Superfast!

Superfast!

Film poster
Directed by Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Produced by
Written by
  • Jason Friedberg
  • Aaron Seltzer
Starring
Music by Tim Wynn
Cinematography Shaun Maurer
Edited by Peck Prior
Production
companies
Distributed by Ketchup Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
Running time
 99 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Box office $2.1 million[2]

Superfast! (also known as Superfast & Superfurious) is a 2015 American parody comedy film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.[3][4] The film is a parody of The Fast and the Furious film series.[5] It was released in theaters and VOD on April 3, 2015, to coincide with the premiere of Furious 7.[1]

Plot

Dim witted Undercover police officer Lucas White enters a local street race hosted by LA racing boss, Vin Serentto and his crew; involving his girlfriend, Michelle; his sister, Jordana and best friend, Curtis. Despite looking out of place among the racers, he puts up his car (A light green Toyota Corolla with a unicorn on the side) as collateral and enters a race between Vin and two others; he nearly wins but his engine overheats and Vin ends up winning. Soon, against Vin and two other racers. After the race, which Lucas loses after his engine overheats, he is stopped by the cops as the others flee.

He is met by his superior, Detective Hanover, who wants him to join Vin's gang as he believes Vin's gang to be connected to LA Crime Boss, Juan Carlos de la sol; Lucas is still reluctant as he believes himself too white and weird, but Hanover claims that due to his lack of connections and his tight test score on his criminal aptitude test, he'll do good. Lucas goes to Vin's garage the next morning with a wrecked Smart Car, (a ten second car) as collateral for losing the race as and lands a job as a mechanic, despite objections from Curtis and Michelle. He also develops a relationship with Jordana.

The next day, Lucas and Vin head to a secluded area, where they win a dance audition for de la Sol. The duo drive de la Sol's supercar to a warehouse to meet up with a gang and exchange it for a briefcase of cash, only to discover a bomb inside. They play catch with the gang until the bomb explodes on Vin's face before a shootout ensues. Vin chases after the gang leader while Lucas accidentally guns down Detective Hanover, his superior and the only one aware of his identity as an undercover cop. After the duo flee from the scene, Detective Rock Johnson and Officer Julie Canaro arrive to investigate the shootout. Meanwhile, de la Sol orders a hit on Vin following the double-cross. Back at Serento Garage, Vin and the gang discover a list of de la Sol's illegal activities through a computer in the supercar, to which they set out to steal de la Sol's secret stash of $100 million. For this heist, Vin employs the services of Rapper Cameo, Cool Asian Guy, and Model Turned Actress. At the same time, Jordana reveals to Lucas that she is pregnant with their child. Later, the gang begin their heist, but end up on the wrong street and mistakenly mug a pastor and a nun delivering bingo night money. They regroup and deduce that the secret stash is inside a Big Ass Taco restaurant. They hatch a plan to break into the vault, steal the cash, and flee to an extradition-free country with no casualties involved, except for Curtis. The next morning, Johnson and his squad raid the garage; the facility is empty, but Canaro discovers the gang's plans, which are heavily ignored by Johnson.

At the Big Ass Taco, the gang realize they have been double-crossed by Curtis and engage in a shootout with de la Sol's thugs. At the last minute, Curtis is shot dead by de la Sol's henchman Cesar while protecting Vin. Using the restored Smart and Lucas' Toyota Corolla, Vin and Lucas tow the whole restaurant away. De la Sol and Cesar chase after them with Johnson and his squad in pursuit. Vin's lesbian girlfriend Michelle hands herself over to Canaro to help the gang get away. Meanwhile, de la Sol kicks Cesar out of his SUV after an argument over the climate control. Johnson kills Cesar in a shootout and stops de la Sol, but the kingpin flees after bribing the detective with a male enhancement kit. Upon hearing an explosion, Johnson heads to the abandoned restaurant and chases after the gang. He nabs Jordana and reveals to her and Vin that Lucas is an undercover cop. Lucas, instead, handcuffs Johnson to the spoiler of Jordana's Scion tC and walks away with Vin and Jordana while Johnson struggles to grab his bottle of baby oil on the ground. With the cash stowed in the trunks, Lucas and Vin agree to one more race, with Jordana's unborn baby at stake. However, de la Sol arrives, demanding the return of his money, but is run over by a squad car with Michelle and Canaro making out. Lucas, Vin, and Jordana then race off, with Vin arguing with the GPS device after it directs him to a wig shop.

Cast

Production

Filming began in October 2013.[3]

Release

Box office

Superfast! premiered in Italy on March 5, 2015, where it debuted in the #8 position with $436,810. It dropped to #13 in its second week and has since ended its run with $638,268. The film opened on March 12 in the United Arab Emirates, where it finished in the #4 position with $222,653 (AED 817,582) from 32 screens.

As of March 30, the film's total box office gross is $1,768,275.[6]

Critical reception

The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. Joe Leydon of Variety commented on his review of the film that "Superfast! takes aim at easy targets, and misses by miles."[1] Martin Tsai of the Los Angeles Times commented on his review that "While fans can appreciate all the winks and nudges, the film is a wreck for the uninitiated."[7] Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com gave the film a score of two out of 10, calling it "a brain-dead endeavor, with the helmers returning to their comfort zone of head bonks and fart noises, even throwing in two incidents where a character is struck out of the blue by a speeding car. Perhaps Friedberg and Seltzer are vaudeville enthusiasts. Perhaps they can’t dream up an original joke to save their lives. Either way, Superfast is steamrolled by painfully obvious stupidity that’s never funny."[8]

Home media

The film premiered on VOD and in select theaters on April 3.[1] It was released on DVD in Japan on April 17 by Asmik Ace Entertainment under the title Wild na Speed! Aho Mission (ワイルドなスピード！AHO MISSION) (a play on Wild Speed, the Japanese title for The Fast and the Furious).[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Leydon, Joe (2015-04-05). "Film Review: Superfast!". Variety. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ↑ Superfast!, Box Office Mojo
  3. 1 2 Lussier, Germain (2013-09-24). "'Fast and Furious' Spoof Superfast!' Casts Vin Diesel and Paul Walker Lookalikes". /Film. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  4. ↑ Puchko, Kristy (2013-09-24). "Fast And Furious Parody Superfast Finds Its Vin Diesel and Paul Walker". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  5. ↑ Singer, Matt (2015-02-28). "The Trailer for 'Fast and Furious' Spoof 'Superfast!' Might Make You Angry". ScreenCrush. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  6. ↑ "SUPERFAST". March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ Tsai, Martin (2015-04-05). "Review: 'Fast and Furious' gets a ribbing in 'Superfast!'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  8. ↑ Orndorf, Brian (2015-04-03). "Superfast (2015)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  9. ↑ "どこか似た俳優が大暴れする「ワイルドなスピード！」、"本家"と同時に日本上陸". Eiga.com. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

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