Fast and Furious
Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez
What’s It About
A heart felt drama about a man seeking revenge all while trying to right his own wrongs. Oh yeah, it’s also about tricked out cars, girls making out, reggaeton , extremely cheesy one liners, and Paul Walker, really trying to act.
Thoughts
Basically, the storyline is used to move you from one action piece to the next. While the moments with action are decent, the filler time is… well, not. There is not enough good meat in the script to make you want to care for these characters when their not putting their foot on the pedal. I felt as if the writers felt they had to throw in what they thought were “cool” lines into the dialogue, not realizing that no one says things like, “Valla con Dios.” or , “I like my women to be 20 percent angel, 80 percent devil.”. In fact, the second time that one of the characters said, “Valla con Dios.”, in the movie, the theatre erupted in laughter. Yes, that bad.
Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez (who’s only in this flick for like 10 minutes at the most) do a decent job with what there given. Jordana Brewster pouts pretty much the entire time. Then there’s Mr. Paul, why do you keep giving this guy roles if you KNOW he could not act if his own mothers life depended on it, Walker. There were times when I could almost swear he was looking at a monitor, telling him what to say, when to look mean, when to look sad, or when to give a money shot like pose. Nothing was natural about him. He really needs to quit his day job… seriously.
Memorable Moment
The opening scene. That was the ONLY good thing about this flick. Honestly, it was kick @$$.
FYI
Chronologically speaking, this takes place before Toyko Drift.
Score
3 out of 10
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