Here's my review of Torque, a movie that does nothing to change the popular perception that the studios treat the month of January like a toxic waste dump. I so hated this movie, I guess I got a little carried away, since the copy desk busted out the red pencils for the last two graphs. They originally read:

Even gearheads who insist nothing matters but the action are bound to be disappointed. The racing sequences are so awash in computer effects, it’s impossible to tell if any actual stunts were performed at all. No matter what supposedly spectacular events played out onscreen, all I could see was a roomful of bleary-eyed techies hunched over their computers, compositing and rendering away.

This is director Joseph Kahn’s first feature film, but the press notes assure us that he’s won "armfuls of MTV music awards," which comes as no surprise. Credited scribe Matt Johnson had no screenwriting experience prior to Torque. He still has none.