(PCM) Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever with over 140 million copies sold, DreamWorks Pictures’ Need for Speed captures the thrills of the game in a real-world setting.
An exciting return to the great car-culture films of the 1960s and ’70s, when authenticity brought a new level of intensity to the action, Need for Speed taps into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing.
The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time-one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption.
In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall-who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on the side-reluctantly partners with wealthy, arrogant ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster.Just as a major sale to car broker Julia Bonet looks like it will save the business, a disastrous, unsanctioned race results in Dino framing Tobey for manslaughter
Two years later and fresh out of prison, Tobey is set on revenge with plans to take down Dino in the high-stakes De Leon race — the Super Bowl of underground racing. To get there in time, Tobey must run a high-octane, action-packed gauntlet, dodging cops coast-to-coast and dealing with fallout from a dangerous bounty Dino put on his car.
With his loyal crew and the surprisingly resourceful Julia as allies, Tobey defies odds at every turn and proves that even in the flashy world of exotic supercars, the underdog can still finish first.
Need for Speed stars Aaron Paul (Breaking bad) as Tobey Marshall, Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later) as Julia, and Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger). Also starring in the film are Dakota Johnson (21 Jump Street), Michael Keaton (Batman), Rami Malek (Night at the Museum), and Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi.
Need for Speed has a run time of 2 hours and 10 minutes and is rated PG-13 for sequences of reckless street racing, disturbing crash scenes, nudity and crude language.
Catch the film when it opens in theaters on March 14th and check out the official Need for Speed website here. Watch a trailer for the film below!
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