![]() Tobey miraculously talks the Super Duper Mustang's owner into loaning him the car for the race. READ THIS: The 25 best movie scenes set in cars When Tobey gets sprung, he wants to clear his name and also (NEW PLOT POINT!) drive in the De Leon, an invite-only underground street race organized by the nebulous and entirely superfluous "Monarch" (Michael Keaton), a racing impresario/DJ whose radio show is a writer's device designed to guide the hapless audience through the remainder of the progressively idiotic storyline. Tobey goes to prison, framed for the accident by Dino, who returns to his life of leisure and gratuitous douchebaggery. What ensues is by far the best set piece of the film-a spectacular wreck that claims Little Pete's life and sets up the rest of the film's byzantine plot. Conveniently, there are three Ageras available, so Tobey's friend, sidekick, and ex-girlfriend's kid brother, "Little Pete" (Harrison Gilbertson), talks his way into the race as well. So, when the ego-bruised (for no good reason) Dino challenges Tobey to a race in his uncle's unregistered Koenigsegg Ageras for his cut of the Mustang sale, he agrees. Well, that's what would have happened if the characters in the film weren't genetically predisposed to make the worst possible decisions at every given opportunity. READ THIS: Matthew McConaughey's 1980 Camaro Z28 is badassÄay saved! Tobey and his crew get a generous cut of the sale and live happily ever after. (He somehow manages this on a road course.) She's inspecting the car for a more-money-than-sense client who buys it for almost $3 million after Tobey, against Dino's wishes, gets behind the wheel and proves that it can go over 230 mph. ![]() ![]() There we meet Julia Maddon (Imogen Poots), whose job is to demonstrate that pretty girls can recite the contents of the Ford Racing Performance Parts catalog with a British accent. They complete the car, which is unveiled at a private event in NYC. He has a big-money job for Tobey and his crew: complete an unfinished project Mustang that was started by Ford and Carroll Shelby but stalled after the chicken farmer's death and somehow "vanished." (Because in this alternate universe, Shelby American, a company that unabashedly charges $15K for a bolt-ons-and-dress-up package for the Ford Focus ST, lets the mythical Priceless Last Carroll Shelby Project Ever just disappear.) Opportunity knocks in the form of Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper), Tobey's former rival who not only became a pro racer, but also stole Tobey's ex-girlfriend. Kisco, NY garage unless he can pay the bank in short order. Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul) is a down-on-his-luck mechanic and street racer who stands to lose his Mt. RELATED: The Need For Speed trailer is out. Sure, there are cool rides and genuinely eye-popping stunts, but it's all wasted in the service of a predictable yet absurdly complicated story that takes itself far too seriously. And after seeing the movie last week, it was clear: Act of Valor director Scott Waugh's stunt-driven car-guy adventure film lives down to all the expectations. The very first trailer for Need For Speed set off every alarm bell.
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