Half-brothers Andrew and Garrett have a lucrative business - stealing high-end classic sports cars to order for mega-rich clients. They make a mistake in stealing a car which a nominee has just bought at auction for murderous gang boss Morier. This puts them in danger of being murdered unless they can make amends by stealing cars from rival gang boss Max Klemp, which carries its own risks.This French film is very much in the mould of the original Transporter movie - crime caper, Mediterranean locations, lots of stunt driving and action. But its's not so much Fast & Furious, more Quite Quick & A Bit Cross.The only actor I had heard of was Scott Eastwood as the American brother, but all the performances were fine. The chemistry between the two brothers worked well. The plot had enough little wrinkles and sidetracks to please, the action was well-handled, and the film looked good.Let's not think too much about the morality of it, eh?This will be one which I will probably stick with if I catch it while channel-hopping.

Andrew (Scott Eastwood) and Garrett (Freddie Thorp) are brothers who steal classic luxury cars. They steal a 1937 Bugatti worth millions, but they get caught and the owner and local crime boss Morier (Simon Abkarian) tells them that to save their lives they must steal arch rival Max Klemp's (Clemens Schick) 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO.When I saw that Ana de Armas was in this I had to watch. She is totally one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. She plays Stephanie, Andrew's girlfriend. (Lucky guy)This has a lot of twists and turns, breath-taking car chases and crashes, and some very surprising explosions. Not sure what stunts were real or CGI, but everything looked pretty real. The driving stunts were pure artistry. We never know the plans about how stealing cars will go, but at the end you will see there was a plan. And it will be here you will see the twists that surprised even me. Kudos. (You're too easy)The location for this movie is the South of France and the cinematography and photography are excellent all around. (Yes, you will see the Eiffel Tower later on)Notables: Gaia Weiss as Devin brought in to the team by Stephani; and the two Interpol officers: Closson (Pierre-Marie Mosconi) and Depaul (Frederic Anscombre)The pacing is very good and the music is heart-stomping good. The acting all around is okay, No Oscars, but credible. (You mean to say the dialogues could have been better?)As I said, there are many twists and turns in here and if you get lost in some of this, just enjoy the car chases/crashes, explosions, Ana de Armas, the classic luxury cars and did I mention Ana de Armas? Hey, I enjoyed all of it. (7/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.

"Overdrive" is a pretty new movie from this year, European/American co-production with many French guys working on it. For many of the crew, it is certainly their most known work now and this includes Colombian director Antonio Negret. For the writing duo perhaps not as Brandt and Haas have worked on other blockbuster films together with one of them being part of the F&F franchise and this somewhat explains this film too. The lead actor is Scott Eastwood and once again I am not convinced by him. His striking similarity to his dad may be there, but the aura certainly isn't and I don't really see him being famous without Clint. I have seen three different face expressions max in here. His co-lead Freddie Thorp does what was asked from him, bring in some comic relief and act like a fool often enough that Eastwood looks more like the competent quietly convincing bad-ass guy. The biggest female character is played by Ana de Armas, who is currently enjoying a breakthrough year with the new Blade Runner film. Her Steph in here also really works to some extent and despite the runtime I found it difficult to perceive her as an equal member of the team. Good for them giving significance to her character and attempting to have more to her than a generic stereotypical girlfriend performance, but it's not really working.The supporting characters were a big problem here. That fat bomb guy is never as funny as he was intended to be, the thief chick was so irrelevant that she never was memorable enough to help turning the other brother's love life struggles into something relevant and the rest of the team we simply don't find out about at all. The villain actors weren't bad. The Indian guy did not have too much to work with in terms of both material and screen time, but Abkarian does a good job and Schick I know very well being from Germany and he is a much better actor than he is allowed to show us here, even with that final plot twists. And honestly, it's hard enough to believe already these goofball brothers and their posse are gifted enough to trick 2 crime bosses, but 3? Maybe the filmmakers realized this too and that's why they turned him into one of the good guys. Near the end, the movie gets its spectacular car chase scene too of course, but as I have pretty much zero interest in (race) cars, that one was the most forgettable sequence of the entire film perhaps. It is a movie that is made for those who enjoy great cars more than great movies, so like I wrote in the title: If the F&F franchise is for you or stuff like Gone in 60 Seconds, then probably you can enjoy this one here too. And hope for the sequel that is hinted at at the very end. Otherwise, I strongly suggest you skip this one. It's not a failure really, but due to insufficient love to detail in story-telling and character writing and acting, it's far from the level where I'd give it a thumbs-up. Watch something else instead.

A lot has been covered by other reviewers so I'll just add the two things that bothered me the most.You can't go and steal extremely rare cars. A random Ferrari; sure you can steal it and sell it in another country. But every Ferrari 250 GTO is numbered and known about. You can't just go and steal Nick Mason's 250 GTO and sell it to someone random. Interpol will be on you in no time.Also, was Kemp a bad guy or a good guy? Did he kill the pilot? Did Andrew just think that was ay-okay? And how did they end up with the GTO in the end? Steal it from the guy that played along? Very confusing.