![]() She also brings a bit of fun to the table with the character of Julia as well. He and Imogen Poots also shared some solid chemistry. ![]() It’s probably mainly the fact that I enjoy Aaron Paul that I was able to get on board with Tobey right away. I have to credit Scott Waugh with immediately making me feel like playing these games was just yesterday. It was also very much in the spirit of the games I was such a fan of. Some of the angles, techniques, situations and cars used in the film sent me right back. I haven’t touched one since then, but oh my if I wasn’t transported back to my youth playing those games with this movie. And was indeed a fan of the Need For Speed games. Though, in the 90s, I was pretty attached to my Sony Playstation. Since I left college, my video gaming has dwindled from minimal to nonexistent. It came down to how the chases were going to be for this movie, and I really think they do a good job in making them the star. For the most part, Need For Speed is exactly what you want from popcorn entertainment. There are many different environments traveled to, cars used and silly situations that bring about a mighty and fun chase that is fun to watch. It takes the stage front and center and easily overshadows some of the goofiness and shortcomings that our story may bring. There’s plenty of thrilling car chases with practical stuntwork and great tracking filmmaking. Need For Speed is just as they advertised, an old school car movie. Two years later, Tobey is released from prison and gets Julia to let him borrow the Mustang to compete in the super secret De Leon race to get his revenge on Dino and clear his name. Tobey is sent to jail for it and Dino is nowhere to be found. ![]() During the race, Tobey is winning but Dino flips Pete’s car, killing him in a heinous accident. Dino is furious that Tobey drove the car and not him and challenges he and his friend Pete (Dino’s girlfriend’s sister, Tobey’s ex) to a race with some illegal cars, offering his 75% of the Mustang deal if they win. Its purchased by English woman Julia, whom Tobey shows off the car’s speed of 234 mph. ![]() Dino offers 25% of the 2 million the car will sell for. One day, Tobey’s rival Dino Brewster arrives and needs him to complete the legendary Ford Shelby Mustang. To make ends meet, he and his crew engage in street races for cash. Tobey Marshall is a former race car driver who now owns a garage on the New York countryside. It now comes to Blu-ray where maybe it will pick up some people that didn’t get to the theater to see it. However, this one didn’t quite stick with America, but it did do quite well with overseas audiences. It was open for a story to be added to the car racing. Its something that seemed like you could translate and then infuse your own touch as a filmmaker with. Back in the spring, we got an adaptation of Need For Speed. I don’t know what it is, but maybe they’re just more cinematic at the console level with interaction instead of being a feature film. However, fans will tell you, these games have such great stories at the video game stage but they just don’t quite translate for some reason to the big screen. They don’t usually dominate the box office and are usually met with mixed critical reviews at best. There’s many attempts, but aside from the Resident Evil franchise, none have really taken off. Video game movies have yet to really “take off” like the comic book ones.
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