Get Fast

I recently watched Get Fast (2024) and overall, it's a decent action film. The story is simple but has enough moments to keep you engaged. What I really liked was the performance of the actor who played the drug addict. His acting felt raw and very realistic, probably the best part of the movie for me.

The action scenes were okay, nothing too new or spectacular, but still enjoyable if you're an action fan. The direction was average and the storyline could have been more original. Still, it never felt boring and managed to keep my attention till the end.

Not the best action film of the year, but definitely watchable. Love from India.

My Rating: 3.5/5 or 5/10.

This film tries very hard to be stylish and charming, in the manner of the first Smokin' Aces film. And it fails on all fronts.

Lou Diamond Phillips plays it as well as anyone can, though he's almost unrecognisable for the most part. The rest are such over-acted caricatures that they're just two-dimensional and annoying. Screaming and bulging eyes don't turn this into something funny or clever.

The action is actually boring for the most part. The film seems to think it needs an action scene every five minutes to keep you watching - and it's partially correct. The plot is so dull and all over the place that it's hard to follow. Or rather, it's hard to care enough to bother following it.

There's some guy, who has stolen some money or something. And at least two other groups of people want to get it from him, for reasons that just blurred past me. It's extremely hard to care about any of the characters when none of them are real in any way.

CGI largely ruins the stunts. The undoubtedly-skilled stunt performers working on this lose credibility when you realise how much of everything is greenscreen. The main character can't even ride a motorbike along a straight road without having to phone it in.

I made it to the end, though I wanted to give up several times. With bullet wounds proving inconsequential most of the time, the stakes were generally nothing. When people did actually die, it was hard to believe they actually did, when they'd shrugged off worse earlier on. Why did any of this happen? Why would anyone care? Did anyone win in the end? I don't know and I watched it all.

Not the best of movies but still a lot of fun, plays like a video game mostly with canned characters all after a couple bags of money. Lots of action, gunplay, several groups of bad guys all against each other and all about the cash. Some good humor , nothing questionable, no nudity or foul language, a great movie to pass the time if you can't think of something else to see. The ice cream truck driver is great in this and totally believable as he copes with his stress by saying jellybean over and over as he musters the courage to make it through. Ok for the kiddos if you don't mind some violence and a little blood.

It's called "Get Fast" I was expecting car chases. There's barely two and with a cool car for like 10 seconds. It does seem like everyone was trying their best. The sound isnt bad for a movie this low budget. The editors look like they really cared as there was attention to certain details I was surprised by. The muzzle flashes are reminiscent of, but not as good as, what Freddie Wong was doing on YouTube in 2012. Lou Diamond Phillips does a pretty good job but that actual seems kind of out of place in this mess. It's a shame, a bit more story coherence a some polishing up and could've been quite fun.

I obviously looked at the IMDB rating prior to watching this. My buddy & I were bored, and said.. Why not? Some reviews say it's better than what you think.

Well guess what. This movie is awful. DO NOT WATCH IT. It's not entertaining nor action packed. It is plain silly.

Camera work is terrible. Acting work is terrible. Not even a good movie to kill time.

This is the first review I have ever written on a movie. I have done it out of good faith to those who may think, yeah let's give this movie a chance. I am also writing this in the movie theatre while it's running.

PS: Popcorn wasn't that good either, Thought I'd mention this too because why not. Lol.