FURIOUS RANKING

 

So, I came into this series a nay-sayer.  As a longtime film aficionado, I scoffed and felt myself above a series like The Fast & The Furious.  It was junk, garbage, for morons, bros, idiots.  It was stupid and Americans were dumb for dumping their money into it.  All these presumptions I could make from only having seen one film in the entire franchise.

Forgive me, I was wrong.

For Your Listening Pleasure - TOKYO DRIFT Commentary on OUT NOW WITH AARON & ABE

Once again I return to OUT NOW for more commentary action.  This time coinciding with my TOKYO DRIFT retrospective.  I'm glad the guys brought me on board for this one, as I enjoyed it more the 2nd time around.  A film that people might instantly turn their nose up at, but its not bad at all.  This is also one of the funnest commentaries I've been a part of.  A lot of good laughs (hopefully for you too).  Enjoy!

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FAST & FURIOUS RETROSPECTIVE - PART V: TOKYO DRIFT

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

2006

Director:  Justin Lin

Starring: Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba, Vin Diesel

Rated PG-13

I’ve got nothin’ but time

                        ~Dominic Toretto

Oops, so yeah…spoiler alert…but the movie is 7 years old and 3 sequels ago.

Three years following 2 Fast 2 Furious, we get what appears to be an attempt at a reboot or a one-off.  The film appears to be completely free of the universe and events of the first film until the final seconds tick down and we are given a shocking connection.  This film was apparently originally written for Paul Walker to return, but when he was busy, they reworked it to have the character of Shawn Boswell.  And boy, do we actually kinda wish Paul Walker was back (look what this series is doing to me! Haha).

FAST & FURIOUS RETROSPECTIVE - PART IV: BETTER LUCK TOMORROW

 Before there was Tokyo Drift, there was-

Better Luck Tomorrow

2002

Director: Justin Lin

Producer: MC Hammer

Starring: Parry Shen, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Roger Fan, John Cho, Karin Anna Cheung

Rated R

Rumors about us came and went fast and furious

                        ~Ben Manibag

Huh?  How does this fit in with the Fast and the…what?  You told me Tokyo Drift was next! No, I’m not doing a Justin Lin retrospective.  This film very much indeed is a part of the Fast & Furiverse (if I coined that...make sure I get credit).  This is the origin story of Tokyo Drift and beyond’s Han Lue.  Granted, this is not his story per se, but he’s a main player in the group we’re following.