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- Shaydeknight2 aprile 2026Need for Speed starts from a rather thin premise, but that's not really why you'd want to watch this film anyway. I mean, I doubt people play Need for Speed games for the phenomenal storytelling or convincing acting in the cutscenes. The film borrows loosely from Need for Speed: The Run, which wasn't really the strongest title in the series to build from. As a result, it tries to construct a dramatic arc where the setup feels forced. The central tragedy depends on the protagonist making a poor and completely avoidable decision. A little less greed and the entire chain of events collapses. That makes the rest of the plot feel manufactured, and the emotional drive never quite lands. Aaron Paul is reasonably solid. He has a phenomenal voice and it carries a lot of gravitas when he uses it to his advantage, so he winds up bringing some presence to a fairly thin role. The problem is structural. His character creates the situation that drives him into misery, which makes it harder to root for him. The revenge arc then feels obligatory rather than justifiable, and as a spectator, that left me somewhat detached. Imogen Poots is a lot of fun to watch in her role, but again, the speed of the romance (pardon the pun) is way too accelerated. It's as if the scripting people just started making sure all their action film bases were covered. Revenge plot? Check. Broken hearted hero finds new romance? Check. Etc. Then there's Michael Keaton's role. At one point, all these gearheads talk about how his character, Monarch, a race promoter, is anonymous and incredibly mysterious. And then later in the film he basically has a podcast where we can see him online. I don't like when films contradict their own logic. On the other hand, the cars look excellent and the racing sequences are competent. There is a clear effort to ground them in practical driving rather than overwhelming CGI, and that helps. The visual effects are serviceable, and the filmmakers do try to capture the feel of the games, particularly the emphasis on speed and spectacle. So, it's not a bad film. Some of the race sequences are genuinely stunning, and the film makes excellent use of real locations and long runs at speed. The supercars are beautiful to look at, and there's a simple pleasure in watching them pushed hard instead of cut to pieces in the edit. When the film focuses on that, it works. It just never quite builds a story strong enough to elevate it beyond a middle of the road racing movie.
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Need for Speed è stato rilasciato il 12 marzo 2014.
Need for Speed era diretto da Scott Waugh.
Need for Speed ha una durata di 2h 12min.
Need for Speed è stato prodotto da John Gatins, Mark Sourian, Patrick O’Brien.
Tobey ha un'officina in cui ripara macchine e non se la passa bene economicamente. Per salvarsi dalla bancarotta accetta di riparare una macchina per conto di Dino, pilota ricco e viziato. Finito il lavoro è chiaro che Tobey è in grado di spingere quella macchina molto più in là di quel che è in grado di fare Dino, il quale per dimostrare il contrario lo sfida ad una corsa a tre nella quale un incidente scatenato da Dino stesso causerà la morte di un amico di Tobey che, ingiustamente incolpato, sconterà tre anni di carcere. Una volta uscito di galera l'unico obiettivo di Tobey è attraversare il paese in tempo per gareggiare in una corsa clandestina tra le più pericolose e battere Dino.
I personaggi principali di Need for Speed sono Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul), Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper), Julia Maddon (Imogen Poots).
Need for Speed è votato T.
Need for Speed è un film Action, Crime, Dramma.
Need for Speed ha una valutazione di 5.6 su 10 dal pubblico.
Need for Speed aveva un budget di 66 Mln USD.
Need for Speed ha guadagnato 203,3 Mln USD al botteghino.