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Is it worth saving a few quid by ordering your Ford Focus with one of the lowliest petrol engines?..
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Despite what the TV stars of motoring might say, sometimes ‘power’ isn’t the answer to everything. If you look through any manufacturer’s range brochure, you’ll often see a long and overwhelming list of engines, outputs and specs, from entry-level three-cylinder petrols to meaty motors packing eight, ten or even twelve cylinders.
Sometimes, what matters more is finding a happy compromise. The weakest engine you'll find shifting this family favourite around is a 1.0-litre petrol engine with a measly 84bhp, but for around £350 extra, you can get your hands on this more powerful 99bhp version, which we’re sampling here. It’s only available with the bottom two trim levels – Style and Zetec – but that places it at the more affordable end of the price list.
Our current engine of choice for the Focus is the higher-output 1.0-litre petrol unit with 123bhp, but is it worth sacrificing a little power in favour of lower running costs with this 99bhp offering?
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Well, let’s answer that quickly and easily – in the real world the 99bhp unit does feel slow, and you’ll notice it even more with a car full of passengers. You have to work the engine hard to get any real power, whether off the line or in-gear and, while it will sit happily at motorway speeds, it can make a bit of a racket getting there. Although the engine is smooth and hushed below around 3500rpm, you'll need to push beyond that to really get going. Beyond 4000rpm, the thrummy three-cylinder tune starts to get rather strained.
Unfortunately, your relaxed cruise will falter if the engine falls below 2000rpm, at which point it runs out of puff and you find yourself having to change down to pick up the pace with any urgency. The 123bhp version of the 1.0-litre offers an extra 22lb ft of torque (low-rev pulling power) when you put your foot down, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but makes all the difference when you need to leap into a gap in the traffic. That alone justifies the premium you'll pay for the more powerful engine.
The 99bhp engine is only available with a manual gearbox. With no automatic option, it's as well that the manual is precise and easy to slot into gear, but it does have a longer throw than the Skoda Octavia.
There’s no option to add Ford’s adaptive damping system on Style and Zetec trims, so you don't have the choice of squishy or sporty suspension depending on your mood. It's a moot point, though, as the Focus acquits itself well in corners while serving up a generally relaxed ride that conceals road imperfections well. It only thuds noticeably over particularly harsh bumps and potholes and only the Volkswagen Golf proves comfier.
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Unfortunately, the Focus suffers by comparison to the Golf when it comes to interior finish. It all feels a little low rent: not even the softer-touch materials used over the top of the dashboard are especially appealing, and you'll find hard, scratchy plastics lower down around the temperature controls and doors.
The Zetec trim tested here is the second-lowest spec level, but still gets a decent amount of equipment. This includes a heated windscreen, driver’s adjustable lumbar support, cruise control and an 8.0in touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring. You’ll want to use that smartphone integration, too, as Ford’s own infotainment system isn’t particularly intuitive or quick to respond. Nor are its graphics as sharp as rival systems, such as that of the Octavia. For a full breakdown of the Focus's interior, see our full 16-point review here.
Standard safety equipment includes automatic headlights, lane-keeping assist and a tyre-pressure monitoring system, while blind-spot monitoring and front and rear parking sensors can be added to Zetec trim at extra cost. Sqlpro studio 1 0 169 – powerful database manager roles.
For more information on the interior and full range details, see our full Ford Focus review here.
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Directed by | |
Produced by | Denise Di Novi |
Written by | |
Starring | |
Music by | Nick Urata |
Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
Edited by | Jan Kovac[1] |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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104 minutes[2] | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50.1 million[3] |
Box office | $158.8 million[4] |
Focus is a 2015 American crimecomedy-drama film written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie. The plot follows a career con artist who takes an aspiring femme fatale under his wing.
The film was released on February 27, 2015. It received mixed reviews from critics but was a success at the box office, grossing $158 million against its $50 million budget.
Plot[edit]
Seasoned con-man Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) goes to an upscale restaurant, where an inexperienced grifter, Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie), seduces him, and then pretends they've been caught by her jealous husband. When the deception fails, Nicky advises them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations. Nicky follows Jess, and convinces her to have a drink with him. Over drinks, he tells her the story of how his father killed his grandfather in a stand-off, explaining the tactic called a 'Toledo Panic Button' which means that you shoot your partner to show you're loyal.
Jess follows Nicky to New Orleans, successful in persuading Nicky to take her under his wing, where she is also introduced to Nicky's crew as well, including the obese and profane Farhad (Adrian Martinez) and fellow con-man Horst (Brennan Brown). She picks a few pockets as a test, and soon Nicky and Jess develop a romantic relationship, upsetting Nicky, who was taught by his father to never become emotionally involved with anyone in their line of business. At the 17th Associated Football Franchise of America Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nicky gets into a round of increasingly extravagant bets with gambler Liyuan Tse (B.D. Wong), eventually losing all of the money the crew has earned.
To win it back, Nicky asks Tse to pick any player on or off the field and says that Jess will guess the number picked. A distraught Jess scans the field and notices Farhad wearing jersey number 55 and realizes it is another con. They take Tse for millions of dollars. Nicky explains to Jess how Tse had been programmed to pick 55 since he arrived, with subtle, subconscious prompts throughout his day. Afterwards, Nicky, wary of his growing emotional involvement, leaves Jess by the side of the road with her cut. He instructs the driver to take her to the airport. Jess cries as her limo drives off, leaving Nicky to climb into another waiting car.
Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires, working for billionaire motorsport team owner Rafael Garriga (Rodrigo Santoro). Garriga needs to beat a team headed by Australian businessman McEwen (Robert Taylor) to win the championship. Nicky will pretend to be a disgruntled technician on Garriga's team willing to sell Garriga's custom fuel use algorithm EXR. Instead he will sell McEwen a bogus version which will slow their car down during the race. At a pre-race party, Nicky runs into Jess, who is now Garriga's girlfriend. After faking heavy drinking upon seeing Jess, Nicky has a convincing fight with Garriga in public and after being thrown out, is recruited by McEwen to provide the component.
Nicky begins pursuing Jess again, and they eventually rekindle their relationship. The head of Garriga's security entourage, Owens (Gerald McRaney), is suspicious and narrowly misses catching the two together. Nicky delivers the component to McEwen for three million euros but also sells it to the other teams for similar amounts.
Nicky and Jess attempt to return to the United States together. However, they are caught by Garriga's men and taken to Garriga's garage. Jess is tied up and her mouth is taped shut whilst Nicky is given a beating. Nicky has actually sold the real EXR to all of the various teams. Garriga is convinced that Jess had something to do with Nicky gaining access to EXR and begins to suffocate the gagged Jess by holding her nose. In order to save Jess, Nicky explains that he gained access to EXR through tricking Jess into believing he still had feelings for her. That the necklace he had given to Jess was equipped to secretly record Garriga's password and login information. He explains that Jess was conned and knew nothing about this. However, Jess then reveals that she was only trying to seduce Garriga in order to steal his valuable watch and to make Nicky jealous.
Nicky promises to come clean in order to spare Jess's life but Owens shoots him in the chest, causing a horrified Garriga to leave. Owens then reveals himself to be Nicky's father, Bucky, and assures Jess that he avoided any major arteries. He simply employed the 'Toledo Panic Button.' Bucky then tapes up Nicky's wounds and draws excess blood out of his son's chest with a metal plunger so that he can breathe again. They flee the garage in Garriga's vehicle.
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Bucky drives Nicky and Jess to the hospital to treat Nicky's punctured lung and departs with Nicky's money as a reminder of the consequences of losing focus. After he leaves, Nicky notices that Jess snatched Garriga's watch before he left the warehouse, and a smiling Nicky and Jess then go into the hospital together.
Cast[edit]
- Will Smith as Nicky Spurgeon
- Margot Robbie as Jess Barrett
- Rodrigo Santoro as Rafael Garriga
- Gerald McRaney as Bucky Spurgeon / Owens
- B. D. Wong as Liyuan Tse
- Robert Taylor as McEwen
- Dominic Fumusa as Jared Mukulski
- Brennan Brown as Horst
- Griff Furst as Gareth
- Adrian Martinez as Farhad
- Alfred Tumbley as Dogs
- Billy Slaughter as Passing Thief
- Juan Minujin as Barman
- Stephanie Honoré as Janice
- Omid Khodadad as Focus Developer
- Mehdi Rafiee as CTO
Production[edit]
Apollo Robbins served as a consultant, conceiving and choreographing original sleight-of-hand maneuvers. Directors Ficarra and Requa stated, 'Apollo is the foremost expert in his field and is an inspiration to us.'
The directing duo and production designer Beth Mickle made a scouting trip to Buenos Aires in June and a second trip with producers Denise Di Novi and Mark Scoon, in which they finally settled to shoot in the neighborhoods of San Telmo, Puerto Madero, Barracas, Retiro, Recoleta and Palermo, as well as Ezeiza Airport and a few hotels.[5]
Neil Smith spoke at the Digital Cinema Society forum dropping several hints as to the identity of a film being edited in Final Cut Pro X in a December 2013 presentation. This would make Focus the largest production yet completed in Apple's editing program.
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began on September 14, 2013 in New Orleans,[citation needed] and moved over to Buenos Aires on November 19, 2013 for three weeks. The last day of shooting in Argentina was on December 10.[6] Filming wrapped in New York City on December 17, 2013.[7]
Release[edit]
The film was released in 2015 in the US and Germany.[8] On January 29, 2015, WB and IMAX Corporation announced that they would digitally re-master the film into the immersive IMAX DMR format, also for release on the same date.[9]
Box office[edit]
Focus grossed $53.9 million in North America and $104.9 million in other territories for a total gross of $158.8 million, against a production budget of $50.1 million.[4]
The film grossed $6.4 million in its opening day, $7.6 million on its second day and $4.6 million on its third day, totaling $18.7 million in its opening weekend, while playing in 3,323 theaters (a $5,623 per-theatre average), finishing first place at the box office.[10] The film was also released in the theatres of 39 markets of other territories in same weekend of its North America release, and grossed an estimated $12.2 million. Its biggest territories were the United Kingdom ($13 million), Russia ($3.1 million) and Netherlands ($1,765,832).[11][12]
Critical response[edit]
Focus received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 56%, based on 223 reviews, with a rating average of 5.82/10. The site's consensus reads, 'Focus may have a few too many twists and turns, but it nearly skates by on its glamorous setting and the charm of its stars.'[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 56 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.[14] According to CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a grade of 'B' on an A+ to F scale.[15]
The Free Press Journal called the film 'smart, slick, but shallow'.[16]
Home media[edit]
Focus was released on DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on June 2, 2015.[17][18]
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Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack album was released on February 24, 2015 by WaterTower Music.[19]
- 'I'm a Manchild' – Uptown Funk Empire
- 'Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)' – Sofa Surfers
- 'Please!' – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- 'Wind It Up' – Stooges Brass Band
- 'You Don't Have to Worry' – Doris & Kelley
- 'Meet Me in the City' – Junior Kimbrough
- 'Sympathy for the Devil' - The Rolling Stones
- 'Gimme Danger' – The Stooges
- 'Chorra' – Los Mareados
- 'La Espada de Cadorna' – Mauro Alberelli, Fernando Diego, Barreyro, Maria Carla Flores, Fermin Echeveste, Manuel Gonzalez Aguilar, Mateo Gonzalez Aguilar and Carlos Maximiliano Russo
- 'Gerli Hood' – Ivan Diaz Mathe, Jorge Estenbenet, Sebastian Martinez, Francisco Olivero, Daniel Michel, Juan Manuel Meyer and Gala Iglesias Brickles featuring Camilo Costaldi Lira and Alberto Manuel Rodriguez
- 'Corazon de Piedra (Te Amo)' – Alenjandro Medina
- 'White Bird' – It's a Beautiful Day
- 'Love Makes the World Go Round' – Barbara Lewis
- 'Focus (Love Theme)' – Nick Urata
- 'The Windmills of Your Mind' – Ray Conniff and The Singers
References[edit]
- ^'Jan Kovac'. IMDb. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^'FOCUS (15)'. British Board of Film Classification. bbfc.co.uk. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ^'Focus cost 50.1M to produce'. Variety.
- ^ ab'Focus (2015)'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^'Will Smith/Rodrigo Santoro Comedy 'Focus' Will be Wrapping Up Filming in Argentina'. Filming in Argentina: The blog of San Telmo Productions.
- ^'Will Smith & Margot Robbie Keep Their Distance On Their Last Day Of Shooting In Argentina'. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^'Will Smith and Margot Robbie Wrap 'Focus''. whosay.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^'Warner Bros Dates 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' For 2015 MLK Weekend; Will Smith's 'Focus' Set For February 2015'. deadline.com. February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
- ^Evry, Max (January 29, 2015). 'IMAX to Release Focus, Starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie'. comingsoon.net. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^'Focus daily Gross'. boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ^'Around-the-World: 'Fifty Shades' Approaches $500 Million Worldwide'. boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^'Focus International Box office Week#1'. boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^'Focus (2015)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^'Focus Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^'CinemaScore'. CinemaScore. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^Torcato, Ronita (March 13, 2015). 'Movie Review: Focus – Smart, slick, but shallow'. The Free Press Journal. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
- ^'Focus'. Dvdreleasedates.com. 2015.
- ^'Focus'. June 2, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016 – via Amazon.com.
- ^'Focus Soundtrack List'. songonlyrics.net. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Focus on IMDb
- Focus at Rotten Tomatoes
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