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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Director: Justin Lin

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From Time Out London

Rob Cohen’s original struck a chord with its B-movie thrills, souped-up cars and unique visual effects. If 2003’s follow-up, ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’, was considered a lazy cash-in on the franchise, then where does that leave this vacuous non-event? Drifting, for the uninitiated, is a balletic style of racing that involves driving cars around corners fast enough for the tail to stick out at right angles. It’s an impressive spectacle and indeed the only redeeming feature of this aimless farrago. Lucas Black plays a 17-year-old street-racer sent to Tokyo to live with his divorced father. On arrival, he meets Neela, who turns out to be the girlfriend of Tokyo’s best drifter, DK (Brian Tee), nephew of a comic strip-style yakuza boss. So, all the correct ingredients for a petrol-headed geezer-flick then: fast cars, crunching metal, pretty chicks, the odd punch-up and a loud rap soundtrack. True, it tries to be tongue-in-cheek, but really it’s just cheek.

Author: Derek Adams 2006-06-13 11:04:05

Time Out London Issue 1869: June 14-21 2006

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  • Princess Chardanay said...
    Posted on Aug 25 2008 11:50 full of fit lads i luv it!!!
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  • wubngwace said...
    Posted on Aug 25 2008 11:48 best film! jodey n neil gona give me it on dvd coz i luv it su much!
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  • ben said...
    Posted on Nov 28 2007 17:58 well well if it isnt the best actor from my fav movie lucas black he rulz!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Posted on Nov 20 2007 21:33 this film iss one of the best movies i have seen ever
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

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Cast & crew

Director: Justin Lin

Producer: Neal H Moritz

Cast: Lucas Black, Shad Gregory Moss, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Brian Tee, Jason Tobin, Zachery Ty Bryan, Kekio Kitagawa, Nikki Griffin, Leonardo Nam, Henry Jaderlund full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Thrillers

Duration: 104 mins

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