Torque review

aelst's review

From the trailers that I've seen, I knew this movie was going to be silly, and it is. I'm not a fan of sports cars or motorcycles but this is very amusing to watch. I felt that by watching this (and listening to the music) we were attempting to keep in touch with the MTV youth of today. The story is about a group of motorcycle friends, bunch of black guys from the hood that hang out in the desert, and another motorcycle gang.

Plenty of funny and stupid lines, some sexy girls, violence and special effects. Towards the end of the movie the effects get stupider and unrealistic, but that just adds to the entertainment.

Product placement is very obvious in this one; it's hard to miss my favourite soft drink mountain dew. And that FBI agent character is just wrong.

3 out of 5 stars.

ratbag's review

Far from being award-winning material, "Torque" is a celebration of bad filmmaking. I'm not saying that it is so terrible that it should be avoided at all cost -- on the contrary, it can be humorous enough for a lazy Saturday afternoon of amusement (to be completed with a can of Pepsi in one hand, and a bag of Doritos in another).

"Torque" full of bad lines (though sometimes funny, e.g. he says "I wrote letters." She replies "I made fires."), gravity and physics defying stunts -- the bikes are going so fast you see speed lines! It may be suffering in the plausibility department, but did not entirely fail to entertain.