japan is full of faceless masses of people and yakuza thugs and import models and everything is made of neon. his pure american values of fair play and honesty cause problems because japan is godless and only ruled by absolute sink-or-swim capitalism and conformism. he meets this yakuza dude with perfect unaccented english, who hates the world and eats animal crackers in every scene and acts like he wants to die and keeps giving him cars and drifting lessons. there's a beautiful scene where they drift thru one of those thousand-deep crowd of grey japanese extras and everything goes slowmotion and the world spins around them and faces slide past the windows while the kid and the australian girl hold their breath and look out in wonder or something and then the good yakuza dies when his rx-7 explodes and he has to go find the yakuza boss and beat the yakuza (and win the boss's grudging respect) with fair play and honesty and drifting.
WHO ELSE SAW THIS
― 333333333333 (33333), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― renegade bear shot by cops on frat row (vahid), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Monday, 19 June 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Monday, 19 June 2006 19:05 (seventeen years ago) link
he's in it too.
― 333333333333 (33333), Monday, 19 June 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyway, I saw this on Saturday and the plot was pretty much boilerplate "kid fucks up, gets sent to live with a relative, starts to screw up but ultimately redeems himself" crap. I giggled through the couple of moral speeches and "kid" interaction (the actors are all oooold) and counted down the minutes until AWESOME DRIFTING ACTION. It gets three Ebert-approved stars on drift action alone despite a major WTF moment right before the final race and a ridiculous cameo ending.
― mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 19 June 2006 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 19 June 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 19 June 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Monday, 19 June 2006 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
VIN?????
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Whoa.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 19 June 2006 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 19 June 2006 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link
(xp) c'mon gear I think we can get behind this one!
― indie disco dancer, sweet romancer (haitch), Monday, 19 June 2006 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 19 June 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 June 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:47 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't remember that, that's slightly scary.
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I saw this for free at a screening and I was really glad I did. I mean, the ain character goes up to the Yakuza boss and says "I know how we can settle this peacefully -- A RACE!" It doesn't get much better.
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link
whoa, i didn't realise they based a character on me!
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
GET ONE GOOGLE/WIKIPEDIA/YOUTUBE
― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Monday, 26 June 2006 07:30 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah basically the best film ever made
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 June 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i made my gf watch it w/ me a while back. The main guy is one of the worst actors i have ever seen.
But it is sweet.
― wilter, Monday, 23 June 2008 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
o man, never did end up seeing it.
― haitch, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
your loss
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
[Started by 333333333333 (33333), last updated 3 minutes ago] 3 new answers
― bnw, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:13 (fifteen years ago) link
it's hard to rock a thread on time
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
great film - excellent franchise
― jhøshea, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
eh well #2 isnt that good but 1 and 3 are the shit
― jhøshea, Monday, 23 June 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate paul walker or whomever though Tokyo Drift may in fact contain the best chase sequence I've ever seen. really amazing visuals and cutting.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 June 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Ned, gbx and Gear don't know the difference between a review and a synopsis?
― S-, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I really wanted this movie to be good because drifting is so intense & awesome, but every review besides this one said "the drift sequences are great, the movie is otherwise completely awful" and I've misplaced my taste for shitty movies
every review OTM
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i cant believe this is the only fast/furious thread on ilx... shameful
4 fast 4 furious will be the movie of the year (either that or crank 2) imo
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a beautiful scene where they drift thru one of those thousand-deep crowd of grey japanese extras and everything goes slowmotion and the world spins around them and faces slide past the windows while the kid and the australian girl hold their breath and look out in wonder or something
this part was best
― resident advice whore (haitch), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I could have sworn I posted about Tokyo Drift before, and Felicity made an appearance there as well. This isn't the only thread of its kind, I'm sure of it.
― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
This is a movie that when watching with DVD commentary, sort of breaks your heart how much skill and passion and effort and risktaking and general good will goes into making pure shit.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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― dylannn, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck
5 is far and away the best one, but all of em have their entertaining qualities. (except for maybe the 4th, which is sort of tedious.)
― kiss me, son of based god (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 07:33 (ten years ago) link
3 >>> 1, the others kind of suck
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
although i'm not sure if i've ever seen 2
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
i loved five but i have no desire to see the earlier ones. all the backstory I needed came from Vin Diesel either frowning or smiling when other characters appeared on screen.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 13:00 (ten years ago) link
look at you poseurs. i only want to talk to people who like & respect the entire fast and furious saga. 5, 3, 1 (after this a sizeable dropoff) 2, 4 is how i rank them... 4's the weakest but it has a few good moments
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
is tokyo drift 3? if so then i mostly agree with that ranking.
― Lamp, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
i might see 3 cuz justin lin obv impressed the right people with it and i've been on team lucas black since american gothic
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
lol apparently black will return in fast and the furious 7
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
In an interview in 'Scoop with Raya', Vin Diesel mentioned that 'Fast 8' may be filmed in Egypt, with a 9th Fast and Furious in Guam.
why not space dude? why not space?
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
Well yeah -- they're going to be the new Star Trek crew, obv.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
i slept through fast furious and chronicles of riddick but i will be wide awake during any furious/riddick crossover esp if judi dench reappears as a floating elemental that they need to power their cars.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:15 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
idg what's so good about 5 besides pulling the safe around
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
when the rock's team gets wiped out in slow motion and u see all the pain and anguish in dwayne's eyes.... all those years spent together, and now to never spend time with ur bros ever again... i was feeiln that tho
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
5 was just a zippy, carefree popcorn heist movie with some suitably ridiculous performances and action sequences. Def benefits from the novelty of a franchise's fifth entry being the most successful and (from what I gather) watchable.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
which one was the one with eccleston as the villain?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
as a former high schooler obsessed with cars, i really like 1... 5 was kinda where it jumped the shark by making the transition to general shootout/heist and stopped being about the cool cars... although maybe 4 was like that too. i dont remember much about 4 besides driving thru tunnels
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
i mix up the first one with gone in 60 seconds
― Lamp, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
gone in 60 seconds is totally different because it only fetishizes american muscle
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
not a rice rocket in sight! smh
slower & more deliberate too
― Lamp, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
http://hotnewton.blogspot.com/2009/01/gone-in-60-seconds-complete-car-list.html
only JDM on that list is the supra
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
whatever happened to giovani ribisi
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/87hgp06.jpg
damn
didn't he die on Pandora
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
RIP giovanni ribisi
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
oh wait I guess he didn't die, at least not according to the Wikipedia plot summary
but yeah, Avatar is what happened to Giovani Ribisi
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
he played a snivelly drug middle manager in Contraband and co-stars with Seth Green, Martin Mull and Peter Reigert in Dads, Seth MacFarlane's first live-action sitcom production!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
apparently he was also in Ted
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
This was fun and far less insulting or annoying than the new Star Trek flick. The Rock is the best.
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Sunday, 26 May 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
wth @ after credits retcon
― 乒乓, Sunday, 9 June 2013 12:32 (ten years ago) link
that was awesome
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 9 June 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
yeah... it was pretty brazen... greedo shoots first. idk what to expect from this new director tho
― 乒乓, Sunday, 9 June 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
somebody in my theater screamed for a good 5 seconds in the interval leading up to vin midair bodyslamming michelle into a windshield
― 乒乓, Sunday, 9 June 2013 12:37 (ten years ago) link
james wan's made two movies i really liked, so im at least curious to see what he does with F&F. lin's done some great work with the franchise but it kinda feels like he's said everything he could with these movies
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 9 June 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
i feel like he really hit his stride w/ this one, the flow, timing, interweaving of diff plot elements was perfected, didn't feel as clunky as 5... could be seen as a peak too, walk away before it gets stale
― 乒乓, Sunday, 9 June 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
i thought 5 was a little smoother actually, this one dragged for me at points, wasnt really as involved in what was happening. still a good flickaroo
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 9 June 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skpu5HaVkOc
― 龜, Sunday, 2 November 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Within a whisper's breath of being the third highest-grossing film ever worldwide.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, but that gap hasn't been closing by very much over the last few weeks. Firmly entrenched as third in the 'Overseas' though.
I was talking to a friend about a week before it came out, wondering about the financial fate of other seventh films to compare it to: The Dark Knight, Diamonds are Forever, the next Superman vs Batman. Looks like it's outperformed the first two anyway.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 12 June 2015 14:20 (eight years ago) link
thought for a second there that tokyo drift had somehow become the third-biggest-grossing movie of all time while i wasn't looking
my favourite thing about 7 was lucas black's cameo, which cut seamlessly from his fresh-faced performance in a scene from the original to the current-day lucas black who has apparently aged 25 years since 2006
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 12 June 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
If only he'd died, they could have done more!
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 12 June 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
tbf he looked very much like a corpse
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 12 June 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
So they're shooting second unit for the next one in downtown Cleveland, and just announced a ton of street closings right in the middle of the busiest parts of town for the next three weeks. This is just a month prior to the RNC happening downtown. RIP Cleveland.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/05/fast_8_in_cleveland_watch_car.html
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
sometimes songs from this movie's OST pop up on my itunes in shuffle and it's a good feeling
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
thats where i'd seen Grace from unreal s1 before
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 7 August 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
this movie is great obv
I have this on on another screen while I play the stunt races in gta
― calstars, Sunday, 7 August 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
https://jalopnik.com/tokyo-drift-had-to-hire-a-fall-guy-to-get-arrested-on-s-1844445611
The director explained: “When we went to shoot in Tokyo it’s a very different culture. They don’t give out film permits. We would be setting up a scene and people would just walk right through the set. I had this one guy, I thought he said he was me. I didn’t know what that meant.“I wanted to shoot in Shibuya, which is the most crowded place in Tokyo. The cops, they’re all so polite, so it takes ten minutes for them to come over and kick you out. They shut us down, I’d gotten all my shots, but I didn’t know they were going to arrest me. Another guy stepped up and said, ‘I’m the director.’ I found out that it was his job to take the fall for me. He went to jail for the night and I’m forever grateful.”
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
An American street racer in Japan learns an exciting but dangerous new style and goes head to head with a local champion who has ties to the Yakuza.
― calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link