Well I saw this little gem last week and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it. It was kind of a throwback to a fun 80s style movie that made fun of itself. It was actually one of the better video game franchise movies that I have seen in a long time. It wasn't as good as the Resident Evil movies but it was far better then the usual video game movie drek out there.
The movie is pretty much about Jesse from Breaking Bad (Aaron Paul) and a British gal with a weird name (Imogen Poots) going cross country being chased by cops and other fun shenanigans. Poots was super good looking throughout the movie and I hope she becomes something in the US. I mean Imogen Poots can go head to head with Benedict Cumberbatch as the strangest named British imports.
The movie boils down to a small town guy that wants to become big time is visited by an evil guy that ends up killing off his friend and sending him to jail. Then Jesse needs to get revenge and proves his innocence by racing in some big race organized by Monarch played by Michael Keaton. Keaton chews scenery and acts like a madman so well I kind of wanted to see more of him. He mostly does his part as a podcaster that runs the race and doesn't come face to face with any of the characters.
I kind of wanted Jesse to be more animated and fun but he mostly has a blank look in much of the movie and barely speaks. I guess his character is the strong silent type but Aaron Paul is a great actor and I would have loved to see him do more actual emoting. They did give him a little red meat to chew when his friend was killed by the evil bad guy but I would have liked to see more.
However, he did have decent chemistry with Poots and they made a very good road trip couple. However there was a scene where Paul was weaving backwards through traffic that would have been interesting if Poots was checking her phone and not at all freaked out by Paul's driving. It would have showed that ice water was in the veins of the female lead and been pretty funny as well. Instead she freaked out in typical Hollywood fashion. Although there was a nice scene where she was super excited by a Dukes of Hazard style jump over an expressway.
Also one of the main characters of a movie like this was the cars. Lots of $250K Koenigseggs and Lamborghini Huracáns flying around at top speeds. You also get to see them crash and get totaled as well. That should make any car nut cringe in horror. Also much of the film the main characters drive in a stock-looking Mustang that was supposed to be specially made and cost $2 million. I am not a car guy but it just looked kind of generic to me. I wanted them to tool around in a Corvette or a muscle car from the 60s. Instead it was a generic looking Mustang that looked like it needed an alignment adjustment that was the star of the show. It was like watching a Call of Duty: Ghosts movie and seeing the main character using an M1 Garand to fight the bad guys.
In any case if you want to see a fun movie that moves at top speed and don't need all that much acting chops then this is one to Redbox when it comes out. There really isn't much reason to watch it at the theater but it is a fun movie to watch with your buddies with a case of beer.
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