Fast and Furious 6

I have a work buddy who has been trying to set up a man movie date with me for months, and the fact that there were a string of indie movies that featured shirtless dudes in them made me a bit nervous.  But thankfully a big budget movie that featured men in tight shirts and baby oil came out so I felt that there was a smaller chance of something weird happening while on this get together. So as I was getting more and more pumped to see 6 Fast and 6 Furious, he sends me this text “ You want me to bring a flask of Makers Mark? Not judging either way!” That’s how we do it in Texas! And honestly, every Fast and Furious premiere should  have a pre party in the parking lot with street races and girls wearing short shorts and bikini tops. Sadly however, my pre party consisted of me eating enchiladas and drinking Big Red soda by myself while dreaming of the large popcorn I was going to eat at the theater. I passed on the Makers Mark because apparently I’m a 75 year old man!

Thankfully Justin Lin, who brought us the best of this franchise in Tokyo Drift, was still in the director’s chair for this installment and he continues to bring innovative stunts to the screen to keep our interest. Well, that and fast cars with hot women draped over them. This one picks up where the 5^th one left off, showing you how each one of the guys has adjusted to their new found wealth. Dom (Vin Diesel) is chillin with his Brazilian hottie Elena (Elsa Pataky) in Spain with Brian (Paul Walker), Mia (Jordana Brewster), and their new baby. And this is where Hobbs (The Rock) tracks them down to enlist their help in finding the new elite driving team who are using their skills to steal the world’s most dangerous technology. The team is led by the cold and evil British baddie Shaw, whose team includes Diesel’s ex girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez)who apparently is back from the dead. Well due to the fact that Diesel sticks to his principals of family is everything, he gets the gang back together to bring Letty back.

The writers give a half hearted explanation of how Letty is alive and why she is a part of the evil team. And there are a ton of plot holes with unnecessary scenes which include Brian sneaking back in the U.S. to gather useless information but you don’t care; you’re there to see fast cars do cool shit. And that is exactly what Lin delivers in this installment. The bad guys drive these customized Indy style cars that cause havoc when you run into them and present a new challenge to Dom and his team. They initially try and use the government issued twin turbo BMW’s for the job but thanks to Ludacris’s generosity, they step their game up and get custom muscle themselves which include a souped up Mark 1 Escort, Dodge Challenger SRT, a Mustang, and a Dodge Charger, just to name a few. The funniest scene would include Brewster driving a Fiat which was used to help bring down a jumbo jet (trust me, you just have to see the movie). But the stunts in this movie are so over the top and incredible that they left the audience literally gasping and cheering. By the time Vin Diesel went airborne (again, you have to see the movie) I was high fiving people next to me! I’m sure my buddy was embarrassed and wanted to leave at this point.

The movie also stepped up it’s game with the fight scenes. There are two in particular involving Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano from Haywire and one with The Rock and Vin Diesel teaming up to take out Shaw and his muscle, that had you wanting to go straight to the gym afterwards. Everything Tyrese says and does in this movie is unbelievably funny and I am sure that the scene involving his private jet with his 4 lovely ladies is exactly what his life is like in real life. I loved this movie and I give it a rating of TIGHT!

Now for the important stuff, the girls rank in order of hotness goes like this (from hottest to not quite as hot) : Gal Gadot,  Elsa Pataky, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Jordana Brewster, and then Clara Padgett. Michelle Rodriguez has gotten a bit too skinny and J Brewster is just sickly looking these days. Get both of those girls some enchiladas! I'm pretty sure that movieland is the only place where you would leave behind Pataky to go get Rodriguez. The second The Rock came to me with this scenario, my reply would've been "Hmm, I'm good dawg. Tell Letty I said what's up though."Also the fact that Shaw is British is key to remember when you see the scene after the closing credits.