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Jul

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

   Posted by: Fence   in Moving Pictures

Dir: Justin Lin
Writ: Chris Morgan

  • Lucas Black - Sean Boswell
  • Nathalie Kelley - Neela
  • Bow Wow - Twinkie
  • Sung Kang - Han
  • Brian Tee - D.K

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Car go fast. Car go bang. And look, pretty girls in short skirts.

Come on, that’s all you were expecting right? I mean, yes I enjoyed the first film, way back when. But it was nonsense. I avoided the second because I was afraid of a [tag]Paul Walker[/tag] overdose. But I’ve been a fan of Lucas Black’s since those American Gothic days, and I figured some mindless entertainment might be fun.

And it was.

Although the plot makes no sense, it is all just an excuse for the cars to drift. And yes, drifting is cool, I thought so when I saw it last year on Top Gear and I still think so. But 104 minutes of drifting is slightly too much. Still, cars go fast. And cars go bang. So its all good. Can’t say as I was impressed by the pretty girls though.

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There is one bit that deserves praise though. I thought the action sequences were very well shot. All the directing in fact was great. Everything looked just as it should, although Black is too old to be playing a school kid. But Diesel was too old to play his role in first film, so maybe they are just sticking with tradition.

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no imageCarl V. (Check me out!)
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As silly as it is this is one that I want to see. May not get to it in the theatre though. I enjoyed the first one, for the fast cars and because I enjoy Vin. I thought this one looked extremely silly because of the very thick hick accent. “I know, let’s get a guy with a drawl and send him to Tokyo to race!”. The cars look fantastic though and I’ve played all the Need for Speed Underground PC racing games and drifting is one of the funnest things to do in those games so I get it and I get why it appeals to so many, myself included.

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July 14th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
no imageFence (Check me out!)
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I love Black’s accent. Thats the main reason I went. I do think that it’d be better on the big screen, but can see why it might not be first choice when you head out to the cinema

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July 14th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
no imageCarl V. (Check me out!)
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I don’t dislike his accent in and of itself, I just thought, in the trailers at least, it added an extra dimension of silliness to an already comical plot. I’ll still end up seeing it.

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July 15th, 2006 at 4:56 am
no imageFence (Check me out!)
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He doesn’t exactly fit in does he?

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July 15th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
no imageCarl V. (Check me out!)
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I’m sure that’s probably the point though, isn’t it.

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July 17th, 2006 at 1:55 pm

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