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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Review Date: September 24, 2006
- PG-13
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Car crashes, drinking, guns. You can do better.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that movie includes frequent car racing and crashing, including a car that flips over and explodes, killing the driver (with a disclaimer advising viewers not to try such tricks at home). High school-aged boys fight (a beatdown in the schoolyard), a Yakuza gangster threatens violence; gangsters show guns (inspiring the kids at risk to jump in their cars and drive fast again). High school-aged girls show much skin and dance provocatively in brief party scenes. High school kids smoke cigarettes and drink liquor; the adult villain smokes a cigar. Some language (s-word and suggestive soundtrack lyrics).
What's the story?
Young Sean (Lucas Black) is in fast trouble, racing a bully in order to "win" a girl, which leads immediately to Sean's punishment: he's sent to live with his grumpy father (Brian Goodman, who played the grumpy father in director Justin Lin's last movie, Annapolis). When dad, a Navy lifer, lays down strict rules, Sean disobeys immediately: he finds the jaunty car scene and a new form of driving called drift (a photogenic form of racing where the car slides along the pavement sideways, the driver shifting, braking, and steering like a madman, typically undertaken on parking garage ramps). He also makes two new friends, an "Army brat" and charming super-salesman named Twinkie (Bow Wow), and a philosophical crook and playboy, Han (Sung Kang, who also appeared in Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow as a guy named Han). Encouraged to think through his choices (why does he race? Why does he rebel?), Sean becomes a better racer and smarter rebel. He also falls in love with a girl, Neela (Nathalie Kelley), who happens to be attached to the villain, D.K. (Brian Tee).
Is it any good?
Slick and shiny, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT is part coming-of-age tale, part auto show, and part parade of girls in high school uniforms. The eye candy is generic, but the race scenes are terrific, inventive and witty (even as they occasionally end in crashes).
Because D.K. is the nephew of a Yakuza (Sonny Chiba, looking dapper in white suit and fedora), he has money and a sense of privilege, which means he's determined to take down Sean. They race repeatedly, make mean faces at each other, and compete for Neela's loyalty. While the movie pays some attention to Sean's "outsider" status as a Gajin in Japan, for the most part, he's another triumphant American in a strange land. Upfront about its generic stereotypes (villain is grim, hero earnest, girl pretty), the film glories in its gorgeous action sequences: plot becomes irrelevant.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the relationship between Sean and his father. How does Sean's rebelliousness mirror his dad's stubbornness? How does the movie point out differences and similarities between U.S. and Japanese kids' interests? Does the movie paint a realistic view of high school life?
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This movie is terrible. I would not recommend it to any age. It promotes the terrible ideas of ricers (or "imports" as they want to be called), drifting, and "NAWS". A uneducated child may get the idea that replacing a Mustang's engine with a Nissan's is smart. Just keep this movie away from anyone who has little common sense. This applies to the rest of the series as well. It hurts to just think about all the people who were ruined by this.
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This movie was great. The messages may not be positive, but the movie was great
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No real value. Watched it to get to the second show at the drive in
It was steriotypical of todays misled youth trying to be cool and find them selves. It is Not as bad as some of the PG-13 shows I have seen but I see worse on the TV shows kids watch and I do not have cable. The bra sceen was not even worth mentioning and look who's talking had the same style scenes with clevege but it was on older women and not teens. the kids amiddle schools were worse and are alowed to stay in school. My youngest is soon to be 9 and there were a couple of questions that were typical of that age either due to some movie or something they see along the streets in town.
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This movie was hot
All the action and stuff, it was so cool. Your eyeballs are on the screen like they were attached to it by superglue. Buy it or rent it, because there is no such thing as having no fun with this street racing moving.
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ehhh
this one isnt so good. not much action but it had good acting. no shootouts!!! really?
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April 9, 2008
AGE
how could they!
this movie destroyed the fast and furious and the whole image of drifting!first of all all the crashes didnt make sence!one car crashed into the rx-7 and the rx-7 lows up while the other car had pretty much no damage while the bad guys 350z plunges off a mountain and gets out!!
and the real driftking(old fisherman watching at docks)i feel bad for that he had 2 put up with this movie.and last but not least at the end where lucas black races vin deasil didnt make sence.if vin deasil tried 2 drift up and out of that parking lot his car would be in half.horrible movie!!!
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Definitely not the best TF&TF movie, but still a film movie to watch.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 19, 2009
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Just fair!
Language is just one use of "ass". Violence is guns, and alot of street racing. The reason I say bad role models is because street racing is illegal, and little kids shouldn't get the wrong idea! Fair movie and story, though. I've watched it 3 times and somewhat enjoyed it each time.
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April 9, 2008
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It is a thrilling movie with action and adventure!
Fast and the Furious was a great movie.It was really good at the end when VanDezzel was in the car.Lil Bow Wow and Lucuas Black was a great actor.Lucas is so cute.
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| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Director: | Justin Lin |
| Cast: | Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 90 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | June 16, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | September 26, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language and sexual content. |
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