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Tokyo Drift Video
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Yeah, as title I mentioned I would say: bye, FD ..im so sad, this is real hot sporty and jus get few running in the au land, compare with other car, it is real unique, got a web from my
hommie and its kind of carsales info page which located in Jp, yeah,cheap price u might get a very good car, and did a few search and when I found a model called RX7 FD, I stop, I change my mind, I wanna own and
drive it...but today,jus few mins ago, I google some infos about FD, and the damm Au govenment not allow ppl import this sporty from Jp or u can do it if u insist to buy but for the complaince, it wil take 12 months
which means for the engine bay, u need to change the whole thing, convert the engine,do mod. on parts....etc, in other word to say, its not a normal FD, yeah, stuipd, jus covered by FD body, looks nice,but loss too
many things and meaningless if u r a real fun of Rx seris... back to look at RX family, all been released model are extramely hott! FC, mt.rode K and his Bro,FD... the top of road...hum....so pity and from now on
the only thing I can do it re-watch the movie: tokyo drift ....
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Review: The third time's the charm.
by Stax
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June 15, 2006 - Despite being set largely in Japan, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift represents everything that much of
the world despises about America; its pop culture and morality. The film, like its two predecessors, embraces materialism, loose values and living for today. For the young characters of Tokyo Drift, love and sex
mean the same thing, car theft is a viable occupation, illegal street racing is worth dying for and hanging out all night in parking garages with your friends is considered time well spent. And it's precisely
because Tokyo Drift is so unapologetic about (and enthralled by) its own superficiality that audiences who like their trash extra sleazy should enjoy the hell out of this movie.
The third entry in
Universal's franchise features a new protagonist, perpetual screw-up and racing enthusiast Sean Boswell (Lucas Black, who looks like he should be in grad school by now rather than high school). After running afoul
of the law yet again, good ol' boy Sean – think Bo Duke sans Luke – is sent by his trailer park trash mom (Lynda Boyd) to live with his career military officer dad (Brian Goodman) stationed in Tokyo. Sent to a local
school and forced to wear a uniform, Sean befriends other young outsiders, including a wheeler dealer classmate nicknamed Twinkie (Bow Wow). He also falls for the class babe, Neela (newcomer Nathalie Kelley).
The neon allure of Tokyo's decadent nightlife proves irresistible to Sean and he's soon disobeying his dad's orders by not coming home after school. Quicker than you can say "speed racer," Twinkie has
introduced Sean to Tokyo's underground racing scene. Sean immediately locks horns with DK (Brian Tee), a gangsta wannabe whose fearsome uncle is a Yakuza boss (Sonny Chiba). DK's girlfriend also just so happens to
be Neela, which only adds to the bad blood between hero and villain.
There is one thing that DK is better at than Sean: drifting, a unique style that Japanese street racers employ. Sean is taken under the
wing of DK's "business" associate Han (Sung Kang), who teaches this "gaijin" a lot about drifting and a little about life. Han is a philosophical rogue who further proves that whenever a white
guy and an Asian guy are friends in a Hollywood movie, the latter is there to mentor the former. Whether he's a samurai or a criminal, the Asian friend exists solely to dispense chestnuts of wisdom to the white
protagonist, who will become a better man for it. (Han even quotes Mr. Miyagi at one point in a none too subtle acknowledgement of this cinematic tradition.)
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The story builds to a climactic race between East and West, as represented by DK and Sean and their respective autos. Thankfully, Tokyo Drift's biggest draw, the racing scenes, are the
best thing about the movie so it succeeds on that visceral level.
Characters are paper-thin, many of the performances are wooden, and there are several groan-inducing lines of dialogue but Tokyo Drift comes
alive where and when it counts. The film, directed by Better Luck Tomorrow's Justin Lin, effectively conveys the vibe of Tokyo at night, which is ironic seeing as how much of the film was shot in Los Angeles. The
sight and sound of cool cars soaring down Tokyo's neon-lit streets is an undeniable adrenaline rush. One can't help but wonder, though, how many youths with incredibly poor judgment will try some of these dumb
stunts only to end up a bad newspaper headline.
Loud and proud, shallow and callow, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift might very well be the best installment in this dubious franchise because it is the
most exotic and self-assured entry. It knows exactly what it is, what it has to deliver and makes no apologies for it. The film can be faulted for many things but it at least has a clarity of purpose and the courage
of its own meager convictions, two qualities that more high-minded and sensitive films sometimes forget.
If one likes their movies crass and spurious then there are worse guilty pleasures to indulge in than
The Fast and the Furious.
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