Overdrive
- 2017
- Tous publics
- 1h 33m
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5.4/10
18K
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Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.
Martial Bezot
- Rolf
- (as Mars Bezot)
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Overdrive - Nice turn and twisty plot line. Interesting one to catch up if you are a racing and car buffs.
Classic old school plot. Classic getaway. Classic cars. Classic chases but with beautiful shots of tight mountain roads. Pretty girls (only two of them). Nice soundtrack.
The makers of this movie failed to add depth to the main characters, because they shouldn't have even tried. The movie has enough pretty cars, two(yes, only two) pretty girls, decent pace which was watered down with shallow love stories. For some reason it gives the feeling that they cannot fail which spoils the thrill: "How are they gonna make it now!?". Yes, acting was cheesy, but convincing enough so you can bare it before the next chase. Clint Eastwood's son was so stiff, that I was expecting him to spit tobacco and to get on the horse at any moment now. The good thing - every single stunt was very real. No zero gravity, no "turn off the physics for a while" moments. Engine roar, rubber and grip. I would prefer this one before any of the last FF movies.
The makers of this movie failed to add depth to the main characters, because they shouldn't have even tried. The movie has enough pretty cars, two(yes, only two) pretty girls, decent pace which was watered down with shallow love stories. For some reason it gives the feeling that they cannot fail which spoils the thrill: "How are they gonna make it now!?". Yes, acting was cheesy, but convincing enough so you can bare it before the next chase. Clint Eastwood's son was so stiff, that I was expecting him to spit tobacco and to get on the horse at any moment now. The good thing - every single stunt was very real. No zero gravity, no "turn off the physics for a while" moments. Engine roar, rubber and grip. I would prefer this one before any of the last FF movies.
Yet another attempt, rather bankrupt, in search of the formula that has made certain movies extremely successful, traveling with very little grit and very low narrative ambitions the road of the automotive genre in cinema the already asphalted and traveled with knowledge of the by the now historical, mainly in the field of pure entertainment, saga of "Fast and Furious".
The result is a useless film to which eats the elegance that desperately seeks, the grit necessary to entertain and a personality that could have made him at least distinguishable.
The main problem is the unawareness of the director, who seems to have never understood what kind of film he should have shot. "Overdrive" rather than a gripping action film resembles a long advertising that can be perfumes, cars or simply clothing, in short, everything but a movie.
If only Antonio Negret had paid more attention to the development of the plot, which is extremely trivial and hasty, or even just the same attention that he used to continuously frame the surrounding environment and faces as well as the bodies of the various actors, the film could also to work, let's say that the plot is also vaguely interesting and could have given rise to a film at least for entertainment.
Even the cast is not at all helpful with the trivial and cloying interpretations and with a Scott Eastwood who seems to be trying to cover up his surname from film to film. It must also be said that the screenplay proves to be a major obstacle for them, with an extremely superficial writing of characters, an equally superficial characterization and an initial presentation of them that is extremely didactic and irritating.
In short, the film is missing a lot of things just to be considered such but the biggest mistake is probably the fact that the director seems not to have noticed, given his pompous and presumptuous approach.
The best parts of the FF franchise are the effects and action scenes which require a massive budget.
Take away the budget and you get this movie which is a boring, clique'd, uninspiring mess that should have not been made.
Not absolutely horrendous but you will forget that this movie existed after walking from the theater.
Take away the budget and you get this movie which is a boring, clique'd, uninspiring mess that should have not been made.
Not absolutely horrendous but you will forget that this movie existed after walking from the theater.
This movie reminds me the French "Taxi" movie series (from Luc Besson): bad action scenes, bad acting, bad script, bad camera work....
I don't know how Scott Eastwood got involved in this movie. Because he can have a pretty good acting career like his father by selecting better projects.
Ana De Armas is not good either (before her big break in Blade Runner 2049). Surely because of the crappy and unoriginal script.
And I don't know how this movie got funded. Surely it can be a nice TV movie, so forgettable.
I don't know how Scott Eastwood got involved in this movie. Because he can have a pretty good acting career like his father by selecting better projects.
Ana De Armas is not good either (before her big break in Blade Runner 2049). Surely because of the crappy and unoriginal script.
And I don't know how this movie got funded. Surely it can be a nice TV movie, so forgettable.
Did you know
- TriviaThe Ferrari 250 GTO in the movie is not one of the genuine 36 250 GTO's. Instead it is a replica, based on a Ferrari 250 GTE, chassis number 4861GT, owned by a French collector. This is unsurprising as a real car of such used in the film would be valued at several millions: the current record for world's most expensive car was set a year after the films release (2018: a 1963 250 GTO (chassis 4153GT) sold in a private sale for $70 million; and another in auction (GTO 3413GT) at some $48,000,000): prior to the film being made, a bid of $34,000,000 secured one in 2014.
- GoofsIn the opening scene where the BMW M3 turns into the path of the semi, the dashboard of the car shows the vehicle in park, something the car would not likely allow the driver to do while moving.
- Quotes
Garrett Foster: [on Andrew] He's my brother from another mother... literally
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Overdrive (2017)
- SoundtracksSPEED
Performed by Electric Starlet
Written by Morgan Emmery, Cici Voise, Rebekah Muhammed, Maurice "Velly" Conaway, David Rodriguez
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- Also known as
- La gran fuga
- Filming locations
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France(exterior scenes)
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Box office
- Budget
- €24,340,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,793
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,797
- Oct 8, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $9,650,552
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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