Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Not sure how anyone over the age of 8 could enjoy these movies. Logic and physio are both defied in this series.

At the end of part 5, the F&F crew split $100million between them; somehow, a share of that haul bought Roman (Tyrese Gibson) a lear jet, a luxury yacht and a penthouse apartment, with cash to spare. Talk about getting the most from your money. Still, this is one of the least unbelievable things in a film that doesn't just ask the viewer to suspend disbelief, but rather grabs them by the neck and demands that they do so or else.This chapter in the dumb but entertaining blockbuster franchise sees Dom (Vin Diesel) reassembling his crew to help special agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) stop an international criminal from obtaining the components to build a bomb that will be worth billions to the wrong people. To paraphrase one of the characters, it's some '007-type s**t', but taken to extremes, with action set-pieces that not only defy logic, but also the laws of physics.For some viewers, it will all be a step too far, although judging by the film's cumulative worldwide gross, this is exactly what many want in a summer blockbuster. Me? I fall somewhere in the middle: there are moments that are extremely well handled (Gina Carano's fist fight with Michelle Rodriguez is excellent); a few scenes are exhilarating popcorn nonsense that I cannot help but enjoy for their sheer audacity (the tank crushing cars on a Spanish highway); but others push credibility beyond even what I can accept in a silly summer action flick (the ridiculous finale on the world's longest runway).That said, I'd much rather watch this than another Michael Bay Transformers film.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for Carano (who should have nabbed the Wonder Woman gig instead of Gal Gadot).

This review contains spoilersFast and Furious 6 is the sequel to Fast & Furious 5. The movie follows the same cast and concerns the crew discovering Letty is alive and is suffering from amnesia. The series continues Letty's character story from the fourth movie. The story is about taking down the boss Letty is now working for.The story is non-existent. Although each scene on its own makes sense, the audience's disbelief is so stretched that the story as a while could not be believed. This is fine because I do not watch the Fast and Furious movies for the plot. The reckless disregard for physics and logic is acceptable as the movie has high production values. The characters do not undergo any drastic changes and I am fine with this as well as the characters exiting only to further the action. As with the previous movies, the characters will talk about family and friends. This might be cringe inducing to some audiences but the audience should enjoy this for what it is. Its a way to make the movie's tone lighter.The story does take some interesting directions, such as with the death of some of the crew. This took me by surprise and made the movie more engaging to watch.The action scenes in this movie are phenomenal. As stated before, do not expect the movie to obey any laws of physics. The action is clean, well-directed and well-edited. If the audience can get past the disregard of physics, this movie's action scenes are creative and fun to watch.The acting is serviceable. All of the actors and actresses in this movie are not great actors but for this role, they are great. Vin Diesel is great as Dom and he belongs in this movie franchise.Overall, I would recommend Fast and Furious 6. Audiences should turn off their brain and they will enjoy it.

The high octane franchise has been a mixed bag over the years, it doesn't look to be stopping any time soon, even with this sixth entry, which got low ratings by critics, directed by Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious 4 and 5, Star Trek Beyond). Basically in Brazil, following the successful Rio heist, Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his professional criminal crew have fled around the world. Dom is living with new love interest Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky), a former police officer; Dom's friend, former FBI agent Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), is with Dom's sister Mia (Jordana Brewster), and their son Jack; Gisele Yashar (Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot) and Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang) are living together; and Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej Parker (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) are living in luxury. Meanwhile DSS (Diplomatic Security Service) agents Luke Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and Riley Hicks (Gina Carano) are investigating a crew that have destroyed a Russian military convoy, led by former British SAS Major and special ops soldier Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). Hobbs wants Dom and his crew to help capture Shaw, Dom is initially uninterested, but then he is shown a photograph of his former lover, supposedly long-dead Leticia "Letty" Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) (the twist end after the credits of F&F5), Dom and his crew accept the mission, on the condition that they are all pardoned for their crimes. In London, England, Shaw's hideout is staked out, but it turns out to be a trap, distracting the team and the police, while he carries out an Interpol building heist. The hideout is detonated, disabling most of the police, Shaw manages to escape a pursuit, in an indestructible car, and when Letty arrives to to help Shaw, she sees Dom momentarily, before shooting him without hesitation. Back at headquarters, Hobbs explains that Shaw is stealing components to create a deadly device, intending to sell it to the highest bidder, Shaw meanwhile investigates opposing group, discovering Letty's relationship with Dom, but she is suffering from amnesia and has no memory of the past. Dom's crew learn that Shaw is connected to drug lord Arturo Braga, who was imprisoned by Brian, returning to Los Angeles, as a prisoner, Brian questions Braga, who says Letty survived the explosion that seemingly killed her, Shaw took her after discovering her amnesia, Brian is then released with the help of the FBI. Dom manages to reunite with Letty, he challenges her to a street racing competition, and returns her cross necklace he had kept, after she leaves, Dom refuses Shaw's offer of a chance to walk away, threatening his family if he does not. Tej tracks Shaw's next attack to a Spanish NATO base, his crew plan to assault a highway military convoy carrying a computer chip that will complete his deadly device. Dom's crew interferes, while Shaw, accompanied by Letty, commandeers a tank, destroying cars en route, Brian and Roman manage to flip the tank, Letty is thrown out, Dom risks his own life to save her. Shaw and his crew are captured, but it is revealed Mia has been kidnapped, and that Hobbs' partner Riley is a covert accomplice to Shaw, Hobbs is forced to release them, but Letty chooses to stay with Dom. Shaw's team and kidnapped Mia have boarded a large moving aircraft on a runway, Dom's crew gives chase; Dom, Letty and Brian board the craft, Brian rescues Mia, while the plane is tether to the rest of the team's vehicles to stop take-off. Gisele sacrifices herself to save Han, Letty kills Riley and gets to safety, Dom pursues Shaw and the computer chip, Shaw is thrown from the plane and seriously injured as it crashes into the ground, and Dom drives a car out of the exploding craft. Dom gives the chip to Hobbs, this secures the pardons for all the team, they all return to Los Angeles and their lives, Hobbs and Elena become partners, and she accepts that Dom loves Letty. In the post-credits sequence, Han is involved in a car crash in Tokyo, Japan, the driver (Jason Statham) walks away from the scene after leaving Letty's cross necklace at the scene, then calls Dom to say "You don't know me. You're about to.", before Han is killed when the car explodes. Also starring Clara Paget as Vegh, Kim Kold as Klaus, David Ajala as Ivory, Thure Lindhardt as Firuz and singer Rita Ora as Race Caller. Like most of the films in the series the storyline is not necessarily what you pay attention to, that is biggest problem with this one, it is not well executed, it is too much style over substance, the chases and explosions with cool cars are all fine, but there are preposterous things going on throughout (London with no traffic?), and the banter inbetween falls flat, it was a little boring, a fair but also disappointing action thriller. Okay!