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I'm trying to swallow this movie, but so far I just couldn't.

I will be brief because this thing don't deserve more than a few lines from me, first the acting is poor from the beginning to the end, the characters are flat and history doesn't make any sense on the real world, I know that this is a movie based on a game and I may not expect too much, but this movie is a catastrophe.

There are several dramatic scenes that should make you feel something about the characters but you don't feel nothing at all, specially because everyone of the dramatic sequences are fallowed by an unrealistic and illogical event, you have to watch it to understand...

The races are boring, the action on the movie is kind of lazy, you feel like there are lots of ultra expensive cars running at 40 miles per hour and a Parkinson guy holding the camera.

So if you want to get a big disappointment watch Need for Speed.

If you don't believe me and want to watch this pearl make something as you watch, do the math and calculate the profit, you will know what I mean when you finish the movie.

What an atrociously feeble film. I love fast cars, trick engineering and am a big fan of Dominic Cooper. I also don't mind blatant product placement but this is so, so poor. Technically incorrect throughout (rev sounds never matched engine speed etc) and pathetic storyline & script. Maybe a Koenigsegg can outrun a Dodge Charger cop car but it can't outrun a helicopter or radio. Well it can in this drivel. At the risk of sounding like a middle-age conservative, the manifest disregard of other road users' lives is distasteful. These guys would have been locked up for 12 consecutive life sentences if not shot on site. And then where did Imogen Poots get that idiotic put-on accent from? I can find only two redeeming features – the Mustangs are pretty (even if they mistake wide-bodies and Shelbys), nice to see the 2015 model make an appearance and I watched it with a fast forward button (which got used a lot). My recommendation: even if you have two hours to waste, don't do it on this. How this ever got 6.7/10 fills me with dread for the intelligence of mankind.

first of all i must say about the plot.there is nothing special.the plot is really predictable.plot is really thin and characters have nothing to do except resting their ass in cars.none of the actors will make an impression (including most acclaimed Aaron Paul) .and this film is the worst 3D film i saw.its converted to 3d just to make some more money.some races are splendid but weak plot spoiled everything.cars used are costly but you can miss some manufactures like Ferrari.music is OK.film is nicely adapted from game.you can see exactly a game but not the film.film run time is dragged.and writing is not so impressive.the only thing which impressed me is stunts performed without graphics used.crashing scenes are well executed. FINAL VERDICT:this is not even a film to watch for time pass.so please wait for DVD

It doesn't make sense wherever you look at it from, the acting is awful - especial mention to the lead actor who is just unbelievable a.k.a. I don't believe anything you do at all, not the other way... -, the script is just dumb and it's boring as hell... I found myself wanting to skip all the racing sequences and almost everything so I could see the end and let it go forever... As a matter of fact, not much after it started there were a few CG scenes a la "hey, you must notice it's based on a video game" that I don't know how to categorize as they are just complete non-sense and made me think it had been done by the same guy who made the "Doom" movie... which is not a good thing to start with at all.

I guess it has a 7.2 avg on IMDb cause there are a lot of peeps that get turned on by cars and stuff... Well, IMDb has never been my reference when it comes to "let's see how cool this movie is" cause the ratings from users are usually insane, anyway - having the 3 "Lord of the Rings" movies among the top 20 of all times is just a little too much for me.

P.D: dunno if anyone had this feeling, but the fact of them laughing and having fun when driving in wrong direction making other cars come out the road, fly and get destroyed was pretty disturbing... I mean, I have played many of these games - damn, I have actually really enjoyed playing Carmaggedon back then -, but seeing that in a movie as something entertaining and funny when the movie is just about racing - even if it's street racing or whatever - is a bit different. Lol.

I must say that this was one of the worst movies I've see in this particular "type" of movie. Was this supposed to be like the NFS game? Because it have nothing to do with the game at all. Were are the street races, secret garages, and all those "special" parts that you can get when you win? Also, this movie have no special cars! It's all stock cars, and a lot of BS. The argument is simply so bad, that I still don't understand how a modified Mustang can be fast matched by one normal truck. And the Detroit scene? I just can't believe how Director actually think that could be a awesome movie sequence. Not to mention the final pursuit..... I can believe that some an think that looks good. A Lamborghini faster than a Bugatti Veyron or even a Koenigsegg, it's just...... Do you people in America believe in that?

So, my honest opinion about this? It's not worthy! I want my money back!

I love car movies, Im a car freak and love cars in general. I loved Ronin with some crazy race scenes, I even enjoyed the first F&F movie when it first came out but this thing is horrible. they didn't even try to make it realistic. I know usual would be boring but this is beyond boring, following someone delivering pizza would have been more fun. drivers are almost never buckled, and even if they are they are using stock seat belts from the kit cars they used I assume. most of those cars have at least 5 point harnesses. and so called race car drivers are holding the steering wheels like they are sitting at red light going to morning commute. engines sound very much fake, could have done much better with this. if they wanted to make a movie around super cars and racing they should have listened to some pros and got some facts before they made this, its garbage.

I don't know how even start how bad this movie is. Dreamworks really approve this? How dare EA just spit on a long time Need for Speed franchise like this.Seriously! From my understanding there is only one answer for that, a very rich video game fan kid asked his daddy for a sweet sixteen present, make a movie. The screenplay is painful and unwatchable, the story make no sense, there is more plot holes than a swiss cheese, the acting ..Wow... aside of the millions of dollars paid to Michael Keaton to explain the obvious throughout the movie, and the hard attempt of the kid from Breaking Bad break into the film industry, the rest are probably all classmates, relatives and random people trying to act. What drives me nuts, is How quite a large and good production (66M), spend not only time but money in a script like that. Predictable, Flat, No sense, Amateur dialog and so on. Bless God I didn't watch this on the theaters otherwise for the first time in my life I would ask for a refund at the box office.

That was the most boring film in my life that I had watched. In all the time I was wondering when it will happen something interesting.

When I saw my watch I saw that it had only 10 minutes more before the end and that was the EXCITING part of the movie.

Nevertheless there were some "EXCITING MOMENTS" but they isn't that interesting. The movie is made for years old child because it can amazed one child but not big person. Yes the movie is made with real cars, OK yes CONGRATS but it is not interesting

I was so disappointed from that movie ...

I expected more!

The overall performance of the actors is really poor. The whole story isn't credible : The entire characters are very young yet very skillful and has probably around 10 years of experience. A British girl plays a totally useless role and her British accent is just so annoying. It's a very bad movie. This has nothing to do with the video game, it's just a bunch of kids with fast cars. Aaron doesn't fit in to this role, he is not driver, he is not a hero, he is Jesse, a junkie. He needs to play a role way more darker than that, that's where he is good. All the other actors are just really bad, they have the looks like if we were in some teenage movie. Total waste of time and money paying to watch this movie.

Who the hell rated this movie so highly? I was interested in seeing Jessie from Breaking Bad in a different role but its just not worth it. I think this may indicate he is a one hit wonder. Even Tokyo Drift which is the worst of the FF franchise is better than this movie. Michael Keaton's character is so annoying that each time he came on I reached for the off button. Otherwise, I don't even know where to start. this looks like a slick movie to begin with but nose dives after about 15 minutes. The plot is so unbelievable from the perspective of risk vs reward it just doesn't seem plausible to the point of being ridiculous. When I watch these type of movies I don't expect much I just crank up the volume to feel the engine notes but this is really disappointing in all respects, trust me this is probably only watchable for 12 year old intellects. Don't waste your time.

Wow so I just returned from seeing need for speed based off the popular plot less video game series. Well those of you hoping for a two hr and ten minute adaptation that sticks close to the source material are in luck because this film is dreadful. Undeveloped barely one dimensional characters, an endless amount of clichés, uninspired direction, some truly terrible editing, sloppily executed cinematography and non existent 3-D. It's just too bad that Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul the main reason I saw the film shows up in a star vehicle doomed to fail and with a one note unintentionally funny, overly dramatic and forced brooding "I swear I'm a bad ass with a heart of gold " performance. Along for the ride are lots of annoying supporting characters a metro sexual non threatening villain and lots of pretty cars that get bashed up in the most ridiculous ways. those searching for a shred of believably should turn their sights on the fast and furious franchise because this franchise nonstarter is D.O.A. The worst movie I've paid to see in a decade or at least the last five years. .5/5

I like a good car movie just as well as the next person, but, this movie is a joke. The worst acting(if that"s what you call it). Does anyone remember "Vanishing Point","Smokey & "The Bandit"(good movies). This movie does not compare to them but they sure used a lot of the same ideas(only so much time to get to a certain place or your screwed, and the radio "DJ" being the middle man). Michael Keaton should have stayed in Gotham City! They could have grabbed any "crackhead" off the street and got the same acting ability(as Keaton) he acts like an imbecile, and the others aren't any better. The best part of the movie, in my opinion, came at the beginning with the "GTO" "CAMARO" & the "TORINO",(not impressed with millionaire toys) after that it was all down hill. I have been waiting for this movie to come out on disc so i could buy it(without seeing any previews) paid $25 for Blu-Ray copy, really got ripped! I did not like the audio(as with most movies today) you can't hear what they are saying because of the loud cheesy back ground music(i do not hear music when i'm speaking with someone) then when something happens the volume is so loud your ears bleed, and that is supposed to make the movie exciting? All it does is make "E-N-T specialist more money and make a movie annoying! If they would have cut out all the meaningless scenes(taking 30 seconds to make a split second decision) the movie would have lasted in my opinion about 90 minutes or less. The best thing to do in my opinion is buy the video game "NEED FOR SPEED" and make up your own story line. Who knows they may make a movie out of it.

'Need For Speed'... more like 'Need For Better Acting, Directing and Writing'. Actually, describing this film as needing 'better' acting etc is an understatement. Seriously! If you think this film is good; you are either ignorant, 10 years old, or clearly mentally capped to see through the utterly awful writing. This film is painfully predictable; to the point where its anything but entertaining. Staring at a wall would be more worthwhile.

The exacerbated speeding coupled with the terrible flaws of the story-line simply makes me think WTF were the actors/actresses thinking! Clearly they wanted to better their careers but come on! The worst thing is that their will probably be a sequel.

DO NOT GIVE IT YOUR TIME.

Negatives: 1. Mostly tire squealing and a little corner sliding. Boring and even more so with slow speeds made to look faster. 2. Lots of camera shots from adjacent camera car of racing car wheels. About as creative as corn flakes. 3. Lots of car exhaust rumbles but for some reason when the camera is mounted on the dash or hood looking inward the car doesn't vibrate a single iota. Lack of attention to detail was the norm and a good indicator of poor quality. 4. Very rote, stereotypic plot of poor car shop mechanic vs. nasty rich and successful ex-townsman racer. Toss in the predictable ex-female love interest and an enticing but totally unbelievable new female hook for the male under 25s and it's an all formula script. 5. Poor car shop mechanic has a posse mix of all demographics tossed in to hook in more viewers but leaves believability further behind. 6. Acting and dialogue were Saturday cartoon level age appropriate. Fake animosity between poor car mechanic and rich racer - laughable and obviously contrived. 7. Couple of car crashes no different than hundreds of other movies; even those car chases were secondary or even tertiary to the storyline. 8. Writing in scenes where people are racing throughs streets just for sport and in areas where, lets say, a child steps in front and death is an instant away is irresponsibly bankrupt writing just so people can make a few bucks off of a movie. Sad. 9, As someone who used to deadhead cars across the country for car rental agencies, accumulating over a hundred thousand miles, the driving skills such as hand positions and movements were juvenile.

Positive:

Well tat was one of the fastest movie that I watched (not the movie,but the way !!) I didn't watched it at movies theater! watched at home an god I was lucky to watch it at home!! or else how could I watch 2hours movie in 30 minutes !!! I had to skip almost every scene to be able to finish it !! Acting was terrible !! The plot is simple as ....(I don't know what to say !) Dialogs were cliché and funny instead of being cool !! Well this is an action movie not a good movie but !!! The action was not action either(even the game gave better action !!) Anyway it was a boring 30 minutes movie for me !! Its just waste of time no enjoyment at all ! Watch it if you like boring action (not action) movies !

No one expects realism from this type of movie. The best way to watch the movie is to turn off the sound and fast forward through any scene with extended dialogue or a woman. This cuts the movie time a manageable one hour with time to watch something else worthwhile. The cars are pretty - prettier than the women in the movie - and they are the only reason to watch this. The lead actor is a capable actor based on his past work but there is only so much you can do with a sow's ear. No one seems to consider that everyone in the race is going to jail for vehicular homicide and deserves to go to jail for the rest of their lives. Granted this is no worse a fate than the screenwriter and director deserve. How hard did they have to pinch their noses while making this film?

I rarely give a movie this low a rating, because every movie has it's pluses, but Need for Speed had me angry the whole two hour run time. I liked the first three and the fifth Fast and Furious movies, so I'm not a hater of the genre, but this film . . .

I have never seen so much irresponsible, stupid, idiotic and moronic decisions made by so many characters. The main character and supposed hero of the story, Tobey Marshall, is the most reckless, idiotic, brain-dead human being I have ever seen on celluloid. And the fact he is the hero of the story says something. The amount of innocent people this person put in danger with his stupid decisions made Dino (the bad guy) look like a saint in comparison, and the whole movie I hoped Tobey would either get arrested or crash his car so no one else could be put in danger by his stupidity. There is no logic to any of the decisions he makes. The whole gang of protagonists are basically criminals with zero to below zero intelligence, who make one bad, irresponsible, illogical and non-heroic maneuver after another.

I don't know if this is what the film makers were going for, to show what big egg-heads people who drive like this are, but they succeeded on every level of convincing me the world has gone mad, and that immoral behaviour that puts lives at risk for . . . for what? For some secret illegal race? To prove who's the better driver? To prove who's the bigger man? To win 2.7 million dollars when the cash is spread out enough to make ends meet for a long time? "What?" I kept asking myself. "What the hell are these meat-heads doing?" I've never seen Aaron Paul in anything else, so I don't know what type of actor he is, but he managed to pull of the "Brain-dead, talks in the longest drawl possible, stupid-faced, Pinky/Brain Hybrid, Doh" character I have ever seen. If that's what he was going for, he succeeded. If he didn't want me to like his character at all. He succeeded.

The one star is for the blonde brit, and that is about it.

Best on the best selling Need for Speed video game franchise, Need for Speed was going to be a bad idea for a movie the moment a script was produced to be filmed. It had no appeal whatsoever. As it turns out within less than 10 minutes of the start of the movie it was destined to be a disastrous wreck. Need for Speed was another bad movie that I could not even finish. And with a torturous running time of 132 minutes I made the right decision not to waste anymore time and stopped watching Need for Speed. Lame acting all round, unfortunately Aaron Paul (well known as Jesse Pinkman from TV's Breaking Bad) has found himself stuck in a complete dud of a movie. And what was Michael Keaton (Batman, Batman Returns) doing in this movie?! Everyone else doesn't rate a mention.

The story (or lack thereof) just consists of street racing and flash looking cars, something that would not look out of place out of The Fast and the Furious franchise. This is just a movie with very little to no appeal and no purpose except to entertain which fails miserably to do so.

If you want to check it out, you will feel dumber after watching it. If you're a huge fan of Breaking Bad and you want to see Aaron Paul in something else prepare to be very, very disappointed.

Keep on driving past and avoid this unappealing dud of a movie.

1/10.

This has to be one the WORST movie I have ever seen , acting is terrible , story is terrible everything is just bad.