Review: Fast and Furious 6

Review: Fast and Furious 6
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Official "Fast and Furious 6" Poster.

      The 'Fast and Furious' transformation and evolution continues, and this 6th installment of 'Fast and Furious' shows once again why we all love this franchise.

"Paul Walker" and "Vin Diesel".

"Ludacris", "Gal Gadot", "Vin Diesel"
,"Paul Walker" and "Tyrese Gibson".

      The movie takes place after the events of 'Fast Five'. 'Dominic Toretto'(Vin Diesel) and his crew have given up on their criminal activities and live their lives and spend their money away from trouble. All looks peaceful until Diplomatic Security Service agent 'Luke Hobbs'(Dwayne Johnson) requires 'Toretto' and his team's assistance to capture an international terrorist group, led by 'Owen Shaw'(Luke Evans) after attacking a Russian Military convoy. 'Toretto' agrees to reassemble his crew: 'Brian O'Conner'(Paul Walker), 'Roman Pearce'(Tyrese Gibson), 'Tej Parker'(Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), 'Han Seoul-Oh'(Sung Kang), and 'Gisele Yashar'(Gal Gadot), after showing him a picture of 'Letty Ortiz'(Michelle Rodriguez), who is supposedly deceased and full U.S. pardons. Other characters include 'Mia Toretto'(Jordana Brewster), 'Elena Neves'(Elsa Pataky), 'Hobbs''s partner 'Riley Hicks'(Gina Carano), and 'Shaw''s team: 'Jah'(Joe Taslim), 'Vehg'(Clara Paget), and 'Klaus'(Kim Kold). We also have cameo appearances for "Rita Ora" playing a head girl of a racing crew, 'Arturo Braga'(John Ortiz), Agent 'Michael Stasiak'(Shea Whigham), and "Jason Statham".

"Dwayne Johnson" and "Gina Carano".

"Luke Evans".

      When 'Fast Five' came up, many were baffled by the excitement that the movie brought to the audience as well as the transformation from a movie of street racers to a crime, action, and heist movie. And when 'Fast and Furious 6' was announced I didn't think that they could ever top 'Fast Five'. But I was so wrong. Yes you won’t expect great acting performances and grounded action sequences, but that is ok since this isn't what the 'Fast and Furious' franchise is about. This 6th movie is the best movie so far in terms of continuous excitement and over the top stunts. And the way it rounded up all loose ends of previous movies was really clever and really great for 'Fast and Furious' fans. 

"Michelle Rodriguez".

"Jordana Brewster" and "Paul Walker".

      Director "Justin Lin" returns to direct the 6th installment and his 4th movie in this franchise. Since his appointment as director to 'The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift', "Lin" was the main reason for this shifting from a simple racing car movie to eye popping heist car movie. And after the 3rd movie and till the 6th this change in philosophy was increasing more and more. In this movie he pushes the limit with the stunts, that were more outrageous and at many times will make you roll your eyes. "Chris Morgan", who was responsible for the script of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and this movie really did a good job in the sense of making the stories of all 4 movies mash up and cohesive. Even though the script was full of cliché lines about family, there were many hilarious comedic lines that made the movie enjoyable. The special effects and the stunts of this movie were really fully entertaining and spread equally along the whole time frame of the movie, which was acceptable. As for the score, "Lucas Vidal" does a good job.

"Michelle Rodriguez" and "Vin Diesel".

"Dwayne Johnson".

      Enjoyed the fact that the movie didn't dwell too much on what happened in the previous movie and managed to directly put us into the middle of what is happening in the movie. To choose my best car stunts will be really hard. All of the action sequences, from the beginning when the crew and 'Hobbs' races 'Shaw' and his team in the London streets, to the highway tank scene, and the airplane scene, those were all amazing stunts that definitely were able to out-match the vault scene in 'Fast Five'. Though in my opinion, it was a little bit outdone, especially when 'Toretto' jumps to save 'Letty' and then both land unharmed, the highway tank scene will definitely be ranked as one of the most iconic moments in the movie. I enjoyed the fighting scenes that were added. One of the negative things in the movie, other than the cheesy family stuff and some of the CGI and over-the top stunts, that there were many plot lines and character stories underdeveloped and the twists in the story were not used properly. The ending was cleanly done and the after credit scene will definitely pump you up for the 7th installment of the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise.

"Sung Kang" and "Tyrese Gibson".

"Chris "Ludacris" Bridges".

      "Vin Diesel" is the heart of the franchise, without him this franchise would probably not be where it is now. Like the previous franchise installments, "Diesel" manages to lead the movie's story, which basically centers on his character and portray it in a very good way. Really liked that "Paul Walker" was able to give us more from his character, and really liked that the writer gave his character some kind of individual story, which was lacking in 'Fast Five'. Even though "Dwayne Johnson" had much less to do with his character than before, everyone will tell you that his involvement in the franchise gave it a lift up. And that is definitely what it did in this movie also, and also his character added bone crushing fights, which was much appreciated. And now we reach the dynamic duo "Tyrese Gibson" and "Ludacris". All the extremely enjoyable lines were given to both these characters and whenever they were talking all of the people in the theatre were laughing outrageously. They definitely brought a lighter tone to the overall emotional charged plot. As usual, the chemistry between 'Gisel' and 'Han' was entertaining, though as fans you will feel sad about "Sung Kang" and "Gal Gadot" characters story arc in the end.

"Gal Gadot".

"Vin Diesel" and "Luke Evans". 

      Most of the fans came to see the movie due to the fact that they learned at the end of 'Fast Five' that 'Letty Ortiz' is alive. And even if the performance of "Michelle Rodriguez" wasn't the best performance ever, you cannot but enjoy her, since fans felt her absence in the last one. I really was pleased with "Luke Evans"'s strong and solid performance. His character was really great and I loved how the writer showed the contrast between 'Toretto' and 'Shaw''s principles. "Jordana Brewster"'s character again was under-used and I hope that in the next movie she will be given more screen time. Also I was disappointed that "Elsa Pataky", who plays 'Elena' had basically nothing to do, but the ending shows that her character will hopefully stay and have something to do with 'Fast and Furious 7'. I was pleased with "Gina Carano" and her performance, but her character's story was not used properly. It was really good to see cameo performances from "John Ortiz", "Shea Whigham", "Rita Ora", and "Jason Statham". As for the remaining cast, they did a good job and helped the movie overall.

      'Fast and Furious' did its job, which was giving more to the fans whilst staying true to its story and origins and at the same time on its way to become the highest grossing movie of this franchise. And after seeing the post-credit scene, we will be anxiously waiting for 'Fast and Furious 7'.

"Fast and Furious 6".

-'Fast and Furious 6' Info:
-Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Tyrese Gibson,
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Gina Carano, Joe Taslim, Elsa Pataky and John Ortiz.
-Studio(s): Universal Pictures, Orginal Films, and One Races Film.
-Directed by: Justin Lin.
-Written by: Chris Morgan.
-Music by: Lucas Vidal.
-Running Time: 130 minutes.
-Budget: $ 160,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 238,679,850.
                    -Foreign: $ 550,000,000.
-Rating: -IMdb: 7.3/10.
             -Rotten Tomatoes: 69%.
             -Metacritic: 61%.

             -PERSONAL RATING: 8.5/10.

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