The film serves as a prequel to the previous installment in the series, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift with the original cast. Dom, Letty, and Han are out in Dominican Republic, living the fast life with their equally fast cars, highjacking gas-trucks for cash and partying. Dom decides to leave Letty in fear of her being caught by the Feds with him. Years later, Letty turns out dead and Dom comes back to the States, in search of her murderer. Brian (played by Paul Walker in his most bearded role ever) is now a Federal agent in pursuit of a drug cartel, Arturo Braga. He goes undercover into the world of underground racing to catch Braga and faces Dom yet again. High-speed car chases scenes, scandalously clad women, drugs, guns, and sex ensue as Dom and Brian must work together to survive and reach their goals.

The world of underground racing filled with drugs, murder, and sex is a reminiscent of Sodom and Gomorra, with no moral values or ethics. People are back-stabbed everywhere while money and drugs rule the world while Brian and Dom must keep their own morals to survive in this film. As horrific of a film as it sounds, the film keeps clear and strong heads on the two leads, who (SPOILER ALERT) survive because of their beliefs.

 Justin Lin keeps the film interesting enough with fast cars, trite plot twists, and the growth in characters. Though it may not display any artistic of cinematic value, the film serves its purpose of entertainment which it reaches competently. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel both do the best they can with the material but I cannot keep myself from laughing when Vin Diesel occasional gave his gruff and grunts while keeping the most stoic faces in the cinema in the past 10 years. True muscle-heads and import-fans should be happy with the display of some of the classic cars (Charger SS, WRX STi, Nissan S15, Nissan Skyline GT-R, etc) but then again they too disappear in our mind fast and furiously as I walked out of the theater.

Rated Pg-13 for sequences of violence, action, sexual content, language, and drug-reference. Running Time 107 Min. 

Comments (1)

Thebiusyu wrote on April 07, 2009

Title: ... I Question this movie..after I left the theater..as a fan of Imports.. this movie should have been part3.. 1. If you remeber correctly Part1..Brian leaves his LAPD badge in LA. 2. Then in Part2 Brian is a wanted suspect by the FBI and was caught in Miami? 3. Going back to part 2 Brian is in Miami.The new movie tells a story in LA? 4. If he was a wanted suspect in part2.. how did he become an FBI in this new movie? report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0