Though Breaking Bad is slowly winding down to an end, the feature film career its co-star Aaron Paul is just blossoming. Paul stars in the upcoming action flick Need for Speed, based on the popular high-octane racing video game. Due out in March 2014, the Need for Speed trailer has only just emerged on the internet and could take the box office by storm come next Spring.
The video game first debuted in 1994 and has ignited several variations of the racing plot that includes the likes of building cars, being chased by police, and plenty more. 16 different Need for Speeds were put into production, after all, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
Check out the official trailer for Need for Speed starring Aaron Paul:
The plot of the movie, though, differs slightly perhaps only in an attempt to add some sort of depth to the storyline. IMDB bills it as such, “Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.”
Aaron Paul is certainly a formidable actor, one with two best supporting actor Primetime Emmys under his belt and very bright career ahead. However, based on the railer alone I can’t say the same for the acclaim and esteem of Need for Speed. In what appears to be a blatant rip-off and obvious attempt to cash in on the Fast and the Furious franchise, the trailer overlays what sounds like an attempt at a poetically cryptic, though ill-fated attempt at giving insight into the mind of Paul’s character with overly dramatic music playing in the background.
Sure popcorn flicks like this action/racing hybrid can be entertaining enough, but only if they don’t take themselves too seriously as with the music and wanna-be idyllism. Paul will be enough to draw the Breaking Bad crowd from their respective couches but is anyone else interested in seeing Need for Speed? Certainly not this writer.
But then, I’ve been wrong before (just don’t tell anybody). For those who think Need for Speed might actually look like a movie worth dropping $10 per ticket and snacks each, let me know your early reviews in the comments section below.
