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More like the lame and the tedious.
I watched this film with my brother who is a big speed freak and was, like
myself, excited about seeing some fantastic car chases and bike manouveurs.
After enduring the terrible acting for the first ten minutes, awaiting
the fast and furious car racing, once it had began the only thing fast and
furious action was the cameraman's really bad footage (a bit like
watching Jamie Oliver's cooking programme The Naked Chef). The speed shots
looked like a very bad over lay onto blue screen. The story line was non
existent, something about an undercover FBI agent trying to discover which street
racer gang are highjacking lorries, didn't actually let you know what was
being stolen from the lorries, which I thought may have been a key point but
hey ho I'm only a girl so what do I know?
But I can hear you
thinking HMMMMM has a slight Point Break feel to it well, BINGO! a complete
rip off sorry, correction, a lame and tedious rip off of a good film. It's as
cheesey as the disgusting graphics the racers display on their cars with
no story line and bad acting.
I suggest you get a tennis ball, sit in a box
and throw it against the wall for three years, if nothing else it would be
more fun and you could tell your freinds you do a great Steve Mcqueen
impression (watch The Great Escape for that reference if you have no idea
what I'm talking about).
RATING: Well they say the old ones are the best and after watching Fast & the Tedious I am the first
to agree.
This is a great speed movie, it has a fabulous story line and some fantastic cameos sporting
Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise - one of the best
double acts since Laurel and Hardy. Reynolds is quick and delivers his
lines with the help of DeLuise fantastically. And the laugh, that ole Reynolds' laugh
is a killer.
With appearances from Dean Martin and Sammy Davies, Jr (another well
cast duo), Roger Moore (absolutely classic) & even Jackie Chan, it is like watching the human
version of Whacky Races and being as totally entertained as when you were 4 whilst
avidly watching the Anthill Mob and the Slag Brothers.
The race is totally illegal and the winner is whoever can get from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast line without being arrested so anything goes.
I'm not going to ruin any of the story for you but the idea of a
super hero called Captain Chaos is intruiging.
It is a must for all of you out there who are asking yourself will they ever
make another movie worth watching. Well look no further they did. So get
watching. It is one of the last roll around the floor laughing your ass off
movies left. Oh and lads look out for Farah Fawcett and then you will see
where Charlie Dimmock gets her let loose hang free idea from but believe me
Farah is a lot more, shall we say, flowery on the eye.
Simple but very affective, you need to get this film.
RATING: (c)Jay K 2002
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Fast and the Furious (Rental: February 2002)
