This weak copy of ‘Fast and Furious’ gets a score of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
Of Fast and FuriousThe franchise is very popular and already consists of ten films. It all started in 2001 with the first film, Fast and Furious, and the most recent one was released last year. A film that also revolves around street racing was released in 2007, but that film was not as successful as the Fast and Furious-movies.
the movie is called red linewhich is the original working title of The fast and the furious was. The film was directed by Andy Cheng and written and produced by Daniel Sadek, who also used his own car collection in the film.
street race
red line It follows Natasha Martin, a beautiful young car enthusiast and leader of the West Coast’s most popular unsigned band, who becomes involved in illegal street racing competitions organized by exotic car enthusiasts.
The cast includes Nadia Bjorlin, Nathan Phillips, Jesse Johnson, Angus Macfadyen, Tim Matheson, Eddie Griffin, Denyce Lawton, Kevin Levrone and Barbara Niven. Sadek makes a cameo appearance as a poker player, along with professional players Gus Hansen and David Williams.
subprime lending company
Sadek emigrated from Lebanon to the United States, where he worked at gas stations and car dealerships. When he realized that many mortgage brokers were buying cars at the Mercedes-Benz dealership where he worked, Sadek entered the real estate industry and founded the subprime lending company Quick Loan Funding in 2002.
In 2007, Quick Loan Funding had approved $4 billion in subprime mortgages, and Sadek was taking home a monthly income of $5 million. He used his winnings to buy several homes in Southern California and Las Vegas, build his collection of expensive sports cars, and feed his insatiable appetite for gambling.
Soap world
During this period, Sadek was engaged to soap opera actress Bjorlin. Using his subprime lending company as a source of financing, he produced the film. red line to show off his car collection and help Bjorlin make her way out of the soap opera world.
red line It was both a critical and financial failure and was widely criticized for Sadek’s use of high-risk loans to finance the film. This type of loans was one of the causes of the credit crisis. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a dramatic score by 0%. The critical consensus on the website reads: “Redline features a lot of bad acting, laughable dialogue and fancy cars.”
Spoiled
The film was not only a failure, but also caused Sadek’s company to go bankrupt. Quick Loan Funding had long since collapsed after the film’s release and its failure made the situation even worse.
red line It was also mentioned in the CNBC special. house of cards (not the Netflix fiction series) as an example of the excesses of the mortgage market in the United States before the financial crisis. For example, there was a scene in the movie where two cars worth $500,000 collided.
To look at?
Want red line Do you want to see it? It is currently not possible to find the film on the various streaming services in the Netherlands.