Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Release Date: Aug. 5, 2014
Price: DVD $29.99, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Aaron Paul (TV’s Breaking Bad) swaps meth for cars in action movie Need for Speed, based on the popular videogame series.
Paul plays Tobey Marshall, a streetdriver who was framed for a crime he didn’t commit by Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper), a wealthy ex-NASCAR driver and Marshall’s former business partner. When he gets out of prison, Marshall seeks revenge by joining a cross country race, and Brewster puts a bounty on Marshall’s head.
Imogen Poots and Michael Keaton also star in the film, which was directed by former stuntman Scott Waugh (Act of Valor).
Rated PG-13, Need for Speed grossed a respectable $43 million in theaters, because of the love of moviegoers, not critics. The film got only 23% approval from critics, called “slow” by Hollywood Reporter’s Marc Bernardin. Moviegoers liked the driving action more, however, giving Need for Speed 66% approval, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray carry the featurette “Capturing Speed: Making an Authentic Car Movie.”
The Blu-ray also contains these other special features:
- “Ties That Bind”
- “The Circus Is In Town”
- audio commentary with director Scott Waugh and Aaron Paul
- Monarch & Maverick outtakes with introduction by Scott Waugh
- four deleted scenes with introductions by Scott Waugh
- “The Sound of Need for Speed“
- “B-Camera” crash compilations with introductions by Scott Waugh as an Easter egg
- and a downloadable digital copy of the movie.
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