Fast Track: No Limits

Argue all you want that its a fast & furious clone, but take the time to recognize this movie on its own merits. Budget was obviously an issue in this film and anyone who is into the street racing scene or racing in general will realize the obvious plot holes, but as pure entertainment this flick is a standout. Lots of adrenaline rush scenes and sexy hot action with actors and actresses who despite knowing that there will be no Oscars for their performances put their all into it. to sum it up....you've seen this flick before in one guise or the next, but don't let that stop you from spending some time with Fast Track: No Limits...its not a great time, but its worth the admission price.

My expectation for this movie was a pathetic story used largely as an excuse to show hot girls and expensive custom cars driving fast with lots of bikinis and street-racing / car chasing action, which has been the standard for the popular street-racing films from Hollywood recently. Surprisingly this movie, while still keeping the many stereotypical themes from this genre, had a story that was well thought-out, unpredictable, and became an excellent foundation upon which to build the street-racing and car chasing action I was looking for.

Unfortunately there were some unfortunate goofs in the movie and the dialog was very weak at times -- I believe it could have been much better than it was.

This movie is also missing some of the big expensive and flashy action scenes from Hollywood street-racing movies. However, looking back on the movie I feel this served to make the movie more real and less imaginary. Writing as someone who views "The Fast and The Furious" as Hollywood's pathetic attempt at making a respectable street-racing movie I was able to watch this movie and, at long last, actually care about how winning or losing street-races impacted the story being told. The ending turned out to be a lot simpler than I would have preferred but it did bring the story full circle to a satisfying conclusion.

And I hope the reference to the Initial-D anime (with the cup of water in the car) was intentional, it was a nice touch.

Fast Track is going to be available in hotels across the US starting December 1st, 2009. So now you know, on your next trip, if one night you just want to stay in the room and watch and exciting movie, this is the one!!! If you like movies where you can feel the adrenaline and excitement while you are watching it; I would recommend it to you for sure! You will see scenes that would race your heart, full of action and velocity. But at the same time, the drama side of this movie would make you understand why these four people have so much passion for speed. And of course, heart racing would have to be mixed up with hot sexy scenes.

The acting and storyline were worse than Starship Troopers... I was hoping to be entertained by this film since I am into tuner cars, all that. I was disappointed by cheap, old, ugly cars. Honestly my Mitsubishi Eclipse would destroy 90% of the cars in this movie. This movie was made in 2008? The clothes people were wearing, even if this is in Germany, reflected the clothing our parents wore in the early 90s that we have tried to forget. Also, the movie had a yellow tint to it for a good portion of the movie, which made it even more cheesy. With the bad camera angles used, I am fully confident that a few friends and myself could make a better movie. Thank goodness it only cost me $1 from red box to rent this; lord knows how it even made it into the red box machine.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's an FnF clone. Anyone whose seen that movie just can't help but make a comparison (including myself). I'm pretty sure some of you out there are thinking 'it's just a carbon copy of FnF.' Well, the truth is it's not. it may be in the genre of street racing but it's not a straight up FnF clone. In some ways, it's better than The Fast and the Furious. What is is is a riveting drama that tells the story four separate people who can only be connected by their love for pure, unbridled speed.

The plot is driven by the personal pursuits of each individual character; Katie with her home garage on the brink of foreclosure, Mike with his need to prove himself on the street, Eric with his desire for control of his life, and Nicole with her need to spice up her life.

Each personal conflict of these characters makes them more real and more relatable than that of the characters in the FnF series who were a bit bland and plastic. And the actors themselves gave quite a good performance as well.

The action sequences were not that bad either. The racing sequences were well done but not exaggerated to the point of ridiculous. If only this movie had the same budget given to Hollywood movies then maybe we could've really seen some fireworks.

All in all, it's a movie worth watching. Don't expect any award-winning stuff but that's not the point of this movie.