Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift
Country: America
Genre: Action
Release Year: 2006
Type: Movie
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Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift Review
In order to escape a jail sentence, Sean Boswell moves to Tokyo, Japan to live with his father. He befriends a kid named Twinkie at the High School, who introduces him to the underground world of Tokyo drift racing. Although Sean is a good driver, he has no idea how to "Drift,” which causes him to lose a race to DK, the local king of Drifting. After totaling a borrowed car, Sean must repay his debts by working for the owner of the car. He slowly gets consumed by the world of Tokyo Drift racing, and he is on dangerous grounds.
This movie is the typical Americanized, Asian-style movie. Put in a hick, a black dude, Asian gangsters, and some hot Asian girls, and you have Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. It's better than 2Fast 2Furious, but not as good as the first movie in this franchise.
The main character, Sean Boswell, looks about thirty years old, yet he is supposed to be in High School. The main female actress is a bit more realistic, but she still feels like a character just thrown into this movie to appeal to American audiences. I liked Bow Wow's character because he was the only comedic relief in the movie, but his character, a black schoolboy that rips people off by selling faulty electronics, doesn't really fit him or this movie. The mentor, Earl, played by Jason Tobin, had the slightest bit of depth, yet he was still a bit fake and overacted. The characters just aren't as "real” in this film as they were in the first Fast and the Furious, and they don't mesh together either.
The plot has several unrealistic elements. It seems like everyone from a local Japanese High School is involved in this underground world of street racing, and a schoolgirl happens to be the girlfriend of the Drift King. Then you have the fact that a rich businessman trusts Earl to take care of his car and his money. It seems that many events in this movie are highly improbable, which makes for a storyline that is not authentic or believable.
Although I'm not a fan of either racing or cars, I still felt the racing was very exhilarating. Drifting is a very exciting racing style, and the directors were smart to focus on drifting for part three of this franchise. Still, it's the way that this movie was portrayed that is my main gripe. I would have enjoyed it much more if it was more genuine.
American hip-hop music is heard throughout the movie in an effort to give Japan that hip, gangster feel. Again, this is another attempt to make the movie feel American despite the fact that it is based in Japan. For this movie, it worked, because Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift might as well have been called Fast and the Furious: Los Angeles Drift.
It's a decent movie, but it had potential to be better. A weak storyline and poor character were this movie's downfall. Still, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a thrilling racing movie that is worth watching, even if just for the hot Asian girls that make appearances in a multitude of scenes.
Written by Lance
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