Very interesting movie with a lame script

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2002)

This was a compelling movie with interesting characters that suffered from a lame script. It was fragmented and full of cliches both in dialogue and scenes---sort of a composite of trite subplots. However, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriquez provided some spark. Brewster is too beautiful and had some pretty sappy lines, but she was fun to look at. The cars and race scenes were cool. The plot could have been good except for the stupid denouement which once again had some good action scenes based on lame ideas.