I gave this an 8, it's not as good as Gotti who Travolta played as well and that too was based on a true story but it kept me entertained throughout. Travolta plays a guy that builds and races speed boats and also dabbles in a bit of drug dealing and somehow gets entangled with some other drug barons along the way. Many for and against this film in the reviews but I do think a true story and a great actor like Travolta makes it. Sure some of the screenplay seemed un-connected but take it at face value. It wasn't boring. It worked. Overall a nice little print and great seeing Mr Travolta again.

Confusing timeline, cheesy lines, BAD CGI. The timeline was constantly jumping back and forth, I had no idea what century we were in, let alone what year. The lines and camera work with John Travolta were embarrassing. The constant frames zooming in on him as we watch his face slowly melt was cringe worthy. The CGI in a particular scene made LEGO movies look realistic. Poor poor movie. I feel sorry for anyone who is made to watch this movie because they were too polite to say no

I wonder what was in their minds when they decided to make this movie. A lot of money spent, endless hours of work.This movie has on its cast famous actors with huge revenues,who have already played in very good movies or TV series.What is the reason for this movie? I made an effort to see it by the end. I'm curious if John Travolta had the patience to watch it all the way. I can say that the only thing that this movie excels on is the banality.That is not art.

It's not a bad film, but it was good to see John Travolta on the screen... Still looking Mr Travolta... Need to watch for yourself..

Wealthy speedboat racer Ben Aranoff leads a double life that gets him into trouble with both law enforcement and drug lords.... Speed Kills is another straight to DVD release starring Travolta that had no reason to have been made at all. The cover states that it's 'The Wolf Of Wall Street on water' and has Travolta leering at you like Michael Myers with his destroyed face. It's not a terrible film, well it is, but Travolta makes it watchable. Even though his face looks like a weather ravaged, fire burnt apricot, he still has that swagger that has made him an icon for over forty years. Loosely based on a true story, the film basically tells you that you can't run away from your past, which is ironic because one of the first people you see in this film is Tom Sizemore, and my word, he really looks like he has no idea what he is doing in his two minutes of screentime. His dialogue is bizarre to say the least, and as soon as he enters the film, he leaves, without explanation. A truly worthless role from someone who had so much worth at one point. Once the film turns to the racing, we are treated to some terrible CG water, and Kellan Lutz looking like a hulked out Noel Edmonds threatening Travolta like a petty schoolboy. It's trash, but watchable trash, making it a sobering thought that Travolta was once Hollywood gold, and had a wonderful resurgence thanks to Pulp Fiction, when for four years, any film he starred in made oodles of money. Even Michael and Phenomenon. We can never take that away from him, because he is John Travolta, and he knows he'll always be an icon, and people will always watch his films.... A bit selfish if you ask me.

Not as bad as reviews/ratings would suggest. Would've probably did better in the 90's, however, even though I didn't think it was that bad.

This is a bizarre movie. It starts out with crazy intensity between Old John Travolta and Old Other Guy who ends up standing menacingly by his truck just staring at him. Then it goes back in time. Travolta is in trouble with the mob and has to get his family out of town. So he goes to Florida and... immediately gets super involved in speedboat racing for some reason? People watching and clapping and him getting hooked right away are kind of ridiculous, especially if Travolta's supposed to be on the run - why enter and win a bunch of boat races and get that kind of attention? But I guess it's OK because this hood fresh in town gets the OK from Meyer Lansky himself, for some reason. Lots more pointless boat racing. He cheats on his wife for like a decade and she knows but does nothing about it I guess. His son goes in the hospital while he's off winning one of his races. His boat racing gets in the way of his mob duties and Meyer gets mad at him. It's so bizarre and Travolta LOOKS so bizarre in his various ages in this movie but it at least kept our attention. Until we turned it off.

Watching Travolta smoke a cigarette told me how good the acting was!

The movie was the worst of 2018,the story was really bad,everything was worst than a movie was made in 2005! I hope Speed Kills creators see the movie before they release it 😅..

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