Need for Speed (2014)

Touches You

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Dino (Dominic Cooper), the darling of Mt. Kisco, NY races formula cars. Everyone knows Toby (Aaron Paul) is a better racer, although he just street races...except for maybe Anita (Dakota Johnson) his ex-gf who now travels with Dino. Through a series of impossible circumstances, Toby gets arrested for stealing Dino's uncle car, which he didn't. Upon getting out of jail, he will travel from NY to California in 45 hours aka "Smokey and the Bandit." Imogen Poots takes the role of Sally Fields. He is going to participate in an unsanctioned, "winner take all" pink slip race. Oh yes, he is on parole too and can't leave NY and must drive three times the speed limit to make it in time. He doesn't quite make it by ground and needs to be lifted by a friend in a helicopter for the last leg...something they should have done to begin with. He now must face Dino in the race.This whole script was stupid. The first thing any investigator wants to know about a stolen vehicle is "Where are the keys?" The idea that hot chicks hang out at a drive-in for local race drivers instead of texting their bff all night is old school and made me ask, "When was this film made?" Dino is a great philosopher, "Forget the past. It's history." He also makes up all kind of ridiculous Anita puns. They also have an aircraft fly overhead for safety, i.e. let them know when there is traffic, but that information didn't seem to effect their driving as they sped through red lights in a cop-less town.The personalities ranged from bland to bad. 130 minutes of mostly car action, not much in the way of building a believable tale. A preteen or young teen film. A tad more believable than "Death Race 2000" but not nearly as entertaining.Parental Guide: No f-bombs. No sex. Male rear nudity.

If you liked "Fast and Furious" movies, then you will definitely also like "Need For Speed".The movie had a fairly good cast, except for Aaron Paul whom seemed very unfit for a role such as that. It was nice to see Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton and Rami Malek perform in the movie though.There is lots of fast car scenes throughout the course of the movie, although they were rather unrealistic much like "Fast and Furious".Funny how there weren't any police or state troopers along the ride, all the way to California, especially since they were driving so fast all the time."Need for Speed" suffers from a very predictable storyline and it was rather shallow in contents. But other than that, it was actually good brainless fun and entertainment.

THANK YOU EA FOR BRINGING SUCH A HEART TOUCHING FRANCHISE INTO THE WORLD..THANK YOU EA As well the whole film crew for bringing such STYLISH ,BEAUTIFUL AND FAST PACES ACTION THRILLER TO US..i swear the chemistry between the lead actor and IMOGEN POOTS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN.I ALSO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT IMOGEN IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THIS WORLD.. THANK YOU

NEED FOR SPEED is a dreadful addition to the 'car race' genre of movie-making, one that's based on a popular video game series. It's not as bad as the worst I've seen, SPEED RACER, but it's still largely unwatchable and totally clichéd from beginning to end. A film which dumbs down the story to the lowest common denominator at every point. Aaron Paul gives a rubbish, workmanlike turn as the supposed hero of the piece, while Dominic Cooper is the supposed villain but is far more charming than Paul. The less said about the token and embarrassing role for Imogen Poots, the better. There are a lot of racing scenes here but they all seem to end with the same CGI car flipping stunt and they quickly become tiresome. Give me the outlandishness of the FAST & FURIOUS franchise over this nonsense any day of the week.