a.k.a The Fast and the Furious 4!
Getting right to it, this is just a safe sequel. It’s right in the middle, nothing new or all that exciting, but it’s not a bad picture. Favorite characters from the series are back, it’s got a lot of hot cars and women and a barely there plot. A by the numbers revenge story for Dominic (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) to team together to take down a no good drug smuggling king pin.
The driving choreography and stunt work is often great, but the amount of CG pulls you right out of it. It doesn’t feel exciting or dangerous when you’re zooming down a tunnel that’s just wide enough for a car to fit when it looks like a videogame. It looks like people leaning side to side in the shell of a car. The practical elements are fantastic though.
There really isn’t much to say, if you have an hour and a half to kill and you are looking for an easy movie to watch, Fast & Furious could fit your needs. If you hate the lead actors you’ll want to avoid it, but if that’s the case you didn’t need someone to tell you that.