Sold As A "Driver" Movie, Not Much Driving

Rating: 3/10 (14 October 2017)

The trailer for this movie sells it as a driver movie, with lots of action and car chases. Well, for about 1/4 of the movie, this is correct. The beginning scenes in the Subaru WRX are pretty impressive, but it starts to lose steam quickly. "Baby" himself and Kevin Spacey do a great job in their roles for the most part, but Jamie Foxx is a head scratcher. He plays an antagonist role but it doesn't really fit in, and to make matters worse, his role is written in with a bunch of goofy long winded philosophical garbage. It appears as though it is meant to be witty but it comes off as though the writers were trying way too hard and in the end couldn't get the product to work and they said "screw it" and went with it anyway. In a lot of ways, Foxx's character ruined the entire movie. But the blame isn't all on him. The plot is really weak, and continues to get worse towards the end of the movie. As I look at some of the other reviews, I have to ask myself "What movie where they watching?" I give this one 3/10, 1 star for Spacey, and 2 stars for the driving in the first 1/4 of the movie. Beyond that, this movie is really bad.