Another inane movie in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The main character is this clueless do-gooder named Sean who has a penchant for racing cars (even though he's no good at it). Because of his do-gooding, Sean always ends up in hot water, and he and his mom have to keep on moving town so he won't end up in jail. Left with no options, his Mom bundles him off to Tokyo in the care of his Army Dad. The very next day, he races with wannabe-Yakuza DK (Drift King for all you gai-jins out there), and manages to totally trash Han's (his business partner) Nissan Silvia.Being the horny schoolkid that he is, Sean starts flirting with DK's too-hot-to-be-in-school girlfriend Neela, and vice versa. DK gets wind of this, and gives Sean a good beating. Anyway, DK's Yakuza uncle comes around and inspects the books. He tells DK that there's a discrepancy in their funds. DK is no good at math, so he figures it is Han who's been short-changing him. An adrenalin-pumping street chase ensues, and Han dies in a fireball when his car crashed.
Seeing that his end is near, Sean goes to the Yakuza boss with a bag of money that Han left for him, and tells him that there's only one way to settle the matter once and for all. You guessed it - a downslope drifting race down a treacherous mountain pass. Loser leaves town. Yeah, big deal. DK's Nissan 350Z vs. Sean's Dodge Charger with a Nissan Skyline GTR RB26DETT engine. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who wins this race. Funniest part of the movie? All these kids at the sidelines videoing the race and monitoring the progress on their tiny mobiles. Don't tell me those phones can capture and multicast simultaneously. Cheesiest scene? The cameo by Vin Diesel at the end of the movie. If not for his bald pate, I could've sworn it was Stallone mumbling and grumbling a la Rambo.
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