Fast and Furious 6 Review

Let's be honest, Fast and Furious 6 will not win an Oscar any time soon. It is just a good time with great stunts, and fast cars.

In this action-packed sixth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reprise their roles as Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Connor on the run from the police. Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson reprises his role as well as Hobbs, a police officer who ends up helping the two fugitives at the end of fifth installment. In this installment, Hobbs recruits Dom, Brian, and the rest of their team from Fast Five. Together, the team of fast-driving thieves have to take down another team who are committing crimes and starting vehicular warfare. Fast and Furious 6, or Furious 6, never really takes itself too seriously and benefits from that. The first three Fast and Furious films were atrocious, but once director Justin Lin and screenplay-writer Chris Morgan grab the franchise by it's front bumper and make it into more of a heist movie in oppose to just a street racing movie, the quality improved miraculously.

The cast of actors from Fast 5 all come back for this installment and were all very entertaining to watch. You can feel a decent chemistry between all of the actors. The action and stunts in this movie were spectacular. Some big stunts may be a little bit far-fetched, but you can come to expect that from a Fast and Furious movie. There are some great practical and special effects in this film. The budget is high and you can tell the money is spent well. The biggest downside to this film was the ending fight sequence. As I said before, Furious 6 has a lot far-fetched features, and most of them can accept and let go. However, there is one scene that is so ridiculous, it is hard to ignore. 

The scene involves the main protagonists getting on a plane that bad guys are on and trying to fight them and retrieve one of their own. The first few minutes of the fight scene are incredible. You get to see The Rock and Vin Diesel fight on the same team, there are some really good effects. Then the scene continues for a little longer, then longer, then longer, then longer. Then you can't help but ask, how long is this runway?! The scene literally goes on for a near 30 minutes with the plane going hundreds of miles per hour. Besides that and an unrealistic scene in which a character jumps from a fast moving car and catches another character who was thrown from a fast moving car and catches that character, the stunts are pretty decent. Overall, there are some ridiculous moments that may be hard to look past, but once you can understand that this is mindless fun, you can come to enjoy this film from what it is, a fun popcorn flick. Final Rating- B