The sixth installment to the Fast and the Furious franchise is directed by Justin Lin shows how far this series has come since the first movie, which was released in 2001. The special effects are better, the cars are better, the action is even more unrealistic, and the acting has gotten even worse (if that's even possible).
WARNING: Contains some spoilers.
The Fast and the Furious 6 starts out with the team in retirement/hiding. They are international criminals but Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) needs their help catching a new baddie in Europe. He has pictures of Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) to convince them to go, because they all thought she was dead. Of course, they want something in return. The deal is: full pardons for everyone. Hobbs agrees because he doesn't know if they will help otherwise. Which is dumb, of course they would. Letty is family.
Anyway, they go after this guy - Shaw (Luke Evans) - but their first attempt isn't very successful. During the car chase through London, pretty much every car gets destroyed. Dom (Vin Diesel) goes after one car because he recognizes the driving style as Letty. He corners her, gets out of his vehicle, and she shoots him in the shoulder. Nice way to say "Hi honey, I missed you."
They find out who is making his cars - and Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Han (Sung Kang), Gisele (Gal Gadot), and Agent Riley (Gina Carano) get into a bit of a fight there with some of Shaw's crew, including Letty. They manage to kill one guy and get the car maker's cell phone. Other than that, this scene is kind of a waste of time. It's just about fifteen minutes of fist fighting in the train station. Where Roman, Han, and Riley all get their butts kicked.
Luckily, the cell phone helps them out quite a bit. It has a bunch of codes in it that connects Shaw to the drug dealer that Letty had been doing undercover work with when she "died" before. This guy is in prison now but they have to talk to him. So Brian (Paul Walker) gets on a plane and goes to the prison to talk to this guy. Under the guise of a prisoner, of course. Since he is an international criminal and all. Luckily that all goes well for Brian and he doesn't get stuck in prison; he even manages to take on three guys with shanks and win. And he finds out that Shaw doesn't let anyone close unless he wants them there. This gives away the rest of the movie, if you ask me.
Meanwhile in Europe, Dom is at a street race. And you'll never guess who else is there? That's right! Letty. How convenient. They race and get away for a nice quiet spot to talk alone. Where Dom finds out that she doesn't remember him at all. Things almost get steamy as they show each other scars on their hips and stuff. But then she speeds away and Shaw shows up. Tells Dom he can either leave now, of he will mess with his family. Of course, Dom doesn't leave.
This leads to the car chase with the tank - with the most ridiculous part of the movie. Well, it's at least tied for the most ridiculous part of the movie.
This picture above is Dom getting ready to run into the barrier at God only knows what speed, so that he can launch himself into the air, catch Letty (who is also flying through the air) and land safely on the car on the other side of the freeway. It's hilarious. They also flip the tank and catch Shaw. Yay! Movie should have ended. But it didn't.
Instead, Shaw tells them that he has captured Brian's wife, Mia (Jordana Brewster) and demands to have the chip he was after and be released. If they don't do as he demands, Shaw will kill Mia. So they release him. At this point, you also figure out who Shaw's spy is. Well, what I mean by that is it's revealed. If you haven't figured it out already, then you must have fallen asleep earlier in the movie. He threatens to kill Mia if they follow him. So Tej (Ludacris) quickly scrambles the phone grid and they are off. They follow Shaw and his gang to the longest runway ever. And proceed to have a high speed car/plane chase for about twenty minutes. This is about all I can say without giving everything away. I know I included a lot of spoilers. Sorry for that.
I wasn't lying when I said I enjoyed the movie. I did. Everyone loves car chases. I even cried at one point due to some dramatic element that I won't reveal. However, The Fast and the Furious 6 has some of the most unbelievable scenes I have ever seen in a movie. These guys should really be in the next Avenger's movie. Because there is no way that they don't have something superhuman going on.
My other problem with this movie is the acting. Those of you who know me know my distaste for Paul Walker. I guess what I don't understand is this: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have played these two characters in five movies spaced out over twelve years. You think after that many years of playing the same character, you would get into a little more. But no, they are both so MONOTONE! Seriously, they have zero emotion. And now in the next movie they are added Jason Statham. Please no. The only way that could be worse is if they add Kristin Stewart. Maybe they are robots. That's why they can fly through the air at 100 miles an hour, collide with another body midair, land on a metal car, and walk away like it's no big deal.
Even with the predictable plot and terrible acting, I enjoyed the movie. I recommend going to see it in theaters if you can. Because theaters make action movies good. This movie won't watch the same on your couch at home, trust me.
I give it a 6 out of 10.
As always, thanks for reading and comments are appreciated.
I will leave you with this meme about the runway during the final chase.
WARNING: Contains some spoilers.
The Fast and the Furious 6 starts out with the team in retirement/hiding. They are international criminals but Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) needs their help catching a new baddie in Europe. He has pictures of Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) to convince them to go, because they all thought she was dead. Of course, they want something in return. The deal is: full pardons for everyone. Hobbs agrees because he doesn't know if they will help otherwise. Which is dumb, of course they would. Letty is family.
Anyway, they go after this guy - Shaw (Luke Evans) - but their first attempt isn't very successful. During the car chase through London, pretty much every car gets destroyed. Dom (Vin Diesel) goes after one car because he recognizes the driving style as Letty. He corners her, gets out of his vehicle, and she shoots him in the shoulder. Nice way to say "Hi honey, I missed you."
They find out who is making his cars - and Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Han (Sung Kang), Gisele (Gal Gadot), and Agent Riley (Gina Carano) get into a bit of a fight there with some of Shaw's crew, including Letty. They manage to kill one guy and get the car maker's cell phone. Other than that, this scene is kind of a waste of time. It's just about fifteen minutes of fist fighting in the train station. Where Roman, Han, and Riley all get their butts kicked.
Luckily, the cell phone helps them out quite a bit. It has a bunch of codes in it that connects Shaw to the drug dealer that Letty had been doing undercover work with when she "died" before. This guy is in prison now but they have to talk to him. So Brian (Paul Walker) gets on a plane and goes to the prison to talk to this guy. Under the guise of a prisoner, of course. Since he is an international criminal and all. Luckily that all goes well for Brian and he doesn't get stuck in prison; he even manages to take on three guys with shanks and win. And he finds out that Shaw doesn't let anyone close unless he wants them there. This gives away the rest of the movie, if you ask me.
Meanwhile in Europe, Dom is at a street race. And you'll never guess who else is there? That's right! Letty. How convenient. They race and get away for a nice quiet spot to talk alone. Where Dom finds out that she doesn't remember him at all. Things almost get steamy as they show each other scars on their hips and stuff. But then she speeds away and Shaw shows up. Tells Dom he can either leave now, of he will mess with his family. Of course, Dom doesn't leave.
This leads to the car chase with the tank - with the most ridiculous part of the movie. Well, it's at least tied for the most ridiculous part of the movie.
This picture above is Dom getting ready to run into the barrier at God only knows what speed, so that he can launch himself into the air, catch Letty (who is also flying through the air) and land safely on the car on the other side of the freeway. It's hilarious. They also flip the tank and catch Shaw. Yay! Movie should have ended. But it didn't.
Instead, Shaw tells them that he has captured Brian's wife, Mia (Jordana Brewster) and demands to have the chip he was after and be released. If they don't do as he demands, Shaw will kill Mia. So they release him. At this point, you also figure out who Shaw's spy is. Well, what I mean by that is it's revealed. If you haven't figured it out already, then you must have fallen asleep earlier in the movie. He threatens to kill Mia if they follow him. So Tej (Ludacris) quickly scrambles the phone grid and they are off. They follow Shaw and his gang to the longest runway ever. And proceed to have a high speed car/plane chase for about twenty minutes. This is about all I can say without giving everything away. I know I included a lot of spoilers. Sorry for that.
I wasn't lying when I said I enjoyed the movie. I did. Everyone loves car chases. I even cried at one point due to some dramatic element that I won't reveal. However, The Fast and the Furious 6 has some of the most unbelievable scenes I have ever seen in a movie. These guys should really be in the next Avenger's movie. Because there is no way that they don't have something superhuman going on.
My other problem with this movie is the acting. Those of you who know me know my distaste for Paul Walker. I guess what I don't understand is this: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have played these two characters in five movies spaced out over twelve years. You think after that many years of playing the same character, you would get into a little more. But no, they are both so MONOTONE! Seriously, they have zero emotion. And now in the next movie they are added Jason Statham. Please no. The only way that could be worse is if they add Kristin Stewart. Maybe they are robots. That's why they can fly through the air at 100 miles an hour, collide with another body midair, land on a metal car, and walk away like it's no big deal.
Even with the predictable plot and terrible acting, I enjoyed the movie. I recommend going to see it in theaters if you can. Because theaters make action movies good. This movie won't watch the same on your couch at home, trust me.
I give it a 6 out of 10.
As always, thanks for reading and comments are appreciated.
I will leave you with this meme about the runway during the final chase.
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