In the Red

i wasn't really thrilled with this one,, i thought that it was gonna sorta b like a cheap budget version of fast and the furious like urban gritty style.. well i was wrong not enough cars or women. mainly a main character who the police are after,, he does bad things leads them on chases and such, i just feel like that the cover of the video box ripped me off, i gotta stop buying movies based on the artwork cover thats on the darn box,, i mean the movie wasn't' the most horrible thing that i ever watched there's prolly bout 100 below this one on my list, i watched the whole thing just to give it an honest review, i guess i was expecting more out of this movie, but in retrospect i shouldn't have been expecting much being low budget,

The reason that i got this movie was because it was on sale at Target for $6. The cover seemed interesting, so i decided 'why not'?

I took it home and started watching it, thinking that it was going to be like a "Fast and Furious" re-make. But it turned out that cars isn't really what this movie is about. I mean, sure the characters drive around in modified cars, but there is no real "street racing" as you might have expected.

Instead, it's more about this guy (the main character) who does many illegal activities, and the police want to capture him. So they blackmail another guy who knows the main character, into setting up a meeting so the police can catch him.

I think that the movie is set in or near Sydney, Australia. So it's kind of funny hearing the actors talk with Aussie accents, and saying things like "Ay, mate." But it was nice to see a movie that's not made in the USA, and feature actors whom we don't know. In the beginning, you might thing, "what is this!?!?" But give it a chance because as the movie goes on, you get drawn into it. So overall, i would give it a 7/10 rating.

It's a pretty predicable, but has some unique elements.

Common content resembling Fast & Furious without the slick style you get with American cinema.

Criminals were blander than I'm use to.

The relationship between the main protagonist and his ride or die chick was perfect. For all the Scarface wannabes out there, this chick was exactly who you want by your side.

The car chases were pretty good, but My American eyes are use to more spectacular Carsploitation, by this point.

Overall, It's definitely worth a look at on DVD.

In The Red (or Redlined, as the DVD is called) is a bad movie with a good heart. It tries to be The Fast and the Furious, but fails in almost every way.

The movie is about drugs, not about racing, despite it's claims to the contrary. There aren't any cars worth watching in the movie, nor any good racing scenes. All of the car chases seem to be going at a leisurely 30 MPH, giving no illusion excitement or suspense.

I picked it up at walmart out of their $5.88 bin, and for that price, I can't really complain. But having seen it, I wonder if I'll ever bother to watch it again.

Possibly the worst 70 odd minutes of my life, im very in to the car scene and things of this nature and i can safely say this did not show anything good in cars, action, story, auto culture, acting, editing, directing and whatever else you can think of, even the opening credits are awful and the soundtrack is not even up to pornography of the 70's standards.

Im sorry this is so harsh but it was painful to watch and im glad i didnt spend my money to see it.