While the French movie "Burn Out" does overall manage to be a watchable movie, all the same you'll see plenty of weaknesses along the way that will make you surprised nobody apparently saw during the production and tried to patch up. The movie is fairly slickly made on a limited budget, managing to stand up beside more expensive Hollywood exercises. The motorcycle sequences and various other action sequences do have some genuine excitement. But the script is pretty weak. The whole subplot concerning the protagonist and his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and their child is really underdeveloped, with it being downright forgotten for many long periods of time. Also, the protagonist seems pretty stupid concerning what he gets into to try and save the mother of his child. It's pretty incredible he couldn't see the inevitable consequences of that. I admit that despite the big script weaknesses, I was never bored, so that's why I am giving the movie a (marginal) thumbs-up. But at the same time, I recommend only watching the movie when you are in an undemanding and forgiving mood.
