Disappointed in the amount of car chases on film? Just sue the distributors!

Although many people find the trailers a complete hassle when they go to the cinema, I actually quite look forward to them. The adverts for other films always help me to decide which films may be worthy of my time and next trip to the cinema.

I’m not the only one – according to a report, a woman in the US also uses the trailers to help her pick films. But where we differ is that when she felt that a trailer had misled her into paying to watch a movie she didn’t enjoy, she decided that the next step was to sue the film distributor.

The Michigan based woman felt that that Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, was advertised to her as a Fast and Furious style action piece, yet when she viewed the film she discovered that it was nothing of the sort.

She has claimed that the motion picture “bore very little similarity to a chase or race action film … having very little driving in the motion picture”.

Both the cinema she visited and the film distributor, FilmDistrict, are expected to strongly contest the case, and the cinema has made known that they have already offered the cinema-goer a refund – the lawsuit’s only demand!

There are plenty of films that I haven’t been hugely impressed with, but it would never occur to me to sue anyone! Especially over the lack of car chases featured. Maybe she’ll do some more research into the next film she intends to pay to see.