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Overdrive (2017) is a English,French movie. Antonio Negret has directed this movie. Scott Eastwood,Freddie Thorp,Ana de Armas,Gaia Weiss are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2017. Overdrive (2017) is considered one of the best Action,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
The story centers on two car thieves, brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities and wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss. Andrew and Garrett Foster (Scott Eastwood and Freddie Thorp) are thieves who specialize in luxury cars, only the most expensive cars. They've been hired to steal a gorgeous Bugatti 1937 valued million euros, so they head to the south of France for the job. But they get caught, and Jacomo Morier (Simon Abkarian), the local crime boss who owns the Bugatti, doesn't take it lightly. In exchange for their lives the two brothers will have to steal a car from Max Klemp (Clemens Schick), Morier's arch-rival, and not any car, Morier wants them to steal Klemp's 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, his most prized car.
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Overdrive (2017) Reviews
Not good
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.
Downgraded version of The Fast and The Furious
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.
Over-BAD
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!
Everything is B movie standard
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.
The Poor Man's Fast and Furious that Overdrives Your Brain into Dullness
Overdrive mashes so many ideas from other movies that it was hard to keep up with all of them and so I stopped counting when I couldn't keep up. Sure, stealing from other movies isn't a bad idea when you add your own touch. As some guy once said "steal like an artist" but with this one, it's like you're watching a weird reenactment of cool ideas from other movies without adding your own details or imprint or at least gluing them together with some sense. And this is the case with this movie. They made a soup of ideas from other films: vintage and sports cars, protagonists that get trapped in doing a "job" for the rich douche-bag, pretty locations, chases, and cute faces. But when you add in really bad acting, way too many plot twists and side characters, an absolute lack of chemistry between the main actors, boring racing scenes and some of the stupidest lines of dialogue one can only wonder how come no one realized it was destined to fail in such a loud way? Speaking of loudness, a message to its creators: turning that goddamn volume up to 1 million won't make it more entertaining but instead leave its viewers with a gigantic headache. I could, however, see 2 qualities in this racing flick: some pretty panoramic views of France (a la Fast and Furious, of course) and the protagonist half-brothers who actually felt like they were half brothers. Teens will probably fall in love with the cute faces but otherwise, you should stay away from this poor man's Fast and Furious because Overdrive "overdrives" far from its inspiration points way up to the realm of too much, or too little. Drive Over it and go see something else. Also, who the **** eats cereal at night?