Fast Furious Nice Wrap To The Series
By Kenneth Cox on
Fast & Furious (PG-13, 107 minutes)reconnects with the original film of the popular series with Vin Diesel, PaulWalker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is brought back into thescene (after a not so entertaining trip to Toyko for the last installment ofthis franchise, there is a reason Vin Diesel bailed) when Letty is found dead inher car with a bullet in her brain.Dominic is set on vengeance, but to get the information heneeds to find those responsible, he must participate in a street race. BrianO'Connor (Walker) is now an FBI agent assigned to track down a drug lord namedArturo Braga. Now the plot is set and we're off.The action is fast paced and the plot is sustainable andexplainable enough to hold interest and for the average viewer to know what theheck is going on. It's also a nice end to the series (fingers crossed since somefilm series seem to not know when to quit. I'm talking to you IndianaJones.)Overall, Fast & Furious more than makes up for thedisappointing "Tokyo Road." Vin Diesel is no Bruce Willis or Harrison Ford, but he never claimed to be and he's in just about as fine acting form as he gets in this time around. Does it offer anything new to the genre? Nope. Is itworth the trip to the theater? Sure.
