Disappointment


Being a fan of Initial D I thought this movie would be awesome. But I saw it and was disappointed. First of all why is it in Cantonese? When I first heard it was being made by Chinese I thought I'd be okay with the language. But nope. It sounds bad when you realize that they are in Japan and talking in Cantonese. Also Chinese humor just doesn't connect with me sometimes. Trying to make Itsuki over the top and more of an idiot than his anime counterpart could ever hope to be was a bad mistake. All of Takumi's friends seems to be morons who haven't passed elementary school. In the anime they had character and you didn't want to kill them like in this movie. It's not funny. The actor who played Itsuki probably didn't understand what his character was suppossed to do other than be a giant fool and clown.

Also why put in a 3 car race at the end? There has never been a 3 car race in the history of Initial D. How is it fair for someone to start at the back in a 2 lane street unless it's Chasing rules which is impossible with 3 cars. Also having the girlfriend get caught was just squeezing too much crap in. They put in too much crap and the soundtrack is crap when they are drifting downhill. Bring back the songs that we love from the anime! Who can't forget the 80s 90s techno music? Or the eurobeat music. I can't remember anything good about the soundtrack in this movie except maybe Jay Chou's song. When you watch the anime the music gets you pumped. In this, the music is mundane with no feel to it whatsoever like a background track to a rap song without the rapping.

Also did anyone notice that the guard rails in this movie are made out of tin foil? They literally just break apart like paper when cars crash into it. If you can't make realistic guard rails don't have crash scenes with them included!

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I wholeheartly agree with your review. A big let down for me also. Found it for under 4euros so no biggie but still...
Same points irritate me too, the language, Itsuki (he was supposed to be funny and not retarted and irritating, bad acting overall (well I think Bunta, Ryosuke, Natsuki and Itsukis father were alright), missing the eurobeat music etc.

Anime is way better than this.

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