Need for Speed (film)
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Directed by | Scott Waugh |
Screenplay by | George Gatins |
Story by |
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Based on | Need for Speed by Electronic Arts |
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Starring |
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Cinematography | Shane Hurlbut |
Edited by |
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Music by | Nathan Furst |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a] (Worldwide) Mister Smith Entertainment[3] (EMEA) Reliance Distribution[4] (India) |
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Running time | 130 minutes[5] |
Countries | United States India[6] |
Language | English |
Budget | $66 million[7] |
Box office | $203.3 million[7] |
Need for Speed is a 2014
Need for Speed was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Touchstone Pictures label on March 14, 2014. After its release, the film received mixed-to-negative reviews, criticizing its story, direction, and the performances of the supporting cast, though some praised Paul's performance. Despite grossing $203.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $66 million, the movie was deemed a box-office disappointment in the United States.
Plot
Tobey Marshall is a former race car driver who owns his late father's garage, Marshall Performance Motors, in Mount Kisco, New York, where he and his friends tune performance cars. Struggling to make ends meet, he and his crew participate in street races after hours. After a race, Tobey's former rival Dino Brewster conscripts them into completing the build of a rare Ford Shelby Mustang worked on by the late Carroll Shelby, in exchange for 25% of the car's sales revenue. The completed Mustang is displayed for auction at a party in New York City. Tobey and Dino meet Julia Maddon, an English car broker whose client, Bill Ingram, wants to purchase the car if they can prove it will drive over 230 mph, as Tobey claims. Despite Dino's objections, Tobey takes the Mustang to a local race track and successfully drives it at 234 mph, convincing Ingram to purchase it for $2.7 million.
Enraged by Tobey's disobedience to his objections, Dino challenges Tobey and his friend Pete to a race after Pete flatly tells Dino that everyone knows Tobey is a better driver than him. Dino offers to relinquish his entire share of the Mustang sale if Tobey wins, otherwise Tobey will have to forfeit his share. He challenges them to race with his uncle's three Koenigsegg Agera R cars illegally imported from Europe. On the home stretch, realizing he is about to lose the race, Dino intentionally bumps into Pete's car, sending it down a ravine and killing Pete as it bursts into flames. Dino disappears from the scene, while Tobey is arrested by the police and sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, unable to prove Dino was there.
Upon his release on parole, Tobey sets out to avenge Pete's death. He borrows Ingram's Mustang to enter the De Leon, a winner-takes-all exotic car race organized by the mysterious Monarch, but as a condition, Ingram requires Julia to accompany Tobey while Tobey is driving the Mustang. The pair have 45 hours to reach San Francisco before the race starts. In Detroit, they cause an interstate chase with the Michigan State Police and upload the footage. Dino offers his rare Lamborghini Sesto Elemento to anyone who can stop Tobey entering the race, causing a group of truckers to go after the Mustang as well. Julia retaliates by convincing Monarch of Tobey's innocence, securing his invitation to the De Leon.
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The next morning, Tobey surprises Dino by not only showing up in the red Koenigsegg he drove when Pete was killed, but also giving him Anita's engagement ring, informing Dino that she is through with him. In the ensuing race along the Pacific Coast Highway, the racers and pursuing California Highway Patrol officers crash one-by-one, leaving Tobey and Dino racing side-by-side. Dino attempts to ram Tobey the same way he killed Pete, but Tobey dodges, causing Dino to crash and flip over. Tobey pulls Dino from the wreckage before reaching the finish line, but not without punching Dino to avenge Pete; both are subsequently apprehended by the police, with Dino eventually convicted of the murder of Pete.
178 days later, Tobey is released, and Julia meets him at the prison gates in a 2015 Ford Mustang. The couple drives to a prison in Utah, where Benny is getting released early for good behavior.
Cast
- federal crimehe didn't commit.
- Dominic Cooper as Dino Brewster, a former Indy racer and Tobey's fierce rival.
- Imogen Poots as Julia Maddon, a savvy exotic car broker, who becomes Tobey's love interest.
- Cessna 182.
- Ramon Rodriguez as Joe "Beasty" Peck, a member of Tobey's crew. He is the crew's professional mechanic, and drives a modified 2011 Ford F-450 called "The Beast".
- Rami Malek as Finn, a member of Tobey's crew. He serves as the crew's computer expert, monitoring cameras to record races.
- Michael Keaton as "Monarch", a reclusive and eccentric host of an "underground" supercar race competition, De Leon. He operates from a lighthouse on a small farm where he lives.
- Dakota Johnson as Anita Coleman, Pete's older sister, Tobey's former girlfriend and Dino's fiancée.
- Harrison Gilbertson as Pete Coleman, Anita's younger brother and Tobey's protégé and friend.
Production
Development
In July 2012,
Filming
Principal photography began in Macon, Georgia, in mid-April 2013.[16] Other filming locations include Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, on May 12, 2013,[17] the 13th Street Bridge in Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama, and Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan, beginning on June 1, 2013.[18][19] Other production locations include sections of California's Highway 1 north of Point Arena, the Point Arena Lighthouse, and Highway 253 between Boonville and Ukiah; and also Highway 128, between the town of Navarro and the Navarro Bridge linking Highway 128 North to Highway 1 South to Point Arena.[citation needed]
For the film's chase sequences, the filmmakers decided against the use of computer-generated imagery, instead employing practical effects, which required the cast to receive intensive driving lessons.[12][20] All of the exotic cars seen in the film (with the exception of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Roadster) were kit car replicas.
Soundtrack
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Released | March 14, 2014 | |||
Genre | Film score | |||
Length | 1:10:34 | |||
Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
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The film's soundtrack, composed by Nathan Furst, was released by Varèse Sarabande on March 14, 2014. Interscope Records released a separate EP on April 8, 2014, which featured four songs; "Fortunate Son" and "Back in the Saddle" by Aloe Blacc, "All Along the Watchtower" by Jamie N Commons, and "Hero" by Kid Cudi featuring Skylar Grey. Linkin Park's song "Roads Untraveled" from their 2012 album Living Things was also featured in the film. [21]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Marshall Motors" | 2:30 |
2. | "Lighthouse" | 1:26 |
3. | "Mt. Kisco" | 4:48 |
4. | "Mustang Offer" | 1:45 |
5. | "Identical Ageras" | 2:03 |
6. | "Koenigsegg Race" | 2:06 |
7. | "Pete's Death" | 4:01 |
8. | "Right Seater" | 2:10 |
9. | "You Always Go Back" | 3:43 |
10. | "Motor City Mayhem" | 2:10 |
11. | "Grasshopper" | 1:43 |
12. | "Hot Fuel" | 5:15 |
13. | "Crazy Little Tart" | 5:18 |
14. | "Switching Seats" | 1:55 |
15. | "Utah Escape" | 3:56 |
16. | "California Crossing" | 3:41 |
17. | "Broken" | 6:27 |
18. | "De Leon Begins" | 7:03 |
19. | "Lethal Force" | 4:26 |
20. | "In the Lead" | 4:33 |
Total length: | 01:10:34 |
Marketing and release
On September 25, 2013, a
The video game Need for Speed Rivals released downloadable content (DLC) on March 11, 2014 which added cars that appeared in the movie to the game.[26]
Home media
Need for Speed was released by
Reception
Box office
Need for Speed grossed $43.6 million in North America and $159.7 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $203.3 million.[7]
In North America, it topped the box office with $6.7 million on its opening Friday, March 14, 2014.[28] However, the film finished in third place over the three-day weekend with $17.8 million.[29][30] Outside North America, the film debuted in first place with $45.6 million on the same weekend as its North America release.[31] It remained in first place for a second weekend.[32] Overall, the film's largest territory is China, where both the film's opening weekend ($21.1 million)[33] and its total earnings ($66.2 million)[34] are higher than in North America. Following these two territories in total earnings is Russia and the CIS with $13.8 million.[35]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 23% based on 186 reviews and an average rating of 4.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With stock characters and a preposterous plot, this noisily diverting video game adaptation fulfills a Need for Speed and little else."[36] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 39 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[37] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[38]
Danny Korecki of automotive outlet The Drive discussed the thought that the Need for Speed film may have been better had it been a TV series.[42]
Future
In 2015,
See also
Notes
- ^ Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Touchstone Pictures banner.[1][2]
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External links
- Need for Speed at IMDb
- Need for Speed at Rotten Tomatoes