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Though I admit the title of the film is slightly dumb, I can't really fault much else going on here.
This is a movie about street racers... criminals in fact, and there was nothing grimy or dirty about it at all.
This is more of the same.
The stars look bored out of their minds when the fourth episode of the franchise stalls between racing sequences, which is all too often in a flick where 106 minutes speed by in what feels like at least four hours.
People who want nothing more out of a movie than an extended rap video -- there's lots of hip-hop, close-ups of cars, and women in shiny tiny shorts -- may be satisfied. But this movie isn't much more than a re-do of the first film in the series.
This franchise is out of gas.
As hard as it is to believe, having the old gang back really does make a big difference, just not big enough. Lin isn't the director to offer anything new enough to make Fast & Furious worth your time unless you're a hardcore fan of the series.
While the action sequences were awesome, the film came to a screeching halt whenever there were extensive dialogue scenes.
Here's hoping this is the last, but after the huge amount of money it has taken already in the States, don't be surprised to see a 5th.
Isn't worth even the most forgiving action fan's time...
One of the film's biggest laughs is showing title credits. Clearly, after a prologue in which thieves play chicken with a burning, tumbling oil tanker, the possibility exists this is a Steven Soderbergh experimental gamble. Dumb, fun & entertaining.
Lin makes the few set pieces sandwiched between the many flat, talky scenes count as much as they can.
'Fast & Furious?' The stars of this sequel are more like Sluggish & Vaguely Grumpy, though it's nothing a little bit of fiber in their diets couldn't cure.
'Neat to watch' summarizes the film quite nicely. The revenge subplot that drives Fast and Furious is uninteresting since we haven't seen these characters in eight years.
Fast & Furious is a piece of junk, but at least it is an entertaining and endearing piece of junk. For a franchise I actively dislike, this is the best of the bunch.
General unoriginality contributes to 'The Fast and the Furious' series' own issue as a 'seen one, seen 'em all' series.
If it's not fast and furious automotive action you're after, hoping instead for a cohesive character driven plot, then you're more likely to just get furious pretty damn fast.
... downshifts into a pulp fantasy in muscle cars and revenge movie clichés with a big budget and lots of digital effects.
Thrilling ride with high speed chases and action packed fighting that will satisfy any appetite.
Fast & Furious could be called Grand Theft Autopilot. Lin knows that his demographic doesn't care about truth. They want to see stuff smash up - and in as outlandish and outrageous a way possible.
High speed designer fleet crash 'em up border wars lined with hottie wallpaper, that's pretty much same shenanegans, different day. And without benefit of border patrol agents, passports or speeding tickets.
A completely disposable action movie.
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