
Need for Speed (2014)
For honor. For love. For redemption.
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Need for Speed rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 39/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Need for Speed
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
Cast of Need for Speed

Aaron Paul
as Tobey Marshall

Dominic Cooper
as Dino Brewster

Imogen Poots
as Julia Maddon

Kid Cudi
as Benny Jackson

Rami Malek
as Finn

Ramón Rodríguez
as Joe Peck

Harrison Gilbertson
as Little Pete Coleman

Dakota Johnson
as Anita Coleman

Stevie Ray Dallimore
as Bill Ingram

Michael Keaton
as Monarch
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Alan Pflueger
as Flyin' Hawaiian

Brian Keaulana
as Right Seater
Need for Speed facts
- Budget
- $66M
- Box office
- $203.3M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •High-octane racing sequences deliver pure adrenaline and kinetic thrills
- •Competitive spirit captures the gaming world with style and energy
- •Solid action direction that emphasizes vehicular stunts over plot substance
What the audience disliked
- •Thin narrative adapted from video game lacks meaningful character progression
- •Dialogue and drama fall flat between racing scenes disrupting pacing
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