The Faster and the Furious-er
I just watched Fast and Furious, the official follow up to 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. While the first film was a surprise hit, the second one made NO SENSE AT ALL and was a horrendous mish-mash of CGI and implausible set pieces. The original premise of road racing was almost completely ignored, leading to the film not really having a purpose.
Included in the impossible stunts are swapping cars at 90 mph in an abandoned mine shaft, just missing a spinning airborne car and driving under a petrol tanker fireball. Never before has a film made me shout “No way!” at the telly so much.
Add to this the tooth grinding script, Vin Diesel being replaced by Vin Diesel’s waxwork and most of the characters looking exactly the same, you find that this is the worst 9 quid you’ve spent in Asda since you bought that 24 pack of “Smart” price Lager. Only the lager’s aftertaste could be removed using toothpaste.
