The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
(USA/Germany, 2006, 105 minutes)
A street-racing teenager who keeps getting into trouble is shipped off to live with his military father in Tokyo, but falls under the spell of “drift” racing and gets unwittingly involved with a shady gang of racers. Disposable but enjoyable exploitation actioner whose no-nonsense focus on fast cars and teenage thrills successfully reignites a franchise a laboured first sequel had pretty much left for dead. Technical credits as pro as they come.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Neal H. Moritz production. Starring Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, J. J. Sonny Chiba. Directed by Justin Lin; produced by Neal H. Moritz; written by Chris Morgan; music by Brian Tyler; director of photography, Stephen F. Windon; production designer, Ida Random; film editors, Fred Raskin and Kelly Matsumoto; visual effects supervisor, Michael J. Wassel.
A street-racing teenager who keeps getting into trouble is shipped off to live with his military father in Tokyo, but falls under the spell of “drift” racing and gets unwittingly involved with a shady gang of racers. Disposable but enjoyable exploitation actioner whose no-nonsense focus on fast cars and teenage thrills successfully reignites a franchise a laboured first sequel had pretty much left for dead. Technical credits as pro as they come.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Neal H. Moritz production. Starring Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, J. J. Sonny Chiba. Directed by Justin Lin; produced by Neal H. Moritz; written by Chris Morgan; music by Brian Tyler; director of photography, Stephen F. Windon; production designer, Ida Random; film editors, Fred Raskin and Kelly Matsumoto; visual effects supervisor, Michael J. Wassel.
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