise it was chasing. A small minority found enough kinetic energy in the car sequences to justify the ride, but most felt the plot and characters were too thin to sustain two-plus hours — and gearhead reviewers were especially unimpressed by the film's casual disregard for automotive logic.
“Paul has talent, though the actor's idea of simmering intensity in the context of Need for Speed comes off more like a serial killer in the making. Cooper, by contrast, seems to be having some fun playing a dashing, dastardly, sexy beast.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“In trying for the vicarious varoom of the street-racing video game that inspired it, and no doubt dreaming of Fast success, Speed clocks in at a long two-plus hours and falls painfully short.”
Betsy Sharkey·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Scott WaughDirectorAaron PaulTobey MarshallDominic CooperDino BrewsterImogen PootsJulia MaddonKid CudiBenny JacksonRami MalekFinnRamón RodríguezJoe PeckHarrison GilbertsonLittle Pete ColemanDakota JohnsonAnita ColemanStevie Ray DallimoreBill IngramMichael KeatonMonarchBrian KeaulanaRight SeaterJohn GatinsWriterShane HurlbutCinematographyStream
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