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March 26, 2014
Andrew Lau and Ekin Cheng, there was a time they were virtually inseparable. That's not too surprising, considering they owe each other a lot for the successes they've enjoyed. The Legend of Speed is a somewhat meager attempt to cash in on the race hype that had Hong Kong in its grip for a couple of years, it's just not that great of a film.
Sky is a formidable racer. In a showdown with Hung, he beats him fair and square. Hung can't really handle the loss and he keeps pestering Sky. So Sky travels to Thailand to reconnect with his father, a superb racer in his own time. His father is willing to help Sky become an even better racer and defeat Hung once and for all.
This felt a bit like a lesser Benny Chan film, or maybe just a try-out before taking on the Initial D franchise. The races are pretty fun, but the extended block of drama and romance that was added to pad out the runtime is a nuisance. It mostly hampers the middle part, and the ending is fine again, but if they'd left 20 minutes on the cutting floor, they'd have had a better film.