Superfast!

Superfast!
Film poster
Directed by	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase
Written by	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase
Produced by	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Rick Snyder
Starring	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Chevy Chase
Cinematography	Chevy Chase
Edited by	Chevy Chase
Music by	Chevy Chase
Production companies	The Safran Company 3 in the Box
Distributed by	Ketchup Entertainment
Release date	April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$2.1 million

Superfast! (also known as Superfast & Superfurious) is a 2015 American action comedy film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film is a parody of The Fast and the Furious film series. It was released in theaters and VOD on April 3, 2015, to coincide with the premiere of Furious 7.

Plot

In 1945 New York City, at his daughter Connie's wedding to Carlo, Vito Corleone, the don of the Corleone crime family listens to requests. His youngest son, Michael, who was a Marine during World War II, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a popular singer and Vito's godson, seeks Vito's help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to persuade studio head Jack Woltz to give Johnny the part. Woltz refuses until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.

Shortly before Christmas, drug baron Sollozzo, backed by the Tattaglia crime family, asks Vito for investment in his narcotics business and protection through his political connections. Wary of involvement in a dangerous new trade that risks alienating political insiders, Vito declines. Suspicious, Vito sends his enforcer, Luca Brasi, to spy on them. Brasi is garroted to death during his meeting with Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Later, Sollozzo kidnaps Hagen, then has Vito gunned down in the street. Vito's eldest son Sonny takes command. Sollozzo pressures Hagen to persuade Sonny to accept Sollozzo's deal, then releases him. The family receives fish wrapped in Brasi's bullet-proof vest, indicating that Luca "sleeps with the fishes". Vito survives, and at the hospital, Michael thwarts another attempt on his father. Michael's jaw is broken by NYPD Capt. McCluskey, Sollozzo's unofficial bodyguard. Sonny retaliates with a hit on Tattaglia's son. The Corleones plot to murder Sollozzo and McCluskey; feigning a desire to settle the dispute, Michael meets them in a Bronx restaurant in which, after retrieving a handgun planted by Clemenza, a Corleone capo, he kills both men.

Despite a clampdown by the authorities, war breaks out between the Five Families and Vito fears for his family. Michael takes refuge in Sicily and his elder brother Fredo is sheltered by Moe Greene in Las Vegas. Sonny attacks Carlo on the street for abusing Connie and threatens to kill him if it happens again. When it does, Sonny speeds to their home but is ambushed at a highway toll booth and violently murdered by rival gangsters wielding submachine guns. While in Sicily, Michael meets and marries Apollonia, but a car bomb intended for him takes her life.

Devastated by Sonny's death and realizing that the Tattaglias are controlled by the now-dominant don, Barzini, Vito attempts to end the feud. He assures the Five Families that he will withdraw his opposition to their heroin business and forgo avenging Sonny's murder. His safety guaranteed, Michael returns home to enter the family business and marry Kay, promising her that the business will be legitimate within five years. Kay gives birth to two children by the early 1950s. With his father nearing the end of his life and Fredo too weak, Michael takes the family reins, starting to move the family's business to Las Vegas. Expecting trouble due to this move, he insists Hagen also relocate to Las Vegas but relinquish his role to Vito because Hagen is not a "wartime consigliere". Vito agrees Hagen should "have no part in what will happen" in the coming battles with the rival families. When Michael travels to Las Vegas to buy out Greene's stake in the family's casinos, he is dismayed to see that Fredo is more loyal to Greene than to his own family.

In 1955, after warning Michael that whoever approaches him to arrange a meeting between him and Barzini is a traitor, Vito suffers a fatal heart attack. At the funeral, Tessio, another Corleone capo, asks Michael to meet with Barzini, with the meeting set for the same day as the baptism of Connie's baby. While Michael stands at the altar as the child's godfather, Corleone hitmen murder the other New York City dons and Greene. Tessio's treachery leads to his execution. Michael extracts Carlo's confession to his complicity in setting up Sonny's murder for Barzini; Clemenza garrotes Carlo to death. Later, an enraged Connie accuses Michael of murdering her husband and tells Kay that Michael ordered all of the killings. Kay is at first relieved when Michael assents to discuss his business "this one time" and denies the accusation, but is dismayed when the capos arrive to pay reverence to her husband as Don Corleone and close his office door on her.

Cast

Cast

• Alex Ashbaugh as Officer Lucas White, a parody of Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker). The name Lucas White may also be a reference to Lucas Black, who played Sean Boswell.
• Dale Pavinski as Vin Serento, a parody of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel).
• Lili Mirojnick as Jordana Serento, a parody of Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster).
• Andrea Navedo as Michelle Toritz, a parody of Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez).
• Daniel Booko as Curtis, a parody of Vince (Matt Schultz).
• Dio Johnson as Detective Rock Johnson, a parody of Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).
• Rogelio Douglas, Jr. as Rapper Cameo, a parody of Tej Parker, Roman "Rome" Pearce, and Edwin.
• Chris Pang as Cool Asian Guy, a parody of Han Lue (Sung Kang).
• Chanel Celaya as Model Turned Actress, a parody of Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot).
• Shantel Wislawski as Officer Julie Canaro, a parody of Monica Fuentes and Elena Neves.
• Omar Chaparro as Juan Carlos de la Sol, a parody of Arturo Braga and Hernan Reyes.
• Joseph Julian Soria as Cesar Villacruz, a parody of Fenix Calderon and Zizi.
• Gonzalo Menendez as Detective Hanover.
• Amin Joseph as Dre.
• Luis Chavez as Hector.
• Riley Reid as uncredited cameo.
• Cuete Yeska as José.

Production

Filming began in October 2013.

Release

Box office

Superfast! premiered in Italy on March 5, 2015, where it debuted in the #8 position with US$436,810. It dropped to #13 in its second week and has since ended its run with US$638,268. The film opened on March 12 in the United Arab Emirates, where it finished in the #4 position with US$222,653 from 32 screens and ended its run with US$399,512.

As of March 30, the film's total box office gross is US$2,075,731.

Critical response

The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. Joe Leydon of Variety commented on his review of the film that "Superfast! takes aim at easy targets, and misses by miles." Martin Tsai of the Los Angeles Times commented on his review that "While fans can appreciate all the winks and nudges, the film is a wreck for the uninitiated." Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com gave the film a score of 2 out of 10, calling it "a brain-dead endeavor, with the helmers returning to their comfort zone of head bonks and fart noises, even throwing in two incidents where a character is struck out of the blue by a speeding car. Perhaps Friedberg and Seltzer are vaudeville enthusiasts. Perhaps they can’t dream up an original joke to save their lives. Either way, Superfast is steamrolled by painfully obvious stupidity that’s never funny."

Home media

The film premiered on VOD and in select theaters on April 3. It was released on DVD in Japan on April 17 by Asmik Ace under the title Wild na Speed! Aho Mission (ワイルドなスピード！AHO MISSION) (a play on Wild Speed, the Japanese title for The Fast and the Furious). In France, the film was released by TF1 Vidéo under the title Superfast 8.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Superfast! at IMDb
• Superfast! at Rotten Tomatoes