Credit: Sodas and Popcorn
Director: Justin Lin (Fast & Furious franchise)
Written By: Chris Morgan (Tokyo Drift and Wanted) and Gary Scott Thompson (The Fast & Furious Franchise)
Stars: Vin Diesel plays Dom (Pitch Black, Riddick), Paul Walker plays Brian O’Connor (Fast & Furious franchise), Dwayne Johnson plays Hobbs (G.I Joe and Faster), Michelle Rodriguez plays Letty (Avatar, Fast & Furious), Tyrese Gibson plays Roman (Transformers, Fast & Furious), Sung Kang plays Han (Fast & Furious and Ninja Assasin), Ludacris plays Tej, Gina Carano (Haywire) and Luke Evans plays Shaw (Immortals, Clash of Titans).
Hey guys, welcome to today's review of the Movie currently ripping the theaters apart worldwide. Fast & Furious 6.
In this installment of the 6 part franchise, Hobb has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries.
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The Script
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A script? When has the fast and furious franchise ever been about a script? It's always been about sexy cars, sexy chicks, neck breaking speed, impossible and implausible stunts. But now, it just got bigger. I mean these guys have not one bit of a regard or respect for physics anymore. This guys fly now. Yep you heard me right. It's like they have become super heroes or something.
I was like; ‘Come On! Seriously?’ They shouldn’t have left out the capes.
This isn't some Oscar contending story, or a movie to follow the rules...naaah. It's much too different from that. It has grown from being about illegal street racing to these guys taking down multinational criminals now. It is a completely awesome movie. The best of the franchise so far. You also need to brush up on your Fast and Furious history. Lots of references were made to the previous movies.
I loved every minute of it although I didn't like the unreasonable waste of life in the freeway tanker scene. Even with all the smashing and crushing, there were shots where you won't see a body in the cars. Those parts seemed too silly for me.
And then Super Man Dom...*lips sealed* You need to see the movie to understand what I mean.
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The Directing
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It’s Justin Lin again. He has done it the last 4 times and they didn't disappoint so why will he start now. I loved how he developed with the story. It's quite sad he is off the franchise though.
Let me defend the movie for a minute. Lots of Critics have been questioning the logic and laws of physics being ignored by this movie. Come on guys!!! Stop being so uptight. Most movies from this year so far have been about entertainment basically (although I hunger for some genuine mind bending thrill though. Some Inception kind of stuff).
The franchise started as a series of movies about illegal racing and a bad guy always getting away from the cops. Let me put this question to you guys now; if you have 6 movies about illegal racing, wouldn't you have dropped off at the third part or something?
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The Acting
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Tyrese Gibson is a total clown. Every time he spoke, I cracked up. He and Ludacris were just a perfect duo. Oh, the Villain was okay. He wasn't all that a bad ass, but he did make the Dom Gang sweat and look like a bunch of p*****s though.
We have the complete crew from the beginning back except the Brazilian duo from Fast 5. And we also have Letty coming back from the dead.
Then the fight between Letty and Riley (Gina Carano) was completely insane. It reminded me of the fight scene between Dom and Hobb in Fast 5...simply legendary. Then the double-battle scene with Dwayne and Vin teaming up was awesome. Just awesome.
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The Verdict
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Following my tone from the beginning of this review, my verdict shouldn't come as a surprise. I loved this movie. I was sold out totally to the lies, and I feel the Fast and Furious franchise keeps getting better with each passing season and this is the undoubted best season for me so far. Well, it's a series isn't it? We are heading for Fast and Furious 7 aren't we(e don turn to Paloma), which will feature a star we have all come to love for being British, breaking bones, being bald, drives fast and hardly smiles. It had adrenaline inducing action, had the whole cinema screaming like a stadium during some of the awesome (COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE) scenes. It's a worthy Popcorn & Soda from me. I will see it 5 times and won't get tired. Gaddammit, I am off to see it again sef.
