THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (Theatrical Release USA 2006)
Ben
Meyers’ rating: 3.7|5.0
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
replaces Actor Paul Walker with Actor Lucas Black, moves the action to Tokyo,
and uses the talents of Director Justin Lin to introduce audiences to ‘drifting,’ a
type of racing popular in Japan. The storyline revolves around rebellious
American teen-ager, Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), whose Mother sends him to Tokyo
to live with his dad, U.S. Navy officer, Major Boswell (Brian Goodman), to keep
him from trouble with United States law officials. The ‘family’ working to
get their son on a better course in life isn’t quite what one would expect from a Fast and Furious movie; but, the racing is pretty good and the scenes revolving around Tokyo culture make a unique
story worth watching. The movie is not the best in the series. The story needs a boost in reality and the story seems more serious at times than the other films. That serious tone as well as deeper involvement with mafia hampers the quality of this film.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Executive Producers Ryan
Kavanaugh, Lynwood Spinks, and Clayton Townsend for making the film possible.
Additional character/cast include: High School Security Guard (Damien Marzette),
American Math Teacher (Trula M. Marcus), Morimoto (Leonardo Nam), Han (Sung
Kang), Clay (Zachery Ty Bryan), Neela (Nathalie Kelley), Drift King (Brian
Tee), Twinkie (Shad Moss also known as the musical rapper Bow Wow), Ms. Boswell
(Lynda Boyd), and Cindy (Nikki Griffin).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This movie, the third release in the Fast and the Furious franchise, is an interesting watch. But the plotline needs work to make it in character with the previous films.
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