The film is directed by Jodi Scurfield not John Luessenhop as previously reported although Luessenhop is one of the writers along with David Aaron Cohen.

Don aronow film. If youre brave enough to watch it I recommend preparing for the worst. There are abrupt smash-cut edits poorly choreographed and photographed motorboat racing scenes and voiceover narration that rushes viewers through key plot points. In its press materials Speed Kills though based on a true-crime tome makes the confusing statement that For the purpose of this film the historical events surrounding Don Aronow.

Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best the key players of Thunderboat Row. Speed Kills the film loosely based on the life of of Don Aronow Ben Aronoff in the movie has been released on DVD and Blu-ray and is available from Amazon. Aronow 59 at the time of his murder in 1987 was a handsome jet-setting Miami speedboat racer and designer of the sleek racing craft known as the cigarette boat.

The life of speed-demon boatbuilder Don Aronow was cut short in a hail of bullets but he left a lasting impression on the people in his life. John Travolta will star as speedboat racing champion Don Aronow in Speed Kills the John Luessenhop-directed drama backed by Hannibal that will film in San Juan Puerto Rico and Miami B. Since I rented it rather than buying it Im only out 2 glad I didnt buy the DVD which I almost did because I was a fan of Don Aronow.

Dont waste your time though. The story is based on the book Speed Kills by Arthur J. Some preliminary scenes are supposed to be disorienting but many of the movies creative decisions barely make sense.

A sport for the rich with an insatiable appetite for speed. The first 45 minutes of the amateurish based-on-a-true-story Speed Kills are pretty rough. The story is so incoherent I dont think Don himself would have been able to follow what was supposed to be happening.

I tested his boats. Powerboat racing champion and the founder of Cigarette Formula Donzi Magnum Squadron XII USA Racing and a larger-than-life figure Aronow was known as the King of Thunderboat Row a short stretch of 188 th Street in North Miami. John Travoltas biopic on Don Aronow or Ben Aronoff in the film is set to release August 16 2018.