VFX artists rip separate scenes from TorqueA sad one Fast & Furious Motorcycle ripoff. Directed by: Joseph Cohen, Torque Tells the story of Ford (Martin Henderson), a biker who returns from Thailand to find himself the target of two dangerous street gangs. The film, which was written by Matt Johnson and also stars Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Dane Cook and Max Beesley, came out three years after The fast and the furious (2001), and was clearly heavily inspired by the film in terms of its characters, storylines and over-the-top action sequences.
In a recent episode of their “VFX Artists React” YouTube series, the VFX artists at Corridor crew Analyze scenes from TorqueForgoing a lot of their more technical analysis to instead poke fun at the sheer ridiculousness of the film’s various action scenes. They draw attention to the movie’s very obvious product integration with the framing for Pepsi and Mountain Dew advertisements, with co-host Jordan Allen joking, “I wonder who paid for this.“
Look further at a key bike racing/action scene as two characters race through a city, seemingly at supersonic speeds, co-host Sam Gorski remarks”This part is very crazy,“With Allen, confused, asking,”Why am I even watching?“As for how most of the sequence was captured, Gorski sums up the filmmaking methods by saying: “Obviously, they do a lot of green screens, a lot of 3D models, and that’s basically about it.“
What torque’s ridiculous meant for the film
The fast and furious knock-off was not a success
The fast and the furious would end up spawning a successful franchise that continues to this day, with Fast and Furious 11 Now at work. TorqueHowever, would not end up experiencing the same level of success. The action flick now has a low 22% on Rotten tomatoesWith the audience score an improvement – although still disappointing – at 41%. The film was largely criticized for its sheer absurdity and lack of any strong narrative or letters.
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The over-the-top action sequences didn’t help to save it Torque At the box office or. Made on an estimated budget of $40 million, The film ended up grossing only $46.5 million at the worldwide box office, making it a failure. Using the standard Hollywood rule of thumb, the movie could have looked at a break-even point as high as $100,000,000, a goal it clearly fell far from. With such poor results, no sequel was put in the works.
Our take on torque
Why fast and furious succeeded where torque failed
Torque And the earlier Fast & Furious The movies have a lot in common stylistically, and both are bold, loud and kind of silly. While the latter franchise arguably has more compelling and coherent action sequences, which gives it an edge, it’s not the action alone that helped it succeed. Torque.
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22% |
41% |
41/100 |
4.8/10 |
$46.5 million |
One reason why Fast & Furious has become a massive franchise because of its memorable charactersWhich include the likes of Dom (Vin Diesel), Letty (Michel Rodriguez), and Brian (Paul Walker). The characters and others, and the actors who portrayed them, are the backbone of the franchise, and the movies know this, with a sense of sentimentality and seriousness that, although often mocked, helps to differentiate Fast & Furious of other forgettable action fare viz Torque.
Source: Corridor crew