Since I watched this movie I’ve been thinking on how to best
express my opinion about it, and I came to the conclusion that it is quite
difficult to do it in one review only.
So I am going to write two: A good and a bad review.
Good Review
I’ve watched all the Fast and Furious movies, except the
Tokyo one (for some reason I still have no interest in watching it) and when I
watched the trailer of Fast 6 I immediately wanted to watch it. They were
bringing the whole team back. They were even “resurrecting” Letty, which in my
opinion was quite a stretch but a smart move nonetheless.
So I went to watch it and this is no doubt an action movie.
It has action from beginning to end. From one scene to the next you find
yourself at the edge of your seat or biting your nails, or wondering what’s
going to happen next.
And it has a lot of funny parts, which is a plus in any
movie. I laughed quite a bit throughout.
Everything else is the same as the previous five movies,
fast cars, races, fights, you know…
That’s it for the good review, now moving on to the bad.
Bad review
The movie has no plot, no interesting story. The “plot” you
see in the trailer is the one you will see in the movie. Nothing more, nothing
less.
But there they are living the good life, enjoying all the
money they stole in their last “job”, until the police comes knocking at their
door asking for their help. These criminals are so “good” at what they do, that
not only do they get away with whatever crime they commit, but they are also
needed by the police, who apparently is not competent enough to do their own
job. So now it’s criminals trying to stop other criminals… uh huh…
They portray the team of “good” criminals in such a way that
they make them look good in the audience’s eyes. As if they have principles, as
if who they are justifies what they do.
The guy says, “Everyone has a code. Mine is family”. Meaning
that stealing, killing, breaking the law and whatever other crime you might commit
is ok as long as you do it for family. Are you kidding me?
And the funny (for lack of a better word) thing is, after
all their wrongdoing, they gather together at the table to have a meal and they
all join hands and thank God for everything they have. WHAT? I’m not
even going to say anything about that.
The Question
Fast and
Furious has a lot more wrong messages. It has wrong messages all over the
place. Everywhere. All the time.
If you’ve already watched the movie, can you guess what they
are?
If you do, just leave your comments below.
Sure it’s a cool movie, fast cars, tough guys and all, but
the core message? All wrong.
Oh and one last thing, does it bother anyone else that no
one really cared about what happened to Gisele at the end apart from the
Japanese guy, or is it just me? O_o
