Movie Review

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

EW's GRADE
D+

Details Release Date: Jun 16, 2006; Rated: PG-13; Length: 98 Minutes; Genre: Action/Adventure; With: Lucas Black; Distributor: Universal

The third movie in the Bad News Bears series, a notable turkey, went to Japan. That trip spells certain doom for the Fast and the Furious franchise as well. Dubbed Tokyo Drift (but let's call it 3 Fast 3 Furious), this junker ships Friday Night Lights' Lucas Black abroad as punishment (to Tokyo? Lucky jackass!) after he hot-rods through a Phoenix housing development to the tune of that blasted Kid Rock ''Bawitdaba'' song. Once overseas, he tries ''drifting,'' a wavy, tractionless, sorta psychedelic, poky race style whose poorly shot appeal gets lost in translation.

Originally posted Jun 14, 2006 Published in issue #883 Jun 23, 2006 Order article reprints

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