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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, Jaime Pressly, Will Yun Lee, Jay Hernandez, Fredro Starr, and Christina Milian

Plot Summary

Henderson plays biker Cary Ford, who is framed by an old rival and gang leader for the murder of Trey’s (Ice Cube) brother. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name of the murder with Trey and his feared gang looking for blood.

Similarities to The Fast and the Furious

The film has often been called “The Fast and the Furious on Motorcycles,”^{[citation needed]} referring to the use of many of the same thematic elements between the two films. Both films were produced by Neal H. Moritz.

Torque specifically references The Fast and the Furious at one point, taking a line directly from the film. Henderson’s character Ford borrows Vin Diesel’s line, “I live my life a quarter-mile at a time.” To which Shane (Monet Mazur) replies, “That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.”

In The Fast and the Furious, Dom, played by Vin Diesel, ends up going to Mexico. In Torque, Ford and the rest of the crew also end up leaving for Mexico. In the DVD special features you can see a hidden clip in the background on the commentary of the escaping characters talking to Dom (Vin Diesel) on a beach in Mexico. The scene, meant to be a tribute, was cut to avoid publicity.

Reception

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.^[1] Torque received 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.”