A wealthy speedboat racer leads a double life that gets him into trouble with the law and drug lords.
Release Date: November 16th, 2018
R |1 hr 42 min
Plot SummaryA wealthy speedboat racer leads a double life that gets him into trouble with the law and drug lords.
Cast: John Travolta, Katheryn Winnick, Kellan Lutz, Matthew Modine, James Remar, Jordi Mollà, Jennifer Esposito, Tom Sizemore
Director: John Luessenhop , Jodi Scurfield
Genres: Thriller , Crime drama
Production Co: Saban Films, JTP Films, Blue Rider Pictures, Hannibal Pictures
Scurfield's directing debut is marred by all manner of clunkiness, from the embarrassing performance of Kellan Lutz (playing Lansky's chip-on-shoulder nephew, who winds up Aronoff's nemesis) to the tissue-thin montages that try to sell us on Aronoff's second career as a racer and maker of speedboats. show more
The film's Gerber-bland back half is plenty bad, but the first half of Speed Kills features some of the year's worst filmmaking. show more
Ultimately, Speed Kills feels startlingly like a 1990s direct-to-video action movie with an inexplicably inflated budget. show more
