Short
plot summary |
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Blond
police officer infiltrates truck hijacking underworld operation,
its leader is a champion street car racer.
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What
our panel of critics thought |
"Big
chested baddie, against lesser big chested police officer who falls
for his sister. Honey, been there done it, bought the T-shirt, played
the erotic sex game, watched the video of that, wiped it over with
Sex and the City!"
"A
veritable smorgasbord of car riding naughtiness. How dare they hold
up a street in downtown Hollywood, stopping commerce and free flowing
traffic just for the hell of it? The punks!"
"The
plot doesn't make much sense, it's like someone in the studio had
an idea and then gave someone $38mn to run with it. Some good CGI,
but the plot makes no sense really. It's the testosterone and the
cars that propels this movie."
"When
I was 15 I would have loved this movie."
"Vin
Diesel excels in the tough guy, deep voiced muscled way only a guy
who looks like a street fighter can do. Some more flowers would
have added a certain lacking feminine side."
"The
sequence where they run and just miss the train? It reminded me
horribly of my last trip to LA when I got lost in that exact spot.
I went round in circles for ages looking for the Freeway. (Hope
the road works have finished by now, guys.) Never saw a train going
that fast either when I was there come to think of it, must have
been there on a slow day."
"Tough
guy / ruff guy heaven. The chicks are not too bad either. Shame
about the tuna sandwiches which could use some work."
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Please
tell me the ending or whole plot if necessary
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Blond
pretty-boy tough-guy Hollywood-type police officer (Brian
- Paul Walker) falls for shaved-head thug-type bruise-assured
champion street car racer's (Dominic - Vin
Diesel) sister.
Dominic
fails to realize Brian is a police officer, despite a best friend
noisily suspecting this all along.
One
night, after a street car race is stopped, Dominic is almost arrested
by police, but is rescued by Brian, and thus a friendship begins.
Movie
follows the lives of street car racers, with lots of expensive looking
CGI effects.
Movie
ends with Brian (who reveals his identity so that he can call for
medical assistance) allowing Dominic to escape to Mexico after an
attempted truck hijacking goes wrong.
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Quotable quotes (real) |
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"I
live my life quarter of a mile at a time."
Motor
cycle : Crotch rocket
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Other
comments |
The
movie seems to have been created on the fly, which may explain
the flaws in the plot.
The
plot is nothing but workmanlike, but the CGI is very good in places,
and the weather fine.
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