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Need for Speed

Need for Speed

2014
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 12m
Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Directed by:

Scott Waugh

Screenwriter:

George Gatins

Starring:

Nick Chinlund, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Ramón Rodríguez, Harrison Gilbertson, Dakota Johnson, Rami Malek, Kid Cudi, Stevie Ray Dallimore

Genres:

Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Action

Countries:

India, USA

Language:

English
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Need for Speed

2014
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 12m
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frederikaFrederikA
Rated 13 Jan 2016
35
11th
At some point in this film, Wisecracking Sidekick #3 yells out "that was just like a scene from Speed!" To which one can only reply "oh it most definitely wasn't, but thank you for explaining the deeper meaning of your movie's title for me."
Rated 13 Jan 2016
kasperlKasperL
Rated 13 Mar 2014
30
10th
*deep sigh*
Rated 13 Mar 2014
antidood1antidood1
Rated 14 Mar 2014
30
3rd
I love using excessive adjectives for my movie reviews, but these just won't cut it here. So I'll say it this way: This movie is so stupid, that when I came home right after watching it, a Dutch romantic soap series was on on TV, and I thought "hey, this isn't actually all that bad."
Rated 14 Mar 2014
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 25 Jul 2014
2
2nd
Preposterously dreadful. Not one fucking thing here makes any sense! It's a film about a bunch of pricks, driving like pricks, talking & acting like pricks & generally being complete... well you know! Whilst being shat upon from a great height by Gatins abortion of a screenplay, you'll be subjected to every cheap camera & lighting trick in the book, as well as an almost offensive amount of direct to camera smoldering from Aaron Paul, and Michael Keaton's endless plot summerising. Urgghhh...
Rated 25 Jul 2014
ryan_luedersRyan Lueders
Rated 05 Oct 2014
70
31st
I've got the need, the need to exceed the posted vehicular speed limits. This movie was fun. I'm embarrassed to say it, but I had a good time watching it. The acting was atrocious at times and the writing seemed to have stalled out. When the rubber hits the road this movie can be pretty fun. There are a few surprising moments (falling off the canyon attached to a Marine chopper) that really widen your eyes. Michael Keaton is the best part of this movie, he's a crazy radio D.J. that channels his
Rated 05 Oct 2014
ytadelYtadel
Rated 14 Sep 2014
6
71st
I freely admit that it's probably just because I was buzzed-to-drunk while watching (and stuffing my face with delicious reheated Mexican food), but I actually kinda sorta enjoyed this. Certainly more than the last Fast & Furious, which got so into its own series mythology it forgot about the damn cars. This flick, on the other hand, is all cars, all the time! So many races, so many chases, so much vehicular warfare.
Rated 14 Sep 2014
wezzoWezzo
Rated 17 Mar 2014
70
26th
Almost completely absurd, and yet I found myself captivated by the testosterone-fulled ballet of the nail-biting race sequences. Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots make the best of the dumb screenplay, and while no-one will ever mistake this for high entertainment, there is enjoyment to be had here - and I say that as someone not even sold on the Fast & Furious franchise.
Rated 17 Mar 2014
mwgerbmwgerb
Rated 15 Mar 2014
37
23rd
A potentially entertaining film brought down by some laughably absurd shenanigans, and a disturbing misanthropic undercurrent - it's pretty clear the movie cares more about the cars than the characters. Dino leaving Pete's crash behind without a second thought is essentially the same thing the film does every time a potential pedestrian death is brushed off and ignored. Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots being cute helps, but not nearly enough.
Rated 15 Mar 2014
stewballStewball
Rated 15 Mar 2014
60
28th
The true stars of the show are the cars (drool), the driving and the locations....even though they're used completely randomly without any correlation to the requirements of the story**. The acting was adequate at best, and the story sets the audience up for good/bad whiplash from one end to the other. Imogen Poots (cute as hell but born with a real anti-marketing name) along with Michael Keaton were the best thespian offerings. **The story starts in upstate NY, but imagine my surprise w
Rated 15 Mar 2014
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 14 Mar 2014
40
31st
If what you want from Need for Speed is a fast-paced and reckless drive from New York to California with the occasional obstacle thrown in for fun, then the film delivers. The races are plenty exciting, if repetitive, and the stunts all feel real. It has uninteresting characters played blandly by the actors. It's impossible to care about the main character's quest for revenge. Without that emotional attachment, it's hard to recommend Need for Speed except to the most die-hard fans of fast cars.
Rated 14 Mar 2014
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 13 Aug 2023
40
6th
Fundamentally undermines itself by following up its dramatic centerpiece of death by dangerous driving with… dangerous driving with innocent bystanders being used as crash test dummies for giggles (not to mention the homeless guy who gets all his possessions destroyed in a real “badass” moment *haha*). It gives an otherwise passable actioner an ugly, snide tone difficult to shake off, despite performances that are as good as the material requires, and some reasonably well-executed car stunts.
Rated 13 Aug 2023
tevtev
Rated 16 Jul 2023
40
33rd
don't remember it
Rated 16 Jul 2023
addehaddeh
Rated 28 Mar 2020
30
4th
Somehow worse than any of the Fast & Furious movies, even the Poots can't make this fun.
Rated 28 Mar 2020
dakota99Dakota99
Rated 31 Jan 2019
9
95th
I will defend this movie to death, I think it's amazing for what it is. It will never win any awards and most swept it under the rug, but I think it tells a decent story, as I can get behind Aaron Paul in this. The racing and action...it's just amazing. The absence of CGI is a positive, better than anything in Fast and Furious. You can make the argument it's a little long, but I don't notice it. It's a good revenge story with fast cars...and Michael Keaton...who doesn't love him?
Rated 31 Jan 2019
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 13 Nov 2018
57
31st
The good: the high-end cars, the stunts, Keaton and Poots. The bad: the rest of the cast. Overall good enough for a single viewing, especially if you're a car enthusiast.
Rated 13 Nov 2018
gabba2k7gabba2k7
Rated 07 Aug 2018
84
75th
imo great for that genre.
Rated 07 Aug 2018
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 24 Nov 2017
35
38th
#17#, rw2, popcorn, Imogen.P!, oldies(2) }*{ #14#, popcorn, hype, story, cast
Rated 24 Nov 2017
prophet92Prophet92
Rated 30 Dec 2016
54
14th
Every actor in this has something better to do, so God only knows why they all agreed to star in this aggressively stupid mess. You have better things to do as well, spare yourself the trouble and just play Need For Speed: Underground 2 for a couple hours instead.
Rated 30 Dec 2016
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 13 Jun 2016
58
10th
They should have called this film "Need for a better script".
Rated 13 Jun 2016
dunbardunbar
Rated 12 Jun 2016
50
13th
I mean this movie is stupid, of it course it is, but it also hates women, which is kinda weird. You don't need to hate women just to love cars. Or maybe becoming wetter proportionate to the number of times an engine revs is true to life. No, no this movie is just stupid.
Rated 12 Jun 2016
bbeatyBbeaty
Rated 04 Jan 2016
69
6th
The action was good. The plot is really stupid. If you like fast cars this movie can be enjoyable.
Rated 04 Jan 2016
stradivariusStradivarius
Rated 06 Dec 2015
2
1st
Haha wow
Rated 06 Dec 2015
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 06 Sep 2015
95
63rd
Need For Speed, based on the racing game of the same name, roars from zero to sixty in... about thirty minutes. The first half hour of this movie is a slow, endless slog of poor, but once the story gets out of the way and the cars begin racing cross-country it's an absolute blast.
Rated 06 Sep 2015
ribcageribcage
Rated 14 Apr 2015
58
34th
the car parts are pretty cool, even if they occasionally seem more "car commercial" than "car movie". all the people parts suck and giving this a runtime over two hours was a bold, dickheaded move.
Rated 14 Apr 2015
corbadCorbad
Rated 03 Apr 2015
80
79th
Hits all the right notes in the song it set out to sing. It's exhilarating, over-the-top, noisy, and even a little emotional. Yes, it's gamey and formulaic, but it's based off a computer game: for what it is, it's a fun, clean, smoothly presented film. The "first-person" interior angles were stupendous.
Rated 03 Apr 2015
punqPUNQ
Rated 13 Feb 2015
70
96th
I'm not a speed freak, but I actually ended up getting into this car demolition! Spectacular scenes that brings one right inside the crashes! One of the motor-vehicle related movies I've enjoyed the most (not that I've seen that many). But like most two hour drives, you do get a bit carsick.
Rated 13 Feb 2015
synthonosynthono
Rated 04 Jan 2015
75
29th
How to make a better movie out of Need for Speed: Cut every scene without driving. Then you make it easier to ignore the nonsensical plot, you cut all of the worst scenes in the film, it's no longer over two hours - a running time it really doesn't earn - and you get to keep a lot of really well done racing sequences.Waugh knows how to make a stunt sequence shine - being a former stuntman, he's like a modern Hal Needham - but he can't do non-action - like, well, a modern Hal Needham.
Rated 04 Jan 2015
realmacgyverRealMacgyver
Rated 04 Jan 2015
80
79th
Very enjoyable popcorn car flick that harkens back to the likes of Smokey and the Bandit more than Fast and Furious. Could have used some more of Keaton during the mid section. Enjoyable main characters, but don't expect an intricate plot
Rated 04 Jan 2015
hotsakehotsake
Rated 25 Dec 2014
80
93rd
I don't care what anyone else thinks but this movie is up there with the best of the Fast and Furious films, maybe even better since they used real cars and do real stunts.
Rated 25 Dec 2014
honestthiefHonest_Thief
Rated 08 Dec 2014
3
31st
The incredible stunts, and the sheer physicality of the cars, more than make up for the silly script, and the uninteresting characters.
Rated 08 Dec 2014
damildamil
Rated 04 Nov 2014
50
25th
This was bad, but not as bad as it could have been. The sheer amount of clichés in the script was quite astounding, actually. It made for a very dull and predictable story. The main reason for this film is cool car chases, of course, and yeah, they're pretty well done. But nothing as good as in The Fast and the Furious or its sequels, so it's hardly worth it. Between A Long Way Down and this, I'm starting to think Jesse Pinkman was all Paul could really play. Poots is pretty adorable, though.
Rated 04 Nov 2014
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 12 Oct 2014
64
56th
It went under the radar for its total lack of compromise with the actual car porn fetish depicted in the Fast and Furious franchise. And, yes, NFS would have made more sense if released in the early 00s. Well, Waugh does what matters here -- dozens of cameras to shoot chasing and racing scenes, but there is also an overall sense of danger/despair (through those videogame-like POV shots) that few films present). Also, morality (guy who wanted revenge ends up saving the villain) seemed nice.
Rated 12 Oct 2014
rokkobokkorokkobokko
Rated 09 Oct 2014
10
3rd
Garbage. I can accept a film of this title having a terrible plot and characters if we get enough cool cars racing around. Unfortunately, we didn't.
Rated 09 Oct 2014
kutzKutz
Rated 30 Sep 2014
30
4th
A weak script, but this is not what we seek in this kind of movie.
Rated 30 Sep 2014
mrblacktronMrBlackTron
Rated 01 Sep 2014
83
78th
One word to say very good, but this movie or a good shot could be called. From the game adaptation of the film in general remain weak because of the characters in the film remain weak, according to the game however, this is in the film, new story and new characters created just environments, cars, and use is taken from the game. Post the story and characters have been successful, the car scenes are long, and the most I can say over and over again, especially in one scene I watched.
Rated 01 Sep 2014
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 31 Aug 2014
40
19th
Can this movie be fun? Yeah, sure. But even still the characters and acting come across as bland, while the script is so full of plotholes and the dialogue so poor, these fun moments become much less fun. This movies seems very Michael Bay-ish at times, but even still, despite it all... I had a sort of good time.
Rated 31 Aug 2014
daphnlDaph_NL
Rated 24 Aug 2014
37
12th
I actually thought the runtime and the amount of action was a nice change of pace. Usually you would see a lot of action pushed into a 80 or 90 minute movie. Not with Need For Speed and I liked that. The rest however, it just doesn't feel credible. And even though there was enough time to really dive into the characters, it just didn't happen. Not to mention how uninteresting the actual cars were.... 37/100.
Rated 24 Aug 2014
hajikarimihajikarimi
Rated 19 Aug 2014
89
46th
1268: it was good for its genre!
Rated 19 Aug 2014
naurunauru
Rated 15 Aug 2014
31
22nd
Pretty good driving footage, pretty terrible writing. Looking forward to more action movies from Aaron Paul.
Rated 15 Aug 2014
orcunyondemorcunyondem
Rated 14 Aug 2014
60
41st
I had a great expectation about this movie but it was disappointing. Classic "street race" twists, cliche dialogues and scenes (execpt helicopters don't blow up) makes this movie hard to watch but as a Breaking Bad fan, I enjoyed to watch Aaron Paul again. Also English lady was so cute.
Rated 14 Aug 2014
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 13 Aug 2014
55
6th
The race scenes were pretty cool. But the rest was kind of crappy :D crappy humor (the movie tries too hard to have some funny moments). Imogen Poots is in it though
Rated 13 Aug 2014
aceysaid10AceySaid10%
Rated 10 Aug 2014
49
1st
Smellier than burnt rubber at a poo farm.
Rated 10 Aug 2014
chrispalmChrisPalm
Rated 10 Aug 2014
79
77th
I actually liked this, perfect hangover movie. Just go in there with no expectations
Rated 10 Aug 2014
giuseppeGiuseppe
Rated 09 Aug 2014
56
12th
Need for Speed is car wreck of a film and Aaron Paul may well forever be Jesse Pinkman.
Rated 09 Aug 2014
dresd_r_e_s_
Rated 02 Aug 2014
2
31st
For a movie clearly about fast cars, the action sequences is underwhelming. Still, I believe that this will satisfy NFS fans and car fans in general. Paul was decent, but I wonder if I will ever be able to see him as anyone else than Jesse Pinkman. I hope he shakes it off, because he is definitely an amazing actor. - Okay
Rated 02 Aug 2014
nofearnofear
Rated 30 Jul 2014
72
53rd
Think of the Fast & Furious films as the later Need for Speed games. This is more the earlier ones. A lot slower paced and editing so you can see whats happening instead of it giving you motion sickness.
Rated 30 Jul 2014
pumpernikielPumpernikiel
Rated 24 Jul 2014
44
7th
(No) Need for Cliche.
Rated 24 Jul 2014
gordonbombayGordonBombay
Rated 23 Jul 2014
20
6th
Need for Speed follows the long proud tradition of games being turned into crappy movies. It pays homage to powerhouse movies like Battleship, Hitman and BloodRayne. I for one could NOT have lived without this. I can now rest assured that Paul Walkers legacy will be carried on in equally bad car movies. Thank you Scott Waugh for making this. As to Aaron Paul, I guess he needed a new house.
Rated 23 Jul 2014
daisy_fairydaisy-fairy
Rated 23 Jul 2014
10
5th
Sorry, I didn't even have enough patience to watch it till the end.
Rated 23 Jul 2014
parexus2Parexus2
Rated 20 Jul 2014
65
10th
This script is laughably bad, it's like they remade a kids cartoon episode about racing and made it into a serious movie. The runtime certainly doesn't help.
Rated 20 Jul 2014
walkaboutwalkabout
Rated 19 Jul 2014
5
0th
This is one of the most idiotic films I have ever seen. I hope they're not complaining about how it tanked at the boxoffice, because it's a miracle it did what it did, if you ask me. God, what a waste! And yeah, we all love Aaron Paul, but trying to create a Steve McQueen or James Dean out of him is even more idiotic.
Rated 19 Jul 2014
barraocBarraoc
Rated 19 Jul 2014
50
19th
Not in the same league as Fast and Furious flicks - even the less memorable ones are more memorable than this.
Rated 19 Jul 2014
medikolaynmedikolayn
Rated 15 Jul 2014
60
32nd
I'll play NFS all day long.
Rated 15 Jul 2014
eminsreminsr
Rated 14 Jul 2014
63
24th
Aaron Paul ve Mustang hayranıysan film için ancak bu puana kadar çıkabilirsin. Filmin kötü aktör seçimleri (Aaron Paul hariç yo!) ve zorlama senaryosuyla tahmin edilebilir bir çizgisi var. Yani çerezlik olmuş.
Rated 14 Jul 2014
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 14 Jul 2014
38
11th
I was actually willing to put up with a lot of stupidity, horrible dialogue, and just all around terrible plot...until the end when police tactics started to resemble murdering psychopaths. That along with Michael Keaton's commentary completed the full jump over the shark, and I just couldn't....couldn't do it anymore.
Rated 14 Jul 2014
bionicninjasBionicNinjas
Rated 10 May 2014
75
54th
This movie is so dumb, and so good.
Rated 10 May 2014
ferzathFerzath
Rated 14 Apr 2014
77
57th
The story might be cliched, but I did enjoy watching this movie. Aaron Paul puts down a decent performance. As run off the mill that the story might be, the adrenaline-packed races are exciting to watch.
Rated 14 Apr 2014
shauny18shauny18
Rated 12 Apr 2014
63
61st
Mixed feeling on this one. The racing scenes are really effective and keeps you on the edge of your seat with the tale of revenge keeping the story together. I didnt really care about the relationship between the 2 lead characters but Dominic Cooper was excellent as the evil antaganist. The film is to long but it has enjoyable moments.
Rated 12 Apr 2014
bentienbentien
Rated 27 Mar 2014
54
37th
Frankly, this is not a good movie, but the leads are quite charming, and it's a relief to see a non-CGI car movie these days. Also, it combines a lot of the elements from the game franchise really well.
Rated 27 Mar 2014
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 26 Mar 2014
50
38th
Starts bad, but once they start the cross-country drive it's watchable and occasionally quite enjoyable, particularly the chemistry between Paul and Poots. It actually rung true to the spirit of the video games in the segments where it was trying to, though it's far too heavy on wanton destruction, particularly considering its "message". Keaton phones it in in lengthy segments that must have been shot in a day. His character makes no sense, and the other supporting characters are bland at best.
Rated 26 Mar 2014
dunder74Dunder74
Rated 21 Mar 2014
3
14th
My name...it's Aaron Paul...and...and I am so FREAKING angry. You'll love this if you're ten and going through a car phase for the first time. Other than Imogen Poots and that, you'll need speed to enjoy this.
Rated 21 Mar 2014
pluggedinPluggedIN
Rated 17 Mar 2014
40
35th
If you've owned a video game console recently, there's a good chance you've played one of the 20-plus Need for Speed titles that Electronic Arts has published since the franchise's inception back in 1994. Since then, EA has sold a combined 150 million units, making the series the most popular racing franchise of all time. No doubt DreamWorks and Disney are counting on that built-in marketing advantage when it comes to this big-screen adaptation. (pluggedin.com)
Rated 17 Mar 2014
jordanligejordanlige
Rated 16 Mar 2014
100
51st
very awesome
Rated 16 Mar 2014
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 13 Mar 2014
62
58th
Incredibly stupid but it's actually a real car movie with actual cars in actual car chases. An honest mess compared to the Fast & Furious franchise.
Rated 13 Mar 2014

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