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.
Need for Speed has generally received mixed reviews.
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Need for Speed was released in 2014 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 998 reviews, giving Need for Speed (2014) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 66%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Need for Speed than critics were.
With a score of 57%, Need for Speed is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2014, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2014 with similar scores include films like Blended, 300: Rise of an Empire and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.
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