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Redline plays Fast and Furious with exotics
click image for high res gallery of movie cars on display
Fear Nothing. Risk Everything. So goes the tagline for Redline, the movie that has been described as The Fast and The Furious for adults exotics. Producer Daniel Sadek is a former real estate investor with a pretty nice personal collection of supercars and exotics. We saw some of them on display at the recent L.A. Auto Show.
Sadek not only put up $26 million of his own money to finance the film, but also used his personal car collection in action sequences, including a crash sequence that claimed the life of one of his very nice Porsche Carrera GTs. While this type of senseless destruction makes us want to take all of his keys away, we understand Mr. Sadek will probably explain it was necessary for the film's authenticity.
Shot in Las Vegas and L.A., the movie revolves around high-stakes underground street racing. We recognized the Ferrari dealership at The Wynn and the old El Toro airbase from the video. Although the acting looks typically passable, the cars alone make this a must see. We've spotted a Ferrari Enzo, Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, Koenigsegg CCR, Ford GT, Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster and Mercedes SLR McLaren, among others.
Redline is set for a February 23rd release and stars Eddie Griffin, Nathan Phillips, and the oh-so-hot Nadia Bjorlin. As is the norm nowadays, the movie has its own MySpace page where you can find out its likes and dislikes as well as seeing a few additional images and clips.
There's a small gallery of some of the film cars available by clicking on the image above and one of the film trailers is after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Turbofrog 5:31PM (1/06/2007)
That is going to be a truly awful film, guaranteed.
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Wyatt Anderson 5:34PM (1/06/2007)
Who cares? I'll pay the $8 just to see those cars on a cinema screen.
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HC 5:39PM (1/06/2007)
screw this F**ker
how can he crash a CGT...
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epp_b 5:57PM (1/06/2007)
["That is going to be a truly awful film, guaranteed."]
He speaks the truth. It's times like these where I wish was some sort of creative writer who could come up with clever, imaginative and subtle insults, because this film truly deserves such.
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JayP 6:02PM (1/06/2007)
Toby Halicki is still the king...
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Cheezedog 6:34PM (1/06/2007)
Im actually intrested in seeing this... I have no problem seeing super cars crashed in a spectaclar manner because the term super car is not so super anymore. It just seems so hard for the avrage entusist to lust after performance when the avrage WRX ventures so close to the performance capablity of Corvette, that ventures even closer to Ferrari, thats suppose to be top of the line its time...
On top of this, lets not forget what the tuner market does to the ballance of things... I think its just horrible now you CAN tune a Ferrari. Think about it, your paying a quarter of a million dollars for one of the worlds best cars... So if it is the best car in the world, why is it someone outside the factory can put a turbo on it, and make even better?
If super cars are to regain its luster, Super car manufactures gotta bring performance back up to a level that so undeniable super that the nothing can be tuned to reach its performance capablitys. Furthermore, there also must be no way to tune a super car to be better then it is...
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In2uition 6:47PM (1/06/2007)
#6 - With regulation and restricts around certain parts of the world, car manufactures are restricted on the limits they can obtain on their cars. This allows others to bypass those limitations....or just slap some aero pieces and nice wheels. :)
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noob 11:54PM (1/06/2007)
i don't care how much you like cars. this movie is going to be bad. seeing this movie would be a straight up waste of time.
you couldn't pay me to go see it.
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MadDawg276 12:05AM (1/07/2007)
This movie looks awful, Can't wait to see it.
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Dan 12:17AM (1/07/2007)
They had a booth at the LA auto show with the wrecked GT and the rest of the cars. It looked as though they took the engineand transaxle out before they smashed it. It was fascinating to peer through the mangled bodywork and see the carbon fiber frame and inboard suspension in all their glory. The CF is very well done, I've seen plenty of aerospace parts that are lower tech.
As for the movie, it's car porn. No one is expecting it to be Citizen Kane.
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Frank Filipponio 7:03AM (1/07/2007)
Slightly interesting sidenote - the yellow CCX in the movie is the same one I drove in Las Vegas a few months ago. Also the same one the Stig drove and spun because the Top Gear people ran it in top speed trim without the rear wing. When they finally listened to Koenigsegg and fitted the wing, the car set the fastest lap on their track. When we drove it in Vegas it still had small bits of the yellow paint in some of the crevices, but thankfully had the wing in place.
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Josh 2:59PM (1/07/2007)
#11 - Top Gear didn't have the wing because it wasn't available for the CCX at the time of the crash. Watch enough Top Gear and check out the Koenigsegg website if you doubt it.
On the movie, I wouldn't see this for all the money in the world. As it has been said, it may be car porn, but the story line sounds too awful to watch. I would rather watch SCCA racing or F1 racing Speed (for those two hours of the day when NASCAR isn't on) than waste my time watching this crappy movie.
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Dan 8:19PM (1/07/2007)
What happened to the cool and maybe even subtle car movies like Le Mans and Grand Prix. For that matter what happened to good car chase scenes like in Bullitt, Ronin, or the Bourne movies?
Recently we've had carbage like Days of Thunder and that god-awful POS by Sly Stallone, "Driven". These days we have to suffer Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Ludacris, and Bow Wow in the Fast and the Furious trilogy and now this, albeit Redline has the eyecandy to possibly make up for a horrendous plot. I wish someday before I die another good car movie is made.
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Geoffrey M. 10:41PM (1/07/2007)
Need for Speed the movie???? LOL
I saw this at the LA Autoshow too! This is going to be a really cool movie. (Cars wise!) CCX in the movie looks awlful.
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chuck goolsbee 7:40PM (1/08/2007)
(homer)
mmmmmmmm... car porn....
(/homer)
--chuck
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Carlton Bale 1:34PM (1/10/2007)
This guy destroys the Carrera GT of my dreams???? And I'd pay money to see that happen???? I don't think so. Crash one of those fake Boxster Carrera GT conversions but don't destroy an rare exotic like a Carrera GT for any reason. Now if it were some guy named "Deiter" crash a Ferrari Enzo, maybe I'd be interested. . .
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patrick 11:26PM (3/20/2007)
This movie is only worth seeing for NADIA BJORLIN!
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XU 12:34AM (3/21/2007)
about having supercars needing to have unmatchable performance, speed/acceleration/handling/etc. all have diminishing returns on investment. it is more challenging (and expensive) to upgrade a car to go from 3.0s to 2.5s 0-60mph than 3.5s to 3.0s 0-60mph. it is possible but at some point it isn't worth an increasing cost.
you are also paying for fit and finish, material quality, brand name, prestige, options, usually a higher topspeed in exotics. if all you are looking for is pure racing ability for the dollar sure get a lotus or caterham or atom. and go ahead throw on twin turbos on those (if that upgrade would work, I wouldn't know)
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Patch 9:19AM (3/22/2007)
Come on people, I would pay $8 to see this movie. Every comment on here is really ridiculous. None of you are movie producers, and none of you know what you are talking about.
The man who produced this movie is a real estate buisness man. He donated most of the cars, and financed most of the money. The movies buisness is about making money, PERIOD! A movie like this (exotic expensive cars, going fast, crashing, cute half naked woman)is NOT about story line. Who cares if the story line sucks. So did the story line in Torque, Fast and the Furious, and the origninal Gone in 60 Seconds. It's about the eye candy that feeds all men's egos that encourage them to see this movie. If it doesn't do well in theatres (which I think it will double it's investment dollars) then the DVD sales will be through the roof. If men don't buy it then their women will buy it for them. He will make back double his money or more. That is the plan, and he will succeed.
Those of you who are upset about totaling the Porshe, get over it. That car was hand built by Porshe. He paid the money for it, not you. When he doubles his money, he will pay another quarter million for another hand made Porshe. Stop crying over the destruction of a car that is NOT rare and hard to find. It's just out of reach with YOUR pocket book. I cry more over the authentic 1968-1969-1970 Dodge Chargers that were destroyed in the "Dukes of Hazard" movie, than this move destroying some replaceable exotics.
I would pay to see this movie on a big screen, cause I am not rich enough to have my own personal movie theatre. I have theatre surround sound, but not the big screen. All this eye candy needs the big screen for me. I can care less if the plat stinks. As long as the special effects doesn't look cheap too, and the chicks are HOT then I am there.
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Caser 9:03PM (3/22/2007)
This is cracking me up ! I can't believe no one's mentioned 1981's " Cannonball Run "( yes I know , abysmal examples ), or the 1976 film " Gumball Rally " ( Micheal Sarrazin )that first spotlighted the " open road race " phenomenon , which originated from a rumour that Wilt Chamberlain had driven coast to coast in under 36 hours. Motorsports journalist & racing enthusiast Brock Yates actually held the first cannonball run in 71' , the idea being there were no rules , & each car started in timed intervals , punching a card with the starting time & punching it again at the finish , which was the Portofino Inn in california ,a hangout for racers like Peter Revson . Also , I'd like to point out that just as many women are " gearheads " & spend as much money on performance & appearance upgrades as men .( Of course, maybe I'm just sore at the blonde who sucked my doors off as she passed me in her Saleen S281 , that DIDN'T have the stock rims or exhaust ! ) I think I will wait for the "Redline " dvd , or better yet , tape it off the tv ( jeekers .. you think it'll be that much better with the swear words ? )I can't say the destruction of a Carrera GT is going to cost me years of Therapy , although I too wept at the thought of endangered Dodge Chargers being hunted to near extinction by Tom Wopat & John Schneider , but I think it was necessary as an excuse for Catherine Bachs crotch crawlers.Speaking of great racing films & chase scenes , I'm totally with " Le Mans " , "Grand Prix " & " Ronin " being some of the finest examples .I LOVE how Natascha McElhones character handled the BMW 5 series as it battled it's nemisis , the Audi S8. I'd also like to mention " Redline 7000 " ( James Caan ) " The Last American Hero " ( Jeff Bridges ) " Winning " ( Paul Newman ) & " Bobby Deerfield " ( Al Pacino ) as decent examples of car culture cinema .PS - you want somethuing to cry about ? How about that poor , lemon yellow Challenger that kissed the two bulldozers in " Vanishing Point" ? ( Barry Newman ) Oh the humanity !
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