Let’s Celebrate The Most Iconic Game And Film Adaptations About Cars & Racing
Since the release of Sony Pictures’ Gran Turismo movie in Malaysian cinemas on 17 August 2023, the film has been drawing attention for its adaptation of the popular PlayStation and Digital Polyphony IP. Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, it chronicles the journey of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming prowess earned him a series of Nissan competitions and launched his career as a professional racecar driver. It’s an alright flick; go read our review on it here.
That being said, Gran Turismo is just the latest of many racing or car-focused movies throughout the history of pop culture. Cars have been the subject of many movies, even ones that don’t necessarily focus on racing themes or elements. For this feature in particular, we will bring up
Need For Speed (Game To Movie)
Based on the hit EA series back in the 2000s onward, this game is about fast cars, getting chased by cops for breaking the speed limit and tweaking out your cars so you can vroom vroom as fast as you can. It’s quite a fun series if you stick to the ones involving police chases and fast cars; the simulation-wannabe spin-offs we can do without (*coughSHIFTcough)
The Need For Speed movie stars Aaron Paul and is trying to be a Fast and Furious movie, but really flops on its face for being a dull and predictable factory-churned-action film. Everyone here was just doing it for a paycheck and there’s not much of this movie that wows and stand out for many viewers. At the very least, the director put the Ford Shelby Mustang and Koenigsegg Agera R cars (alongside other fast fancy vehicles) to good use.
Meanwhile, the games are doing OK; the last entry back in 2022, Need For Speed Unbound, mixed Instagram/Tik Tok aesthetics with street racing. It ain’t half-bad; we just wished EA gave it the marketing push it deserved.
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