The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift

By Mal -
3 out of 10
Even for a TFATF franchise job, this was pretty bloody dire stuff. Wilka hit it on the head as we left cinema, likening it to watching porn: a succession of badly-acted ‘story’ scenes that hook together the real action. And even part of the action was CGI. Poor show.

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