Most
action movies ask you to leave your logic at the door but “Fast and
Furious 6” also asks you to check your brains there--if you really want
to enjoy it. Having never seen the other 5 chapters I don’t know if the
crashed car count has been as high in this one but there is no way you
can keep count of how many go flying, turn over, crash into others along
with other ways to end a cars life. You just have to laugh out loud at
how the good guys and gals do all sorts of crazy things with their cars
and then just drive off as if nothing happened.
Two
of the wildest people scenes are when a guys is twisted every which way
and he then sits down and starts working on a computer and the other
has to be seen showing two people going through the air for many feet,
crash onto the windshield break it and walk away without a scratch! The
audience just hooted and hollered.
There
is somewhat of a plot but you know what will happen as soon as you see
the villain with his pencil thin mustache, Luke Evans as Owen Shaw, who
wants to dominate the world. His main competition for screen time are
the huge arms of Dwayne Johnson which almost seem reluctant to make
room for anyone or anything else in one scene after another. The cast
is more than up to what is required of them in the acting department
with Michelle Rodriguez believable as Letty who has amnesia, Chris
Bridges and Tyrese Gibson bringing what intentional humor there is in
the screenplay by Chris Morgan, though there is a lot more unintentional
humor, along with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang
and the rest of the actors.
Justin
Lin directed the film, with a lot of help from special effects,
handling cars, airplanes and a tank with the ease of the director
photographer, Stephen F. Windon, going around the world. There are
chases in London, among many other major cities, starting with 2 cars
twisting and turning down a mountain road in the Canary Islands. In “7”
he really should put the bad guys/women in black and the good guys/women
in white because there are many hand to hand fight scenes that it is
hard to tell who is who, not that it makes a difference. Also there is
supposedly a HUGE surprise near the end that really doesn’t surprise
anyone as it is sort of just thrown away. I thought the music might be a
problem after the pounding beat when the movie started but soon the
crashes were too loud and too much to hear any music.
Check
your logic, and brains, at the door and go see “Fast And Furious 6” for
movie magic! Yes they really do walk away without a scratch after
crashing into the windshield.