The opening act invites us to ride along with rebel Sean Boswell (Black), whose own family has fractured.
Granted, Tokyo Drift doesn’t exactly seem like a “family movie” at the outset. ‘Tokyo Drift’ also introduced Han to the series (Universal Pictures) With the first post-Lin franchise entry, Furious 7, about to race into theaters on April 4, Tokyo Drift is looking more and more like a surprisingly pivotal installment in the franchise. And Tokyo Drift really does operate on that kind of archetypal scale it’s a straightforward, genre piece where the horses and high noon showdowns have been replaced by sleek automobiles and nighttime street races. On the DVD commentary track, Lin describes approaching the film like a classic Western, with Black’s character serving as the lone cowboy who rides into an unfamiliar town. Creatively though, Tokyo Drift ranks among the top tier of Fast and the Furious movies, making up for its lack of Diesel power with nimble racing sequences, a likable cast led by former child actor Lucas Black as an American teen in Tokyo, and a surprisingly sharp depiction of high school social strata at home and abroad.
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By sidelining Paul Walker as well, Tokyo Drift had to prove that the Fast and the Furious brand name could trump any actor.įinancially speaking, the movie didn’t make that case successfully it remains the l owest-grossing installment in the series’ history, making just $62 million. The previous Vin Diesel-less installment, 2 Fast 2 Furious, already had to overcome skepticism that the series could survive without its breakout star. Moritz and new director Justin Lin decided to take the series across the Pacific to Japan, constructing a standalone adventure around a fresh batch of car-crazed characters. Rather than follow any of the crew from the original film, producer Neal H. In the run-up to its release in 2006, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift faced the challenge of steering Universal’s biggest franchise in a risky new direction.
Bow Wow and Lucas Black in ‘Tokyo Drift’ (Universal Pictures)
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