The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006, Action, 1h 44m
138 Reviews 250,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Eye-popping driving sequences coupled with a limp story and flat performances make this Drift a disappointing follow-up to previous Fast and Furious installments. Read critic reviews
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Sean Boswell
Clay
Twinkie
D.K.
Neela
Han
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Critic Reviews for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
All Critics (138) | Top Critics (49) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (86)
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This third outing made me almost nostalgic for the original movie starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Almost.
March 31, 2019 | Full Review… -
Whizzily underwhelming...
March 31, 2019 | Full Review… -
The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift is another dismal chapter in a franchise that started promisingly enough with Rob Cohen's rebel-with-too-much-horse-power-but-lots-of-chicks.
March 29, 2019 | Full Review… -
A perfunctory and unintentionally goofy attempt to keep the series running without its stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
May 31, 2011 | Rating: C | Full Review… -
Sadly, as the film progresses, the foolish film-makers succumb to the fatal temptations of plot and dialogue.
October 18, 2008 | Full Review… -
Look out for a star cameo -- it's the only surprise you'll get from this heap.
November 24, 2006 | Rating: 1/4
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This third outing made me almost nostalgic for the original movie starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Almost.
March 31, 2019 | Full Review… -
Whizzily underwhelming...
March 31, 2019 | Full Review… -
The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift is another dismal chapter in a franchise that started promisingly enough with Rob Cohen's rebel-with-too-much-horse-power-but-lots-of-chicks.
March 29, 2019 | Full Review… -
A perfunctory and unintentionally goofy attempt to keep the series running without its stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
May 31, 2011 | Rating: C | Full Review… -
In lesser hands, Tokyo Drift could've been the series' early death knell, but Justin Lin's confident, propulsive direction makes it a fun, and ultimately necessary, adjunct.
July 4, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
...all Fast and Furious films deliver the goods to their spiralling core audience, Tokyo Drift is the best stand-alone film in the franchise...
February 24, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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Jun 10, 2021Surprisingly this was the first of the Fast movies I saw way back when, which isn't the worst introduction as it's not a bad entry and mostly separate from the rest of the franchise. Besides Han who would become a fan favorite, plus that cameo at the end, it sort of exists on its own. But as an entry that exists on its own, it's not bad. It's best to think of it kind of like Fast & Furious does a teen movie. Most of the characters are teens, or at least young people of vaguely teenage range, and it's all the reckless partying, sexuality, high school drama, caught up with the wrong crowd but maybe things will turn around crap that you see in teen movies of this type. In other movies it's karate or street fighting, in this movie it's cars. That's not to be dismissive of the movie, it's a fun time, it's just a movie of a very specific type and you see it really for one reason only: the stunts. And yeah, the stunts are good. I will never not refer to sliding down a ramp as Tokyo Drifting simply because of this movie. It goes all in on the drift stunts, it's in the damn name. And yeah, the drifting is damn cool. If you're into that, you'll have fun.Michael M Super Reviewer
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Apr 10, 2017It's been well documented how the F&F franchise was pretty much garbage before The Rock came on to the series, and Tokyo Drift is more of the same. I had never sat through the entire runtime until now, and just as I thought, it's definitely not one of the better ones. In fact, Tokyo Drift is the second worst of the series, just in front of its predecessor, 2 Fast 2 Furious. This installment takes the series abroad, as we watch Sean Boswell played by Lucas Black, get brought back into the dangerous game of street racing and become acquainted with the technique of drifting. Boswell is supposed to be a teenager who gets sent away to live with his father in Tokyo after getting into trouble one too many times back home in Arizona. Black doesn't look young enough to be in high school, nor do I really see the need for the writers to make him in high school. Why not just make him a high school drop-out, a few years removed from a structured life, and someone looking for a place to call home. Perhaps, even refer to him as a constant "drifter". Poor Pun? Probably. With no sign of Paul Walker or Vin Diesel, Tokyo Drift is forced to carry on with actors who are better off served in supporting roles. Surprisingly, there isn't that one character or performance that's distractingly over-the-top like in the previous two adventures. At the same time, there's nothing all that special about any of the characters to begin with. There's certainly more of an attempt to add depth to the characters, with both the protagonist and antagonist having some serious family issues, but it's not fleshed out in an interesting way. Instead, most of it is addressed in a disappointingly cliché manner. You can tell there's something refreshing about Justin Lin's direction. He isn't repeating the same beats as the first two films in the same way that 2 Fast 2 Furious did. The decision to take it outside America and bring new cars and new characters was probably the correct choice, but it could have handled better. In the same vein, the lack of creativity in the plot is puzzling. Introducing an antagonistic uncle to Takashi who I think runs some sort of shady business was unnecessary. Not only did they refuse to really address the nature of his work but I'm not sure he added anything of value to the story, at all. Does it matter that the second and third F&F movies are poor? Not really. With where the series is now, it doesn't really matter to me that the first few films struggled to find the right tone. What's important is that they have found the right speed now. See what I did there? +New locations, cars, and action -Characters are as generic as they come -Weak villain 5.4/10Thomas D Super Reviewer
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Jun 20, 2016Completely scrapped everyone in the cast of the first two movies to try something new in this one. Too bad it fell flat on its face. The one thing about a lot of these F&F films is that they rely much more heavily on the car scenes and leave the acting and script to flutter in the wind. This was no different. Story was just not good and acting wasn't much better. Only cool thing about the film is the very end's cameo appearance.Patrick W Super Reviewer
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Jun 03, 2016This is my roommate's favourite film of the franchise. It's my least favourite (ie. Most hated). When I wasn't bored, it was only because my senses were too offended by the lead character.Gimly M Super Reviewer
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Quotes
| Sean Boswell: | Can he drive? |
| Twinkie: | Can he drive? You know what DK stands for? |
| Sean Boswell: | Donkey Kong? |
| Cindy (Clay's Girlfriend): | How about me, the one who wins takes me. |
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