This set-up requires this much explanation because it's that silly and complicated. ![]() Tobey needs to attract his attention in order to receive an invite, so he does crazy things that no sane person would do in order for that to happen. It must be off-air for most of the time, because he seems singularly focused on this race. It's hosted by an odd and rich man named Monarch (Michael Keaton), who hosts an internet program about. The end goal is to get to this mysterious race, named the DeLeon, in which the winner gains possession of all the losers' cars. He has a friend in a helicopter, another couple of friends on the ground, and a car that can reach 230 MPH. Tobey has to drive fast and recklessly (not furiously), in order to get there on time, all while avoiding the police. Need for Speed is primarily a road movie.įor the majority of the movie, we're doing a cross-country road trip - albeit an expedited one, given the two-day time limit - from New York to California. They know the race is somewhere in California, and begins in a couple of days. After swearing his revenge, he manages to convince a rich man to lend him a $2 million Mustang, but only if one of the company's employees, Julia (Imogen Poots), tags along for the ride. There's another race before it, although that one has no consequences. This happens in the first 30 minutes of Need for Speed. Upon being released, Tobey swears revenge upon Dino, and in order to do that will race in a secret underground race whose location he doesn't even know. During this time, his mechanic shop is shut down. I mean, none of them deserve to run for over two hours - Need for Speed clocks in at 130 minutes - but if you're going to do it, I guess I'll prefer Furious Six to this thing, even if Need for Speed is more about the cars than the Fast and Furious franchise currently is.Īfter a particularly violent street race involving Tobey (Aaron Paul, our lead), Dino (Dominic Cooper, our villain), and Benny (Scott Mescudi) which involves Dino bumping into Benny, causing his death, and then fleeing the scene, leaving Tobey around to be arrested, Tobey spends two years in prison. Those movies are somehow have deeper characters, stronger themes, and better pacing. This film wishes it was in the caliber of the Vin Diesel series. "The Fast and the Furious films are essentially what a Need for Speed movie would look like" is something I would have said before actually seeing the real game-to-film adaptation that is 2014's Need for Speed.Īs it turns out, the Fast and Furious is too good for Need for Speed. There's often the bare minimum of a story and characters, and only so much innovation to the gameplay, given that it's just driving a car around. The Need for Speed games have been a video game staple since 1994, have sold over a hundred million of copies over the franchise's lifetime, and are almost solely focused on street racing. Previous Review: Better Living Through ChemistryNext Review: The Phantom of the Opera
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