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Did critics think this was a remake?

posted 3 years ago by Sidha108 (2400)
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Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus reads: "Sleek and shiny on the surface, The Fast and the Furious recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s." Did critics at the time erroneously think this film was supposed to be a remake of the 1954 Roger Corman B-movie The Fast and the Furious and try to interpret the film as such? It seems like critics will intentionally belittle a movie if they think it is a remake.

[–] acelesson (701) 3 years ago

it is a remake....of point break

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8376) 3 years ago

I think that Rob Cohen even acknowledged in the director's commentary that Point Break was a big influence. He didn't make a secret of it.

[–] davodikum (5997) 3 years ago

What about No Man's Land (1987) ?

[–] legnadibrom (5800) 3 years ago

it's a movie with one of Martin Sheen's boys

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) a year ago

yes this film was shot for shots rip off of no mans land.

[–] Forky (1739) 3 years ago

no, they meant that it was similar to the beach going films

[–] punkrockgirl (1166) a year ago

Rotten Tomatoes hardly ever knows what it's talking about