Need for Speed

Need for Speed

For honor. For love. For redemption.

PG-13 2014 · 132 min · ★ 6.5 (5K) · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

Directed by Scott Waugh · Written by George Gatins

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Aaron Paul Tobey Marshall
Dominic Cooper Dino Brewster
Imogen Poots Julia Maddon
Kid Cudi Benny Jackson
Rami Malek Finn
Ramón Rodríguez Joe Peck
Harrison Gilbertson Little Pete Coleman
Dakota Johnson Anita Coleman
Stevie Ray Dallimore Bill Ingram
Michael Keaton Monarch
Alan Pflueger Flyin' Hawaiian
Brian Keaulana Right Seater

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