Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The - Various Artists > Reviews > 'Let The Cars Do the Talking'

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Advantages:	Great Film, just like the others
Disadvantages:	Goes on in one or two places

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This is the first film review I have ever written, so I'm sorry if it's terrible. Hints and tips about writing film reviews are much welcome, so please leave some feedback.

Tagline: If You Ain't Outta Control, You Ain't In Control

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Overveiw.

Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) has an obsession with fast cars and racing, and as a result of totalling his car in an illegal street race; he has landed himself the chance of facing a jury or a jail sentence. The only way that he can escape this is by going to Japan and living with his military based father in a small, low rent part of Tokyo. At school, he meets Twinkie (Bow Wow), a 'Military Brat', who takes him and introduces him to the underground word 'drift' racing events that take place around the city. He borrows a car off Han, a friend of the Yakuza connected D.K, or 'Drift King' and in a style of race he isn't familiar with, he totals the car. To repay his debt, he starts to work for Han and he quickly gets himself more involved, and noticed. As things start to kick off, things get out of control and Sean quickly finds himself racing for girls, his life and his reputation.

I rather liked watching this film, as since I first saw it I have watched this film again multiple times, not because it is totally amazing or anything, I just like fast cars and illegal racing :P

The quality of the acting I thought was superb, especially Bow Wow playing the part of 'Twinkie', as he seemed to blend into the scene as if he actually was in downtown Tokyo, street racing in some bizarre 'Hulk' themed Volkswagen.

Lucas Black I thought played the part very well but in some places his acting left much to be desired, as he seemed to be acting as if somebody was holding the script by the camera and he was reading off it.

The rest of the cast I thought did exceptionally well as they all made you feel as if they belonged there, and that the scene was real, and this realism is what made me like the film more, because in some films, this realism is lacking, making the films seem out of place and silly. I think that was what interested me about the film; the fact that it was like the cameramen just went to Tokyo and filmed some drift racing that they found.

The racing scenes in the film added the cherry on the top, as these were thoroughly enjoyable, and some of the best that I've seen. The stunts were all very well coordinated and there was only a few mistakes made in the film, but these are very hard to notice.

The storyline of the film I thought was very good, and one point in the film I think almost had me on the edge of my sofa, because it was that anticipating. There are a few points where I thought that it went on for a bit longer than it should of, and as a result when I first saw it in the cinema, I decided to go to the toilet, as not to miss anything more exciting that could of happened later on.

Overall, I thought that this film was good, as at least 100 of the 105 minutes is worth at least seeing, before brushing it off your shoulders.