Movie Review #2 Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious (2009) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker Directed by Justin Lin

Fast and Furious was a watchable romp that felt like it was a great pitch in the boardroom, a great sell to the two leads whose careers were headed in the wrong direction, and a cool way to make a buck while appealing to those of us who like fast cars. I think the problem was that nobody expected the studio to greenlight this thing after a medicore Tokyo Drift flick (62 mill domestic box office), after the studio did...everyone was like ok quick come up with a scenario where these guys link back up and can race again. It is choppy story telling at best that leaves you questioning why Paul Walker is now an FBI agent (a la Keanu Reaves I AM AN F B I AGENT!!)why nobody just arrests Vin Diesel through the whole movie even though he is just walking around L.A. while cops are watching him, and most ridicuolousy why is a drug runner who needs his drugs moved from place to place electing to use flashy illegally modified cars that are screaming to get pulled over to pull this feat off. If you can get over these and many many other silly things you can enjoy the nostalgic feeling that the original cast does bring to this movie. It is not all bad, some of the action is cool, the cars are as usual badass, and Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez are still really hot. I dare say this film that opened this week to a record setting tune of 72 mill is watchable, and fun. I give it a weak but respectable 4.5 memorable Morgan Freeman lines from Shawsahnk (out of ten), because although Red is guy who gets things, it might take a few extra ciggs to deliver a medicore car romp like this to your cell.

Food for thought: Brought a homemade Barbecue chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomatoe, and sharp chedder...it hit the spot. This movie does have some bad repercussions, it will lead to Paul Walker either getting another shot at being a leading man, or give him a primetime drama to annoy me for a few years, and Yes if we still haven't figured out yet that Vin can't act, we might get an even bigger sampling of movies to really let it sink in...I hope his next flick is a period vampire flick. (sadly it's not it is actually RockFish a movie about a space fisherman trying to catch a big fish in space...hmm good choice Vin)

***UPDATE***Alright I could have been harder on this movie, but decided to be nice, these guys did it right, if you want to hear a great review by two of my favorites go to itunes and downloand the B.S. Report 4/20/09 episode with Bill Simmons (sports guy) and his guest Adam Carolla...they wax poetic on it for like 45 minutes and it's f-ing hilarious Do it!!!!...I wish I had a podcast:(