The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (DVD, 2006, Widescreen)

Story: The third in the wildly popular FAST IN THE FURIOUS series--a hybrid of fast cars, hot teens, and fetishized technology--gets a new jolt of energy and style courtesy of young hotshot director Justin Lin, who won raves at Sundance in 2002 for his look at Asian-American teens in BETTER LUCK TOMORROW. Leading man in training Lucas Black stars as sensitive rebel Sean Boswell, who, despite hailing from the poor section of town, vamps up his used car to drag race against the best of them. After numerous racing challenges won--including one against his high school's popular, wealthy quarterback--Boswell gets in trouble with the law one too many times. To escape confinement to a juvenile detention center, Boswell's military father ships him all the way across the world, to that most futuristic, tech-savvy of cities, Tokyo. There, he meets his match in the powerful, cruel D.K. (Brian Tee), who is not only the car racing star of the Japanese underground, but also related to several dangerous Yakuzas (gangsters). Complicating matters is Sean's undeniable (and mutual) attraction to D.K.'s gorgeous girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelly). The racing style, he soon learns, is very different in this strange land--a practice known as "drifting" that is more elegant and virtuoustic than American-style demolition. Yet if anyone can take on D.K. and his band of Yakuza yeomen, it's this race car rebel. All the pieces of the action movie puzzle, including sexy stars, nonstop action, and heart-stopping thrills, combine with a stylish aesthetic and energetic soundtrack to make another fine addition to a fantastic franchise. And director Lin is adept at rendering Tokyo a full-dimensional, culturally rich location, rather than a video game backdrop.

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I like this Drifting stuff that they have in this movie.

All new characters, except for Vin Diesel at the last minute or so.
I heard this from my friends that in the end he was present.
Seeing the movie i thought that perhaps this movie was a bit in the past and that the kid later grew up to be Vin Diesel from Fast & the Furious Part 1.
But that's not the case, he just lived his life on, and now expanded his racing from 10-second racing to drifting. Who wins they don't show.

The Accent of the lead actor doesn't quite seem right ( in my opinion ) for this movie, is southern and farmlike in tone, and Japan / Asia is all modern.

Yet in the end, american muscle wins from hi-tech as in most off The Fast & Furious series.

Drifting is very difficult and that's what this movie shows, it's unique again, just like Fast & Furious part I

Very good movie in my opinion.
Action scenes were terrific.

1 bad side, the lead actor, i DO believe they should've picked a other actor.

He tries his best and all, but this kind off movies just doesn't suit him, let him play in movies like ''Signs'' , ''Children of the Corn'' , '' Poltergeist '' or other farm-like movies.

Hi-tech just doesn't suit him.

Other then that, fantastic movie.
A+ in my book.

Definately go see it, either on DVD, VHS or on TV.
If your deciding to buy it, good choice, I am definately gonna see this movie more.

The third movie in the now sononomous Fast and the Furious franchise, Tokyo Drift brings the grassroots motorsport of compeditive drifting to the silver screen. The sport of drifting, or a controlled slide has been around in japan for years previous to its jump to American mainstream. Sean Black and Bow Wow play two characters within the movie that become entangled in the underground racing scene of drifting.
Based off of imput directly from the import community, and the "Drift King" Keiichi Tsuchiya, the movie does a great job at bringing justice to the misunderstood drifing community. The stunt cast that participated in the movie are also some of the most popular and sucessful drifters of the D1 and Formula D associations. Names include Rhys Millen, Samuel Hubinette, and Tanner Foust.


A great buy for fanatics, and a great weekend movie

5 stars for a movie that takes a different spin on an established ideal

I have just had the opportunity two years after the theatrical release to watch The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift on Television. I had watched the first Fast and Furious in the theatre and the second on DVD. I had stayed away from Tokyo Drift because I had heard it was a bad movie that really didn't do well.

However, I was really impressed by the movie and it was a lot better then I thought. The movie has a great race scene off the start that involves an old muscle car and a viper! It goes on from there. As a result of that race the main hero is sent to live with his dad in Japan. Once there he learns about drift racing and it gets better from there!

The race scenes are awesome and the drifting is great! There is even a nice cameo at the end that helps tie the movies together!

4/5

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Better Luck Tomorrow director Justin Lin picks up where John Singleton left off to offer a high-octane look at the world of underground Japanese drift-racing in the latest installment of the super-charged Fast and the Furious film series. A frustrated teen from a broken home, Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is an outsider looking to make a name for himself on the illegal street racing circuit. When Sean is busted by the police for his high-speed exploits and given the option of either spending time behind bars or moving overseas to live with his no-nonsense, military man father who's currently stationed in Tokyo, the young rebel packs his bags and sets his sights on Nippon. Though at first reluctant to adapt to the unfamiliar customs and foreign code of honor of his new home, Sean soon strikes up a friendship with American speed freak Twinkie (Bow Wow), a like-minded race fan who schools the inexperienced newcomer in the pulse-pounding world of drift-racing. Inadvertently challenging local champion and yakuza associate D.K. (The Drift King) his first time on the road, Sean is subsequently forced to work under expatriate Han (Sung Kang) to pay off his debt after failing to cross the finish line first. Taking note of the young American's affinity for racing as he warmly welcomes him into his merry band of misfit drift-fanatics, Han slowly introduces Sean to the key principles of the popular new racing style. When Sean makes the potentially deadly mistake of falling for D.K.'s girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelley), he'll need all the help he can get to face his most challenging race to date and take on the most notorious driver on the Tokyo drift scene in a hair-raising, hairpin-turn race where the winner truly takes all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

As the new title describes, instead of this movie being about racing and who can finish first by putting the pedal to the medal and using Nitrous Oxide (NOS), this movie is all about drifting and being able to have the best maneuverability. The storyline isn't the best out of the other Fast and Furious movies, but it's acceptable.

I purchased this movie because it is the third in the Fast and Furious trilogy, and I already had the first two, so I felt obligated to get the third. I liked the concept of basing the movie on drifting instead of just driving fast as a nice change of pace, but this movie just didn't have much of a storyline.

If you've seen the other two movies and like them, I'd recommend watching this movie because even thought it's different and the storyline isn't as great as the other two, at least it's pretty exciting in its own, different way. I wouldn't really recommend purchasing the movie, though, unless you've already seen it and really enjoyed the movie.