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This is my first movie review so bear with me.

As an avid motorcycle enthusiast, I felt compelled to watch Burn Out when I came across it on NetFlix.

I give this movie a 7/10, because for its genre, it is good. The motorcycle scenes are what make this movie shine, as they are both thrilling and immersive, with all the camera work on the motorcycles really bringing you close to the action.

It does feel like every motorcycle is just product placement for Ducati, as there are numerous Panigales, Monsters, a Diavel and what I believe was a Hypermotard/Hyperstrada that make appearances in the film, but for a European film, I expected as much.

The story and its characters, while not entirely original, are easily to follow and somewhat predictable, but never boring.

The action is quite intense as well, but enjoyable.

My only gripes with this film is the sound design where the motorcycles are concerned. Anyone who knows Ducati would know that their bikes have the distinctive engine note of a V-Twin. However there are numerous fly-by shots of the Panigale and Diavel where the sounds of an Inline-4 engine are used, which would surely grind the gears of most motorcycle fans.

Another unforgivable sound design sin is in the scene near the end of the film where the supercharged Kawasaki Ninja H2 is given the engine note of a parallel-twin... That infuriated me to no end.

Overall, I enjoyed the film for what it was, and would recommend it to anyone who likes motorcycles and crime-thrillers.

Go figure - the narco kingpin of Paris quietly trundles his wares across Europe in sensible unmarked transit vans until it gets within a couple of hours from Paris .... but then for the last few miles he hands it over to a wired motorcycle courier who is ordered to ride at lunatic speeds, to crash the same toll booth each night and to refuel in the same layby. It's hard to think up a plan more likely to lose both drugs and rider. This French film puts more effort into the exciting dash-cam scenes than the plot , which is a shame because it has a gritty feel and a cool lead. If you want to see the obvious inspiration for the movie, take a look at GhostRider's video's (see YouTube) of him riding around the Paris Peripherique at night at over 250kmph. Yup, Burn Out captures the same images of blurred scenery and terrifying tunnels For an even bigger thrill, check out the b&w movie that inspired GhostRider - a DIY video of a Frenchman nicknamed Le Prince Noir (The Black Prince) doing the same ride in broad daylight and heavy traffic. Your teeth will be on edge. Now that's movie making, and no plot was needed at all.

For a B-movie this isnt half shabby. I enjoyed the premise alot. Diddn't really like the direction the story took though. Felt like you were thrown into a movie that was fast-forwarded. The way Characters are explained was poorly. The movie tends to also drag at snails pace all way towards the end were it kicks up a notch. But even then it flatlines again quickly. Not bad, most definitely not great. Just don't expect to be blown away by any means by this picture and you'll have decent time.

REVIEW - BURN OUT

French film but......

What would you do to help a loved one escape debt especially if they owe money to a drugs dealer?

This film follows the story of how a man, working and following his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer becomes embroiled in the delivery of drugs using his motor racing skills to do so and I must admit that cinematography whilst riding the motor bike is brilliantly done giving you the actual perspective of the run / chased.

Interesting story with enough to keep you watching until the end and great characters.

How he balances his work, racing career and running drugs and the way this effects him is brilliantly portrayed.

If you enjoy a good story, great characters and acting and enough action to keep you interested in what happens with an excellent ending this is the one for you.

Rating 7 out of 10

If this will be american, probably would have raised more voices, a higher interest and for sure more votes even on this website! This could say a lot about how much marketing is doing for a film vs the real product. Thoroughly enjoyable to watch, with thrilling moments but displayed somehow into a realistic way which is not so often seen nowadays. I definitely recommended it for who's looking after a high-pace action movie, with well structured dialogue and generally with no cliches.

Will start with the fact that the movie is European, so this itself makes it pleasant and different to watch, as well as scenes and acting. A nice story of a guy, his dream, the event in his life and how it all mixes up. It just looks too real, something we see less in the US movies to a point where a good, but more realistic way of showing something might seems not well done, while it's the contrary.

Burn Out burns itself out along with it's main character, a young aspiring motorcycle racer that falls in with a group of drug dealers to help his girlfriend, who is indebted to them. This well travelled plot follows along these lines rather predictably, basically finishing the sentence started above without much in the way of surprises. I noticed another review hear touting this as "the French Polar" It's not...Polar was a way better film in style, acting, and story...if you enjoyed this film to any degree, I highly recommend it. This movie is passable entertainment for bike and crime drama enthusiasts, also an extended commercial for Ipone French motor oil (which appears in almost every scene, hope they got some financial support for showing the name and logo 57 times), but not great. The most excitement is garnered through extended helmet cam shots that grow steadily more tiresome as they grow lengthy. At points so bland and predictable in story and dialogue, there seems little point to watching through to the end...which essentially fades out in a yawn most will see coming ten miles down the road.

Now sometimes there is one aspect that may sway you to actually enjoy something more than others. In this case it may be the bike riding and the "stunts" in general. I read from another reviewer that this is losely based/inspired on "Le Prince Noir" (Black Prince). I have not seen that short (which is b/w according to the other reviewer) and has really good cinematography, style wise similar to the way this movie was shot.

Having said all that, the plot here is really nothing you haven't seen before or anything you will remember for long after you've seen the movie. So if you like the way the bike scenes are filmed, good for you, otherwise you may be underwhelmed by the movie overall.

Probably one of the best motorcycle movies I've seen..as a motor cyclist I give it 1 more star than it maybe deserves

Good stuff, french polar which we have not seen for awhile

Although the film doesn't really offer anything new to the drug crime genre, you're bound to enjoy this if your a bike enthusiast. The biking element was probably the highlight of the film. Just a pity the music wasn't thumping to propel the film forward. The score did not complement the fast-paced biking scenes as it should have.

François Civil makes a likable hero, Tony. Tony's only crime was to protect the ones he loves. This is a very uncomplicated plot, and easy to follow. Every single character in this film has a distinct purpose; there are no unnecessary characters, which I enjoyed.

The film has the potential to become tedious with more than one viewing, I think, but for a first time viewing it was rather exciting.

As a little fan from François Civil (leading role) I was tempted to watch the film...well the movie was not bad at all about a lot features !!!

First the script isn't enough you don't feel annoying in front of it but it was not great neither, I think so this is weakest link of project but it not bad but I think to the story could be better about lines and so many more action but like I said it was not bad.

But the acting from all cast was great, no one was bad in his/her roles it was crazy a such good acting like this this is still pleasant when you watching a movie !!!

The directing was great too, a nice lot of shoots from director thanks to him it was in fire, it killed everything with a nice good scenes and thanks to that the experience of movie was great for me I spent a nice good moment in front of some scenes with good directing and good playing sounds in some scenes in order to get inside the moment of movie thanks to him again !!! Very great job

And very nice soundtrack, you really into of each moments it's great, it's very rarely to got a nice soundtrack especially with not great budget to make the movie and this movie show with nice tracks that you can making a good movie and thanks that you really into and cant to move your eyes from the screen !!!

Nice point: the directing and acting, point to improve the script, for me 7,5 or 8 as rating, it's perfect !!!

When his son's mother runs afoul of Paris's criminal underworld, a superbike racer takes a job as a drug courier to pay off his debt.

And to save his loved ones, Tony must use his motorcycle talent as a drug courier. And escape from the police and drug traffickers...

Initially slow and uninteresting, however with the entry of the mafia it became hot and with enough adrenaline to keep us holding our breath and rooting for the protagonist, great action and chase scenes, motorbikes, cars, running, explosions and gunshots... French cinema and Spanish I love... Here Franco-Belgian... French cinema and Spanish I love it...

I decided to watch this film as I am a motorcycle enthusiast. And the 3 star rating is only because of the motorcycles... Very predictable plot, which grew tiresome towards the end. The same shots repeating themselves and overall I got the feeling that this film was just about the motorcycles....Another minus is that the same bikes were featured over and over (they must have a deal with Ducati otherwise it is plain dumb to feature 4 bikes and 3 of them Ducati's.......). Would not recommend.

An interesting film where the various characters are carefully sketched and are very credible. The story is solid and some motorcycle scenes are breathtaking. It's just a shame that it's not an American product: if it had a higher budget, stronger lights and colors, bigger landscapes and more extreme backgrounds, it could have really been a good movie. To be seen.

You deal here with a powerful French grade B movie with no length at all. A dynamite rythm urban crime flick made in the suburb of Paris. Effective, tense, taut feature speaking of a young motorcycle racer whose luck drops him, and also whose girlfriend gets involved with dangerous drug dealers; a hero who suddenly falls into deep sh...So, to emerge from this hell for him, he has no other choice to transport drug shipments, using his high speed driving skills on a high speed motorcycle. You have plenty of thrills here, you are stuck to your seat all long this pretty well made piece of work. And the ending is also more than worth.

This looked like it was going to be an OK movie until 10 minutes, 10 seconds in; when we are served up a video game sequence for the on-track rider "try out" between the riders. Were we seriously not supposed to notice that this was not real footage?

I thought no, surely they wouldn't do that, I must be wrong, so I went back and managed to freeze frame just as the bikes were exiting the garage, and froze on the guy standing at the entrance/exit who was quite definitely a video game character.

Bad GCI is one thing, but how could one be expected to take the film seriously past this point?!

I turned off. Give me a break!

A French drama with light touches of action. It's about a motorcyclist looking to be a professional, but his ex-wife and mother of his son get into trouble with drug traffickers and have to pay them for the loss of merchandise, so he takes on the debt by paying them by transporting drugs. Is it really worth suffering so much for someone and leaving your dreams cut short? That's something the film explores. Entertaining. Quality. The third act gives a slight twist for a great closure. Francois Civil is spectacular in his interpretation. With light touches of anguish. Safety pin.

Being honest, I have a great affection for European cinema, especially French ! I'm from Europe myself, living in Canada now, but the style ,the grittiness, the authenticity , the truthful description of life ,the raw talent are forever one of my weaknesses))) That being said, this film once again proved to me ,that my love for European movies is based on many reasons, not just bias))) Highly recommended!