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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

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Without any star studded or known characters and an overload of fast unskilful driving, Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift is the directionless third part of the lucrative franchise. Due to getting into trouble with the police yet again Sean Boswell is sent to Tokyo to live with his father. Quickly, he gravitates towards the street racing scene in Japan and ends up on the wrong side of a notorious gang. After waiting for half an hour to see a familiar face, I gave up realising that Lucas Black’s unconvincing portrayal of a high school student was all I was going to get. Even Bow Wow’s funny and stereotypical character wasn’t enough for me to enjoy the film or take any interest in its protagonists. Street driving takes back the focus that was lost to crime fitting in 2 Fast 2 Furious but becomes uninteresting, once learning that Sean’s skillset only consists of accelerating and destroying vehicles. We then go on to see his journey to becoming a drifter, which  is primarily s...