By That Video Guy

April 3rd is the release date of Fast & Furious, the 4th installment of this movie series. That piqued my interest enough to get caught up before the premiere.

The Fast and the Furious - the original, stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.

If you want a plot summary check it out at IMDB.

For a guy that’s usually pretty interested in the action genre, I’m not sure why I never checked this movie out before. It’s actually a pretty fast paced movie with minimal Keanu Reeves acting and lines… You know, those one liners that you just role your eyes and you’re yelling “who wrote this crap!”

You get plenty of mod car action and speed. Action scenes and car chases are pretty well done and just frequent enough where the movie doesn’t seem to drag. Chase scenes are not quite as good as Ronin as Frankie Lane alluded to. Still after watching this movie you are left wanting to find out more about these characters. Furthermore, I think I will have to consider paying for at least a discounted ticket for the new movie.

Here’s my rating scale
5 - Pay full price opening weekend
4 - Matinee (discount)
3 - Rent it today
2 - Put it in your Netflix queue
1 - Don’t bother

Final Score card:
Car chases (4 in total): 3.5
Car demolition (explosion or crash) (3): 3.0
Car races (4): 3.0
Fist or Gun Fights (4): 2.0

Overall Score: 2.875

Final Recommendation: Put it in your Netflix queue

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