Sun, May 05, 2002

: The Fast and the Furious

Relatively plottless film about illegal street car racing. This is where ordinary guys supercharge ordinary cars and race them on city streets at night (often outrunning cops in the process). I know nothing about racing and even less about cars, and thus I found parts of the film confusing and/or meaningless. For instance, I don’t at all understand the challenge in who can drive a straight quarter mile faster. With a curved track, I can see some driver skill involved (the risk/reward of how tight you take the turn), but on a straight track, a monkey could be driving for all I can tell. It’s all about the car. (I understood a little more after going through some of the extras on the DVD.) Still, this was an interesting film with some decent action. The “plot” deals with a young hot rodder trying to fit in with the top group of racers, who turns out to be an undercover cop looking for a gang of thieves. Rather silly plot and amateurishly executed, but that’s not why we watch this kind of movie anyway. We watch this for the action, style, and colorful visuals. And it’s fun in that respect — just don’t take the film seriously.

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