The way i see it there's two different sides of this movie.In terms of "video game movie", it's better than most of previous video game movies that has been made. In terms of general movie quality, well... not so good..
In terms of video game adaptation, it deserves appreciation because it tried to stay true to the game, and considering it's just a racing game, it's kinda impressive because the writer can just easily take the title and do a completely different storyline than the game. Instead of giving a huge middle finger to the fans, the writer really tries to please the fans. If you really played the game series, you know what i'm talking about because most of the racing tracks are similar to the ones used in the game. It deserves a bit round of applause for that.
On the other hand, generally, this movie kinda disappoints mainly because of the storyline. The storyline are just too rushed and sloppy. Some might say that the story is very simple and uninteresting but that's not the case since it's majorly based on the Most Wanted version. The point is the storyline just felt out of place and rushed most of the time.And the actors kinda lack chemistry between them, especially the crew, and i don't know why but i just had problem with Aaron Paul's character. To me he tried too hard to look all tough and cool throughout the movie. And sometimes some scene just appear as dumb to me.
And i do think that most car lovers will love this movie since no CGI is used during races and chases, and i think the race scenes is not that bad.
So, overall Need For Speed is just what i expected it to be. You can say that the movie tried to be good, but not good enough to fully grab attention. 4/10
In terms of video game adaptation, it deserves appreciation because it tried to stay true to the game, and considering it's just a racing game, it's kinda impressive because the writer can just easily take the title and do a completely different storyline than the game. Instead of giving a huge middle finger to the fans, the writer really tries to please the fans. If you really played the game series, you know what i'm talking about because most of the racing tracks are similar to the ones used in the game. It deserves a bit round of applause for that.
On the other hand, generally, this movie kinda disappoints mainly because of the storyline. The storyline are just too rushed and sloppy. Some might say that the story is very simple and uninteresting but that's not the case since it's majorly based on the Most Wanted version. The point is the storyline just felt out of place and rushed most of the time.And the actors kinda lack chemistry between them, especially the crew, and i don't know why but i just had problem with Aaron Paul's character. To me he tried too hard to look all tough and cool throughout the movie. And sometimes some scene just appear as dumb to me.
And i do think that most car lovers will love this movie since no CGI is used during races and chases, and i think the race scenes is not that bad.
So, overall Need For Speed is just what i expected it to be. You can say that the movie tried to be good, but not good enough to fully grab attention. 4/10