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Need for Speed did the opposite.

But if you love the sound of a supercharger whine, if you remember playing Hot Pursuit on PlayStation 2 until 3 AM, or if you are simply tired of cars flying through space—give this film a shot.

Aaron Paul (breaking bad habits to play good guy Tobey Marshall) is a small-town mechanic and race shop owner who gets framed for a crime he didn’t commit. After getting out of prison, he doesn’t hire a lawyer; he enters the , a secret, illegal, winner-take-all race that spans from New York to California. His goal? To reach the finish line before the clock runs out and punch the real villain (a sleazy Dominic Cooper) in the face. need for speed filme

When the first trailer for the Need for Speed movie dropped in 2014, the internet did what it does best: it scoffed. After the massive, globe-trotting success of the Fast & Furious franchise, the idea of another street racing movie seemed redundant. Critics dismissed it as a "carbon copy" or a "videogame movie curse" victim.

Director Scott Waugh made a radical decision: They built custom camera cars. They attached IMAX cameras to the sides of Koenigseggs. When a Mustang flips off a highway overpass at 100mph, a stunt driver actually flipped a Mustang off a highway overpass. Need for Speed did the opposite

8/10 (Add 2 points if you watch it with a surround sound system.)

In Fast , the cars bounce and float. In Need for Speed , you feel the weight shift. You see the steering wheel vibrate. You hear the gravel pinging off the undercarriage. It is the closest a Hollywood movie has come to replicating the feeling of playing the video game—where one wrong shift sends you into a tree. Need for Speed is not high art. The dialogue is cheesy. The villain is cartoonishly evil. The runtime feels a bit long. After getting out of prison, he doesn’t hire

It is a love letter to the American open road. It is loud, proud, and unapologetically analog.