A ripping ride

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2012)

The bleached cinematography nicely conveys the shimmering heat of the desert. Some great shots and quality action sequences with a solid plot. Diesel's not-unpleasing voice delivers some of his best lines as the anti-anti-hero. The accents of the various players added a lot to this for me. Claudia Black's northern-suburbs-Sydney was particularly lyrical. Solid turns by Cole Hauser, Keith David and Rhiana Griffith and others. Radha Mitchell could have kept her accent too but it seems that films contractually require American accents from "lead" characters so much these days that it's become a real pain in the ear.
This is Diesel's best film in my opinion and an entertaining ride.