Torque (2004)

Director:

Joseph Kahn

Writer (WGA):

Matt Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey (Ice Cube)...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | On The Run | Motorcycle Chase | Held At Gunpoint | Public Bathroom

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Martin Henderson	...	Cary Ford
Ice Cube	...	Trey
Monet Mazur	...	Shane
Adam Scott	...	FBI Agent McPherson
Matt Schulze	...	Henry James
Will Yun Lee	...	Val
Jaime Pressly	...	China
Max Beesley	...	Luther
Christina Milian	...	Nina
Jay Hernandez	...	Dalton
Faizon Love	...	Sonny
Fredro Starr	...	Junior Wallace
Justina Machado	...	FBI Agent Henderson
John Doe	...	Sheriff Barnes
John Ashker	...	Yellow Car Driver

Also Known As:

Hart am Limit (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Крутящий момент (Russia) [ru]
Fúria em Duas Rodas (Brazil) [pt]
Furia en dos ruedas (Argentina) [es]
Hanaa! (Finland) [fi]
Impact fatal (Canada: French title) [fr]
Kiirendus (Estonia) [et]
Obrtni momenat (Serbia) [sr]
Torque - Circuiti di fuoco (Italy) [it]
Torque - på högsta växel (Sweden) [sv]
Torque, la route s'enflamme (France) [fr]
Torque: Rodando al límite (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality, language and drug references.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (re-rating) (2005) | Italy:VM14 (original rating) (2004) | Italy:VM18 (re-rating) (2004) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Netherlands:12 | Italy:T (edited version) (2006) | Malaysia:(Banned) | South Korea:15 | France:-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Blythe, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The red car and rusty tanker truck that Ford's gang dodges in the beginning of the film are the same ones from the Steven Spielberg film _Duel (1971/I) (TV)_

Goofs:

Continuity: When Junior storms into the club where the band is playing, the camera pans up and over the audience where you can see the band standing around motionless on stage. The next shot is of the band jumping around and rocking out in time with the music.

Quotes:

Cary Ford: [referring to Henry, after Henry rides off with his drugs] I gotta get that bike.
Shane: [referring to China] I gotta get that bitch.

Movie Connections:

References The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Soundtrack:

Forever

Did somehow everyone misunderstood this movie?

What's with the hate for this movie? Why can't people just take this movie for what it is? This movie is just simply good B-movie action entertainment. Its obviously no Oscar material, no but did you seriously expected it to be? At least it doesn't take itself as serious as both the Fast and the Furious movies did. You know that when you are going to watch a movie like "Torque" you are going to see a bad story with some second rate actors but with some nice action.

And this movie surely has some nice action. The motorcycle sequences are surprising good and tense. Most of the stunts were nicely choreographed and the movie has some nice camera tricks and nice editing. It's obvious when watching this movie that Joseph Kahn is a music video director but that certain style works perfect for a fast paced movie like this. Joseph Kahn seems like a talented and well motivated director, of which I'm sure we will hear more of in the future.

Yeah sure, the ending is pretty bad and fake looking but it didn't ruined the movie for me in any way. I was entertained throughout the entire movie by some nice action.

The movie has a bit of an awkward kind of humor, which they should had left out in my opinion. The script is not very well written but still the actors pull it of to make their characters likable and give them a personality. Would I mind seeing "Torque 2"? Most certainly not! I would rather see a "Torque 2" than a "The Fast and the Furious 3".

Really, just give this movie a chance, you might very well end up liking it.

6/10