A new trailer for Need for Speed film led by Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul has just been released, and it is astonishingly glorious.
Need for Speed is an adaptation of the popular video game franchise, and it knows it; the trailer leaves a very promising impression for that very reason. The film is not trying to be something that it’s not.
Here’s the just released trailer:
We’re really impressed with this trailer. Is it going to be a great movie? No, of course not. But it doesn’t need to be. It has a chance to be a really solid action film with way over the top driving stunts, and our inner five-year-old selves couldn’t be more giddy.
Somewhat surprisingly, Aaron Paul did quite a bit of the driving in the movie. Director Scott Waugh talked to SlashFilm and said that Paul “was really physically talented behind the wheel, and we could put the camera places you normally couldn’t with an actor. You’d have to tow it and use the process trailer crap. Aaron was a true treat.”
Need For Speed stars Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Rami Malek, Ramon Rodriguez, Harrison Gilbertson, Dakota Johnson, and Michael Keaton. The film’s release date is set for March 14, 2014.
Here’s the official plot synopsis:
Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, muscle car mechanic and street racer Tobey (Aaron Paul) gets out of prison determined to settle the score with the man responsible for his false conviction. Tobey tears up the road in a gritty cross-country journey— one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. DreamWorks Pictures’ “Need for Speed” is directed by Scott Waugh (“Act of Valor”), and also stars Dominic Cooper, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malek, Imogen Poots, Dakota Johnson and Scott Mescudi.