“Speed Kills” Podcast Movie Review

Speed Kills – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 77

“Examine a man’s faults, you find his virtues.”

Daniel and Corky close the book on Travolt-ember, their annual tribute to the always overacting John Travolta. However, the hosts encounter an unusually sedate Travolta in Speed Kills, an incomprehensibly incompetent pseudo-biopic released straight-to-streaming in 2018. The film is loosely based on the life of speedboat mogul and racer Donald Aronow, reimagined here as Ben Aronoff for some stupid reason. Despite its ambitions as a generation-spanning crime saga, Speed Kills feels more like Gotti Lite. Essentially a filmed Wikipedia page, Speed Kills is borderline parodic in its use of cliches and narrative shortcuts.

Meanwhile, Daniel and Corky discuss repressed memories, cock-blocking lawyers, and Robbie fuckin’ Reemer.

NEW DARES

Shrunken Heads (Matt/Mike)

Things (David Harlan)

SPEED KILLS FACTS AND FIGURES

Critic scores: 0 on Rotten Tomatoes

Daniel’s craft beer: Moksa Brewing’s OK OK Here You Go (5.0% ABV)

Corky’s craft beer: Almanac Beer Company’s Hypernova Volume IV (5.8% ABV)

IMDB synopsis: “Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire, Ben Aronoff, leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.”

This week’s referenced movies: Vampire Academy; Forbidden Zone; Pulp Fiction; Gotti; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Lucky Numbers; Bad Boys 2; Sleepaway Camp; My Left Foot; Q: The Winged Serpent; Twilight; Saturday Night Fever; Grease; the Look Who’s Talking films; The Shawshank Redemption; Ultraviolet; The Godfather; Fargo; Rated X; The Fanatic; Love Actually; Captain Phillips

Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS

Theatrical trailer for Speed Kills

The Imperfect Storm

Ben Aronoff v. Robbie Reemer

Look Who’s Talking Too dance scene

Follow Dare Daniel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and more. New episodes come out every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage, and send us your movie dares. 

Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes.

The post “Speed Kills” Podcast Movie Review appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.