There’s Nothing Wrong with Mindless, Guilty Pleasures …
Torque is damn near the definition of mindless, guilty pleasure for me. This is a movie I take on the road when traveling for business, it’s great for tuning out the world, and noisy kids, on airplanes and it’s great to watch in hotel rooms after spending long hours in meetings.
There is nothing subtle in this movie, it highlights everything that is good and bad about motorcycling and the people that ride. Fast bikes (good), dirty riders (not so bad on weekends), hot women (good), bad bikers on Harleys (cliché), good and bad guys on sportbikes (whatever).
The best scene is during the opening credits when the hero, on an Aprilia, gets going so fast he spins a street sign on it’s axis with enough velocity that it appears to say “cars suck”. That is kicks-ass. Most of the movie is cgi stunts including a ridiculous scene at the end with the 227mph Y2K, helicopter turbine powered motorcycle. While the chase scene is silly the fact that the movie included the Y2K is awesome. Of course the villain is riding an equally fast v-twin but not a Harley Davidson Nightster.When you just want to kick back and think of a world ruled by the baddest bikes and their riders put on Torque, suspend belief, and enjoy.
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