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Torque is a 2004 action movie about underground motorcycle gangs and racers. The film stars Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Will Yun Lee, Dane Cook and Jay Hernandez.
The movie's theatrical run took in a total of $21,215,059 in the United States and worldwide $46,546,197, having a budget of approximately $40,000,000 . Torque received a mostly negative reviews, earning only a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes' consensus for the movie is that the film is "Silly and noisy ... stylish fun for the MTV crowd."
Monster Magnet make a cameo during the film, playing a band whose concert is disrupted by a fight. Lead singer/songwriter Dave Wyndorf also did the score for the movie.
Ice Cube's character Trey states at one point, "Fuck tha police," a reference to Cube's rap group, N.W.A's song of the same name.
In the first scene where Ford passes the two cars, his tailwind causes a road sign to spin, which reads, "Cars Suck."
Trey's chain necklace is made of a bicycle chain, not a motorcycle chain.
Kid Rock's song, "Forever" appears on the soundtrack to the film. Kid Rock stars in the similarly-themed 2003 movie, Biker Boyz.
A Kawasaki Ninja 250R is knocked over in the first scene that Luther (Max Beesley) appears in, probably poking fun at its entry-level status.
On the director's commentary track on the DVD bonus features, the director and cast frequently poke fun at the absurd nature of the movie.
Jesse James (uncredited) of Monster Garage fame makes a cameo ("Sign said...") when Ford first talks to Shane (~ 0:14:00).
At the end of the film, Ford states that he "lives his life a quarter-mile at a time", a direct reference to what Vin Diesel said at the end of the Fast and the Furious.
A few characters in the film wear shirts promoting certain heavy metal / punk bands. Ford wears a black The Ramones t-shirt, Luther wears a classic black Motörhead sleeveless shirt, and Val wears a white Metallica sleeveless shirt.
Push It from Static-X can be heard at the end of the movie.
Dane Cook makes a cameo as Neil.Wikipedia |
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