Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is one movie that I regret buying and watching because I really don't know what came over me before I first watched it. Many think that I have too much of an open mind when it comes to the movies I watch and I tend to see the positive than the negative. Such was not the case when I watched it as I was able to see everything that was wrong with it.Let me just say that I had bought this at a closing Blockbuster location and didn't get around to watching it until maybe a couple of months after buying it. Also, after watching it, I promptly sold it to a new/used record store because I felt so dirty watching it.Let me just mention that I can see that the female lead is one gorgeous woman. She is also not a bad singer (At first, I thought she was lip-syncing but I read that she is an actual singer and it might have been her actual voice) during those scenes, but the song was terrible because I can see that it has to do with cars and all that stuff. However, I still find that the movie's plot and subplots were bad. I was able to sense from a mile away that the girl and the military guy were going to hook up when they made eye contact in that party scene, but I did not buy the romance one bit. Yes, they end up sleeping together and they end up together in the end, but I don't remember seeing anything that made me believe that they were into each other. Yes, there was the rescue scene (Well, it was mostly to take out the guy's corrupt uncle), but even I found that to be stupid. Did he really need to be all spy/ninja to infiltrate? His uncle lived there, he would have treated him like family if that were the case. But no, we had to have some kind of action sequence and make him out to be some hero.Also, what was the deal with the military guy getting into these fights? Okay, maybe I can buy the part about getting into it with those thugs on the street, but the fight at the party? Because one guy got grabby with the girl? I don't think there was any point to it but just to try to force the romantic subplot down our throats and to show how tough this guy really was. Did this guy get into fights everywhere he went? Let's not forget before the climactic race sequence. Okay, in the beginning, it was said that the girl's father died in a racing accident, but towards the end, somebody mentioned that a fellow racer KILLED her father. Okay, we knew nothing about the racer, second, the part about the girl's father being murdered while racing was just sprung on us like that. It made absolutely no sense.I can go on and on about how terrible this movie is. It's a wonder how this even made it to theaters because there were no big name stars in it. Okay, maybe some like Angus MacFayden is famous in his own country and Eddie Griffin is still a known comedian (And is funny on stand-up) and Tim Matheson is probably the only other one, but he hasn't been a household name since probably the 1980s. I still remember seeing ads for this on this website, MySpace, and even a poster at a movie theater.I may be a fan of "The Fast and the Furious" franchise and while I can admit how bad it is, I also liked "Torque." At least "Torque" was somewhat of a satire of racing movies. However, this movie was without a doubt one of the worst that I have ever scene. Many plot holes, some contrived romantic subplot, too many half-naked women (Not complaining, but was there a purpose?), etc.If you guys want to watch it, feel free to, but never pay a single cent for this. You will regret. However, I would only recommend to use this movie as a means of punishment on someone else. It can really be used as torture.

Close to the worst movie I have ever seen, and the worst racing movie I have ever seen.The plot was stupid. The acting was stupid. The dialog was stupid.Only the cars were cool, and they could not make up for the movie.You know how some movies are so bad they're good? This is not one of those movies, at least for me. I was too busy feeling sorry for myself for paying money for the DVD. OK, so it was a bargain bin DVD. For all I know it was $5. It was $5 too much.The only good thing about the movie was it was so bad, it makes me feel better about my life just complaining on IMDb about how bad it is.I am quite optimistic about movies and can sometimes find SOME reason to watch any particular one. Not this one. Don't waste your time. There are enough car movies that you can skip this one. Watch one of the four Fast and Furious movies. While some are not great, they are ALL better than this, no contest.

There are plenty of reviews of the film that will give you a fair feel for the plot and acting. I was only interested in the cars.There are some great cars from 2002-2007, the camera-work on the cars is satisfying inside and on interior action shots while the sound, although occasionally suspicious, sounds pretty similar to the proper car. The cars are stock, with little of the Fast and Furious arcadey remixing.It's not a documentary but if you're a petrolhead, excuse the 5th grader plot and enjoy the motoring porn, it hasn't been this good for a while.

When Redline was first announced, I was excited. I thought, Fast and the Furious with Supercars. Right? Wrong wrong WRONG! I didn't go see it in the theater, and now, having seen it on Starz/Encore, I am really glad I didn't waste the money or time.The acting was horrible (as one review put it, makes FatF look like the Godfather), the direction was mediocre at best, and the casting could have been much better. The only bright spots were Nadia Bjorlin and Eddie Griffin (I love Eddie, and his over-the-top character in this movie was somewhat funny, especially the scene on the racetrack with Nat in the Ford GT). Small thumbs up to the soundtrack as well. It sounded like the soundtrack to any number of Need for Speed games.The real stars of this film, of course, were the cars. It was a thrill, I'll admit, to see some of my dream cars on film (though I cringed to see them destroy the Carrera GT...such a beautiful car). The race scenes were a little over the top, but I can deal with that. It is, after all, a movie, and I believe it's called suspension of disbelief.Bottom line, if this film had had the following things: Plot, decent script, better acting, and more of a focus on character development...well, it might have been a 5 or 6 out of 10. As it is, I gave it a 1 because that's as low as it goes, and really, the cars themselves made it a 1.Only watch this if A)you like horrible movies, or B)you want to see the incredibly awesome and powerful Supercars in this film.