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TORQUE
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"Torque" is meant to be enjoyed for its amazement value, and discarded after single use like a disposable syringe.
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"Torque" is meant to be enjoyed for its amazement value, and discarded after single use like a disposable syringe.
(At Wave, Noida and other theatres)
HERE WE enter the guys' zone. We have fast cars, faster bikes, bewitching babes, brutes and booze. There is action every minute, a thrill stalks every street corner. There are girls who ride bikes, and don't go easy on guys either and provide plenty to nourish guys' vanity. There is relentless overstatement too - ironical in a film with such sparse dialogues that one wonders if it were made for machines alone!
On paper it is about the comeback of Ford - Martin Henderson with the two-day stubble and mess-not-with-me looks - to his hometown where awaits his girlfriend, Shane - Monet Mazur. But there are others lying in wait - quite menacing and bothersome guys like Matt Shulze as Henry and Trey, Ice Cube.
Our man, who rides the world on bikes like legs were not made for walking, decides to recover the lost territory, and fight fuel with more fuel. He has to take care of all the accusations, recover his bikes. He has to ride farther, faster than anyone else. He also has to do so in a fashion that makes any Formula circuit look like child's play. Across the desert, atop a moving train, through the fire! This might make for arresting cinema for those who like something to fear, something to thrill on the big screen. The constantly speeding bikes, the frequent smashes, and the air of tension might give them plenty to cheer. But for those who opt to reason rather than surrender unquestioningly to temptation, it might just be more than momentarily perplexing.
Want to enjoy this one? Leave your brains at home, prepare for relentless amazement. And you might just be left awe-struck. At its best, this film is meant to be enjoyed for its amazement value, and discarded after single use like a disposable syringe. At worst, well why inhale something that raises so much dust, emits so much exhaust?
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