{"id":3551,"date":"2013-05-24T08:16:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2013-05-24T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T18:58:07","slug":"review-fast-and-furious-6-delivers-more-of-the-same-high-octane-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/2013\/05\/review-fast-and-furious-6-delivers-more-of-the-same-high-octane-charm\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Fast and Furious 6’ Delivers More of the Same High-Octane Charm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>If you see The Fast and the Furious 6<\/em>, I highly recommend that you do what I did and sit in front of your local chapter of The Rock Fan Club.<\/a><\/p>\n

It, um, enhances the experience.<\/p>\n

One might even say it pumps it up.<\/p>\n

Puts the fun on steroids. (Too far?)<\/p>\n

Every time the muscle-bound former wrestler swaggers on screen, the varying degrees of muscle-bound fans behind me cheered wildly. When The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) delivered a wry one-liner, they laughed uproariously and when he good naturally allowed the film to poke fun at him, they swooned (in a particularly manly way, of course).<\/p>\n

Like the movie itself, the whole experience was a lot of ridiculous fun.<\/p>\n

In this sixth installment of the movie franchise, the formula of \u00a0male fantasy involving fast cars, sexy women, unlikely escapades and daring men strong enough to handle it all has been solidified.<\/p>\n

We catch up with racing patriarch Dominic (Vin Diesel) and his new blond babe Elena (Elsa Pataky), living the good life in a beach house in a country that doesn\u2019t extradite to the US. Life is good. They\u2019ve got millions from their morally-correct and lucrative take down of a Rio gang lord, a beach, nice cars, and plenty of lovin\u2019. Nearby, Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster) coo over their new son. They pause only to drive cars fast and debate the merits of imported horsepower versus American-made.<\/p>\n

A pretty good gig if you can get it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too good to last.<\/p>\n

Agent Hobbs (The Rock \u2013 Woohoo! Yeah! Oh, yeah! Wooo!) intrudes in paradise. He can\u2019t get at their little exile beach haven because, as we\u2019re reminded, there\u2019s no extradition. But he has news that sucks Dominic and Brian\u00a0back into the car-racing, noble crime circuit. Dominic\u2019s old love, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez, presumed dead because the last time we saw her she was shot point blank after suffering a rather unfortunate massive car wreck (but who\u2019s counting?), has been seen alive.<\/p>\n

And with that, the boys are off to Europe (bye, bye Elena) where the only way to beat the ruthless gang, satisfy Hobbs (Booya! Alright! Woo!), save Letty, and be allowed home to the USA, is to drive expensive cars faster than they do.<\/p>\n

The coconspirators from the previous installment gathers: Wise-cracking, bickering Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej (Ludacris) along with lovebirds Han (Sung Kang) and Gisele (Gal Gadot). The crew can drive any car, hack any security system, shoot any ridiculously big gun, and look good doing it.<\/p>\n

As in the prior movies, everything works just right and doesn\u2019t stress the brain synapses. Roman and Tej trade barbs that are genuinely funny, Dominic emotes in his flat, deep voiced way that is either a still-waters-run-deep thing or an inability to move the muscles of the face. Either way, it works for him. The Rock \u00a0(Woo! Rock! Yeah! Boom! Boom! Yeah!) brings his charming hammy self to good natured, self-deprecating mockery. The repeated line when he walks in the room is \u201cI smell baby oil\u201d and it seems that no one enjoys the joke more than The Rock (Cat whistle!) himself.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason this guy has a fan club.<\/p>\n

Watching the very very nice cars race very very fast in very very tight quarters never gets old. There goes a Dodge Daytona, cherry. Now a BMW M5. Lamborghini Murcielago, an Aston Martin DB9. (For a breakdown of the horsepower, go to Top Gear\u2019s coverage<\/a>.) If life were a little different, thinks every man in the theater, it would be me behind the wheel there.<\/p>\n

The law doesn\u2019t matter here. The actual law is merely a detail and the laws of physics even more bendable. By the time they\u2019re thrown off a bridge completely, you\u2019re so involved in the over the top fun, you want to cheer like The Rock Fan Club behind you.<\/p>\n

Only in a movie this goofy and free-wheeling would a character be able to say that a car \u201cbroke her fall\u201d and have it not bother you. We all know cars don\u2019t break falls. We all know they are not featherbeds. Nor are they pillows. But the laws of physics have been suspended, so in this universe, a hunk of metal is a cushion.<\/p>\n

Sure.<\/p>\n

Part of the reasons these movies work so well is the simple, basic man-code at the core of them. Dominic and Brian may break regional and physical laws,\u00a0 but they never violate their code: Family comes first. Take care of your own and don\u2019t hurt others (unless it can\u2019t be helped or they\u2019re bad guys.)<\/p>\n

The family here, of course, is the merry band of crazy drivers and hijinx perpetrators.<\/p>\n

The Fast and the Furious 6<\/em> is rated PG-13 for \u201cintense sequences of violence and action and mayhem throughout, some sexuality and language,\u201d which pretty much sums it up. The language isn\u2019t too egregious and the film is much more interested in sexy cars than sex itself. There is a scene of heavily implied sexuality and semi-nudity, plus several shots of women who could use a sandwich or two and can\u2019t seem to afford enough fabric in their shorts to cover their\u00a0derri\u00e8res. For some reason, they seem to always pose next to the amazing automobiles. It\u2019s almost as if men liked that combination of sleek power and skinny, semi-clad women.<\/p>\n

Go figure.<\/p>\n

Mayhem there is in plenty, and lots of fun too. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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