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On the plus side the rare and vintage cars are quite beautiful and the scenery in the South of France is attractive even though Marseilles is not the prettiest town in France. The cast is OK but B movie caliber. The girls are semi hot and the villains semi menacing. Scott Eastwood is alright but he doesn't quite have enough charisma to make up for the rest of them.

The story seems pretty predictable until a twist saves things then it doesn't seem like such a ho hum movie. The car chase is rather slow because the cars are delicate and can't be damaged. In fact I was more anxious about the cars being dented than anything else. This movie doesn't attempt to be a Furious type movie.

Not a must watch by any means.

I think the movie was okay but still not up to the standards where it can be called a good movie. It lacked many things, even the car chase and stunts were not that amazing. The graphics i can say was okay but still the car driving skills lacked too much. There was really no plot to the movie, it started and went with the flow. There were no twist no suspense nothing. The story was totally plain and not worth it. The acting was okay but there were some scenes where you were able to tell just what is going to happen next. They really lacked expressions and sometimes over expressed themselves. To sum it up, just one time watch movie that too if you want to just pass out time. If you really want to watch for a good time then it might not be the one for you.

Half-brothers Andrew and Garrett have a lucrative business - stealing high-end classic sports cars to order for mega-rich clients. They make a mistake in stealing a car which a nominee has just bought at auction for murderous gang boss Morier. This puts them in danger of being murdered unless they can make amends by stealing cars from rival gang boss Max Klemp, which carries its own risks.

This French film is very much in the mould of the original Transporter movie - crime caper, Mediterranean locations, lots of stunt driving and action. But its's not so much Fast & Furious, more Quite Quick & A Bit Cross.

The only actor I had heard of was Scott Eastwood as the American brother, but all the performances were fine. The chemistry between the two brothers worked well. The plot had enough little wrinkles and sidetracks to please, the action was well-handled, and the film looked good.

Let's not think too much about the morality of it, eh?

This will be one which I will probably stick with if I catch it while channel-hopping.

Had to laugh quite hard at the end: A Car gets hit by a Truck, the car flies away in the air for like 2.3 seconds, then suddenly explodes in a heavy fireball. One of the best Actionmovie endings I've seen so far.

The rest is basically just a show-off of expensive car with a lame action story. Its OK to watch but nothing special. Has some weird Italian Jobs like twists, but they didn't fully reveal the whole twist in the end, or i just didn't understand. Anyway, doesn't matter. Action boom boom, cars, works for me.

Do not waste your time with this movie. -Directing is bad: car chases are slow and the director does not give the audience a single frame that would surprise or be exiting to watch, a lot of editing mistakes, bad special effects (like the Porsche 911 that catches fire after a crash...). French companies were in charge of the special FX (umedia VFX and Digital District) and while they must have put a lot of effort to do their job with a budget...the result is laughable. -Acting is very bad: Scott Eastwood CAN NOT ACT. So does the rest of the crew... - Cars: We're talking about a car movie...and the cars were just ridiculous except for two... - Bad script: very predictable (if you didn't see the twist coming at the end...you're not very bright) - I would like to ask Mr. Scott Eastwood and the movie producers to refund my tickets for this movie!

OVERDRIVE is a B-movie action flick which sees Scott Eastwood wasting his talents in a movie which is a complete clone of the FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise. A couple of unlikely car thief brothers are tasked with, well, stealing a car from a rival crime boss, but the usual shenanigans play out and it becomes a desperate race for survival. Despite the nice-looking high definition photography, the presence of Eastwood (looking more like his dad than ever), and some very nice classic cars, this low budget oddity is something of a dud. It feels drawn out and cheap all the way through, and nothing that occurs is particularly thrilling. The best scene is undoubtedly the opening sequence, which has some great stunts and effects, but it appears that that's where all the money went because the rest doesn't match.

Not even the lovely and talented Ana de Armas can make this woeful Fast and Furious ripoff more interesting than occasionally pretty eye candy and car pr0n. What's even more tragic is that she's not given very much to do at all.

Compared with this one, most of the Fast and Furious films seem like Citizen Kane in terms of both plot and storytelling.

Two particularly laughable low points, which were kind of hard to come up with given that there were so very many in this film:

1: English speaking team leaders need a group of "skilled" drivers to be part of their crew. So of course, the finest levels of coordination and communication are achieved by bringing in a bunch of drivers that only understand French;

2: Priceless collection of cars is kept in a high security garage behind 15 foot tall, 6inch thick metal doors. After blowing the doors flat off their hinges, it only takes two guys to effortlessly move the doors out of the way so the cars can be driven out. I need to take whatever vitamins those folks are eating.

Say what you will about the F&F films (sheer brainless entertainment especially in recent installments), but there is no question most of the leads in the F&F films possess healthy amounts of on screen charisma. The same absolutely cannot be said of nearly everyone in this cast. There are no budding Wonder Woman's in the lot and Vin Diesel and The Rock are like DeNiro and Pacino in comparison to everyone here in Overdrive.

Scott Eastwood and Ana de Armas especially deserve far better than this pale F&F wannabe.

100% a film for car pr0n lovers only and those who want to see some occasionally nice shots of Marseilles and Paris - these elements elevate the score from a 4 to a 5.

That's it. Really, that's it.

A lot has been covered by other reviewers so I'll just add the two things that bothered me the most.

You can't go and steal extremely rare cars. A random Ferrari; sure you can steal it and sell it in another country. But every Ferrari 250 GTO is numbered and known about. You can't just go and steal Nick Mason's 250 GTO and sell it to someone random. Interpol will be on you in no time.

Also, was Kemp a bad guy or a good guy? Did he kill the pilot? Did Andrew just think that was ay-okay? And how did they end up with the GTO in the end? Steal it from the guy that played along? Very confusing.

It was ok the film. These cars were the best thing about this film but I'm sure they were replicas. This film doesn't seem big enough for them too afford millions of dollars of cars on set. Scott Eastwood was ok bit cheesy at times could just dial back a bit a see a lot of potential in him I'm sure he'll be a badass leading man in the future for sure. The story line I didn't quite get seemed like we needed to know who the bad guys were first and why they're so bad I just didn't get it who was he and did he come to afford a 40 million dollar car why is everyone scared of him. I don't know seemed to be a lot of potential there to make this a quality car movie it just lacked in ambition and drive pun intended.

Overdrive

Another vehicle (pardon the pun) to further Scott Eastwood's slow to ignite career. The problem is it's movies like this that will slow his journey on the road to stardom. Eastwood is by no means the worst thing about this only just watchable action thriller. Think more Gone in sixty seconds rather than Fast and Furious.

Overdrive tells the story of two brothers played by Freddie Thorp and Scott Eastwood. The two get into hot water when they steal a classic Bugatti. I'll say no more of the story, only that the plot is more clunky than an old gearbox. This movie makes no real sense and it soon runs out of gas. With a short runtime of only 1hr 33 mins I am disappointed that Director Antonio Negret could not piece together a movie I could fully invest my interest in. I consider myself to be a petrolhead so the array of classic cars did stir some passion within my soul. Sadly though due to some amateurish acting, terrible dialogue and just plain silliness this film breaks down. More time is spent on product placement rather than good story telling. I did like the odd touch. The appearance of a Tag Heuer Monaco watch on Eastwood's wrist is a nice nod to Steve McQueen but they didn't need to keep showing it. The film also ran like a really long advertisement for BMW. The destruction of an M4 at the beginning did bring a tear to my eye. Shame then that the actual on screen drama could not raise any of my emotions.

Overdrive isn't a bad looking film. Viewed in HD it is a colourful movie. A particular marketplace scene allows colours to pop. There's some wonderful sweeping landscape shots too and all the cars look stunning in Hi-def. Sound is a let down though. Dialogue gets lost and overpowered by surround sound effects making it hard to properly hear what's been said. Not a real problem though as the script is B movie material at its most mediocre.

Overdrive is a movie trying to capitalise on the success of movies like The Fast and Furious but apart from the Carnography and the beautiful Ana de Armas as Stephanie, it ends up being a forgettable experience.