The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift focuses on teenager Sean Boswell who becomes a major competitor in the world of Drift Racing after moving to Tokyo to avoid incarceration in America.

Overall Review Score

5 out of 10

Review

The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift is the third instalment of The Fast and the Furious franchise and starts with a bizarre series of events; whereby Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) must move to Tokyo or face incarceration over an illegal street race in America. From there the film does not really pick up instead it takes the audience slowly through the murky underground world of drifting in Tokyo, where Sean meets and falls for a girl who is dating his rival, the unimaginatively named, DK (Drift King). While the Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift has some good sequences it ultimately fails to entertain the audience through its poor storyline and choice of actors. This results in the film drifting in and out of the audience’s attention and leaves them asking for a return of the original actors, from the first two movies.

Reviewer 1's score & comments:

Score: 5 out of 10

Comments:

While the drift sequences in this film are impressive, the choice of actors, unimaginative dialogue, and a lacking story distract from what could have been an adequate film. The tease of Vin Diesel at the end of this film serves to wet the audience’s appetite. However, it comes too late to salvage this film.

Reviewer 2's score & comments:

Score: 5 out of 10

Comments:

While The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift shares the Fast and Furious title it is as far removed from the previous two films as Star Trek is to Star Wars, it’s a completely different film with a love-story sub-text and could easily be described as a romance, action film with cars. However, with that said, it does have some notable drift sequences and a semi-decent storyline, even if the main character Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) mutters his way through the majority of the film.

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