Need for Speed

Aaron Paul recently starred in the drama Breaking Bad that was a worldwide hit.  He seems to get more popular as time goes by. Paul is in a new movie called Need for Speed.  I thought this movie was exciting to watch and once you start watching it you can't turn away from it.

Toby (Aaron Paul) stars as an experienced driver who owns a custom garage shop.  He is suddenly challenged by a former driver and partner Dino (Dominique Cooper). This is a complete race that will turn over everything that Toby owns including his garage and hot racing automobile.

Suddenly there is an accident and Toby is held responsible, leaving him to spend some time behind bars.  Once he gets out of jail he is wisecracking his way to prove his innocence. Toby decides to talk to an investor of a Shelby Ford Mustang packaged by the owner. He has an abrasive daughter who goes on the hunt to come along and make sure the brash American doesn't wreck the car. There is a bounty put on the head of the Mustang and it's off to the races when more greedy villains are combined with some high rate police officers.

I thought that Aaron Paul did a tremendous job in his role as the head strong driver and his performance was solid as well.  The fact that the driving was all brilliantly staged and there were no special-effect drivers anywhere in this movie.  I love the fact that all these drivers learned to drive these amazingly fast cars right behind the wheel.  The terrific Michael Keaton was amazing in his over-the-top announcer.  I think Keaton is a terrific actor but he just doesn't get many roles to really sink his teeth into.

I thought this movie had some high points in it and Aaron Paul was really good in his role.  I can only give it 2 1/2 out of 4 stars. I really wanted to like this movie and yes I love the racing and the overall excitement and thrill of the crashes, once again I just wish the story would've been better.

I gave this movie 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.