] I think what happened here is that the filmmakers were
] fascinated by the original article, did some research
] that hooked them on this world, and then trusted the
] world would be enough to power the movie. It isn't. We
] need a stronger conflict, as we had in "The Fast and the
] Furious," and better and more special effects (the
] crashes all seem to happen at a distance).

I.E. Its not enough to provide a look at the biker culture. The main characters have to make their money dealing drugs, and they have to kill about 300 people on screen before the movie is over.

Honestly, this movie does sound like it makes some stupid mistakes in terms of how it manages the audience's emotions, but what the critics are most unhappy about, it seems, is the fact that the characters sound like they approximate real people, and not whacked out machine gun bearing movie super criminals.

An interesting contrast here to most media about "computer hackers" and how people in that scene feel about how they are protrayed. I wonder what the motorcycle scene will think about this movie.

The people demand unrealistic super criminal depictions of sub cultures, and are angry when they don't get it, and yet on the other hand when they do get it, they then actually expect real people who are involved in said subcultures to fit their unrealistic super criminal movie depictions, and hold them responsible as if they did.

Its gotten to the point where "suspension of disbeleif" kicks in because there AREN'T enough explosions.