Stylish

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2002)

Nothing wrong here. Rob Cohen's hyperdriven paean to illegal street racing is one of the more stylish films in recent memory and he gets some pretty good little performances from his actors, especially star-in-ascent Vin Diesel. Cohen is working as his title suggests but he also adds a bold use of color, flashy but not ostentatious editing and a sophisticated hip-hop soundtrack as a perfect compliment. As plots go, it's standard fifties fare, cribbing elements of `Rebel Without A Cause', but with everyone involved trying to create a technically superior experience, who cares?