Need For Speed Review And Thoughts

Like the bane of almost every videogame movies,this movie will eventually be lost and forgotten

It seems that even pretty visuals cant distract the audience forever from the tired and cliche plot and horrible acting in this movie,it suffers from every complain from a typical videogame movie,not getting the feel of the game itself,and being released on the same week as the hit teen movie Divergent doesnt help,it is a totally expected letdown

But i do have to give the movie credit though,because they actually tried and care for their own movie,not relying on the sheer brand name and cool cars on the movie itself,for example all the car stunts done in the movie are all real, no CGI and no camera manipulation,purely the stuntman's talent and sheer effort,and it really shows too,some visual and effects in the movie are quite stunning and might even distract you from the painful acting and plot although from a short while,this shows that,this movie can be a good stand-alone title without using the Need For Speed name,i really enjoyed the sequence when the car is lifted by the helicopter.

But saying that,these surprising visuals come of as a hidden gems,so little in the movie,just imagine there are a total of 3 races in the movie alone,and it both isn't really that good,when the initial premise of your movie isn't even that good,you have to take a look back for the minute.

The plot and the acting is not even worth the review,its your typical actors,stereotypes and the story too used and predictable,the drama the movie is trying to deliver failed miserably,the is no chemistry and only offer cheap laughs that arent to funny too,if their excuse is that the focus of the movie is the effects and the cool cars,that reason is nonsensical where their main focus fails too.

The movie suffers from the same curse of videogame movies,a lot of audience and critics is already skeptical when the movie is not even released yet,and i as a critic and audience,respected their effort,but totally expected this let down.Cheers and stay awesome.

4.5 out of 10

Damn,i know i should have watched divergent instead.