Need For Speed - S12 E97

After discussing Lara Croft to death last episode, this time we felt the Need for Speed as we start the engines on our episode covering this largely forgotten car movie.

We shifted gears this week to Need for Speed (2014) which is a video game adaptation focused on illegal street racing and other related and non-related crimes. We spend a chunk of time analysing some of the strange casting choices, from lead Aaron Paul failing to ignite the screen with Imogen Poots, to the baffling inclusion of a disheveled Michael Keaton playing an anonymous radio commentator. We will, inevitably, unpack the horrifying behaviour of Rami Malek’s character, Finn, and try to remember Dakota Johnson’s entirely forgettable character.

What to expect from this week's episode:

• We analyse whether Aaron Paul’s career ever truly raced past Breaking Bad.
• Sarah details her notes on the sheer number of consequential off-screen deaths and subsequent crimes the characters commit.
• We praise the commitment to practical effects and compare the action movies car chases to classics like Bullitt and Vanishing Point.
• We examine why the police were not remotely concerned about shutting down Monarch's illegal street racing operation.
• We spend a necessary amount of time questioning Benny (Kid Cudi) and his physics-defying, time-traveling plane.
• We discuss how the film could have been improved by trimming the fat (specifically two superfluous characters).
• We crown our newest winner of the Jason Statham King of Turds Award.

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