Need for Speed trailer | video

The Need for Speed video game franchise was always likely to transfer to the silver screen. And our first look at the film -- due to launch in March next year -- shows it's kept the high-octane pace of the game. The movie stars Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul in the lead role as car mechanic and street racer Tobey Marshall, who serves a prison term after being framed for a crime he didn't commit.

The story really kicks off after he gets out of jail and sets off on a series of high-speed adventures in a quest to get even with the man who was responsible for his false conviction. Need for Speed's trailer suggests a dark taste of vengeance, with the voiceover vowing "All those who defied me shall be ashamed and disgraced. Those who wage war against me shall perish".

But even with a scant attempt at story development, the film promises car action -- and lots of it -- with chases, crashes, explosions and ... err, more chases, crashes and explosions. Need for Speed needs little else, really.

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