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Need for Speed

6.4/10

Rating

131 min

Runtime

2014

Release Year

Scott Waugh

Director

Cast

Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Rami Malek

Quick Synopsis

The story follows a local street racer who teams up with a wealthy and arrogant businessman. However, the businessman betrays him by framing him for a crime, leading to the racer's imprisonment. Upon release, the racer enters a high-stakes race from New York to Los Angeles as a way to seek revenge. When his former partner discovers this plan, he places a large bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to face a dangerous series of illegal races across the country against various skilled drivers in powerful, modified cars.

Detailed Synopsis of Need for Speed

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

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