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Why Tokyo Drift is underrated

posted 3 years ago by seanwhelan2310 (563)
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1) a street racing story that introduced a new ( to me) twist on the old concept, drifting.
( because the original premise was based on street racing, and has somehow morphed into international espionage)

2) a fish out of water story that is respectful towards Japanese culture and showcases some spectacular parts of urban Tokyo.

3) A romance that doesn't feel forced, and that makes sense as helping to drive the plot.

Bonus: Sonny Chiba as a Yakuza boss ( with Tak Kubota as a bodyguard)

[–] TMC-4 (19460) 3 years ago

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[–] PersistentViewer (1829) a year ago

This is a very under-rated film.

[–] johnmiller (3406) 10 months ago

It's the best out of all the F&F films. By a wide margin.

[–] fc31 (4660) 9 months ago

It is more of a standalone film, has no connection to previous films, except the final cameo.

So the fans of the original movies were watching the wrong film. I think that was the problem.

They subsequently built connections to the franchise, mostly because Justin Lin was also the director of the next 3 films, but that did not help it at the time.

[–] punkrockgirl (1158) 9 months ago

By the way, there were a bunch of deleted scenes (clips available on youtube) that really added to the story that should've been kept in. Would've made the movie a lot longer, but it also would've made it better.