Great action and illogic make this a good B movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2001)

The Fast and the Furious star the always good Vin Diesel as a car racer- on the streets. He meets Brian (Paul Walker) in a good stoke of luck as he saves him from the cops. Then some more plot comes in into the film, but it the action that counts here.
Giving credit where credit is due, the film has outstanding action sequences involving car chases that haven't been this exhilarating since the infamous pod race in Phantom Menace. Plus (and surprisingly), the film envelops you into the story, and it makes you feel some actual feeling for the characters among the blaze of the cars. And for that I reccomend this movie for the thrill seeking audience that has chomped up the recent popcorn flicks such as Mummy 2, Tomb Raider and Swordfish (Fast and Furious is one of the best ones of it's kind so far this year).
However, with most B flicks come the inevitable flaws, and this has 2 usual yet still dumb ones. 1, from the looks at some of the steamy and violent scenes in the movie, it looks like as if director Cohen was making a rated R movie filled with even more action, sexual content and dare I say naughty language in the mix. Yet, once again, it might seem, the guys up top have made this film into yet another PG-13 flick to try and up the sales. That's why say what you will about the South Park movie, but at least they kept on trying at it until they got the R (and that is also evident from the s**t episode from 2 days ago) unlike such movies as Bring It On and Coyote Ugly.
And 2 (illogical part), this film takes place in Los Angeles, a city that is sometimes called the city on wheels. Then how come when the race in the streets scenes come up, you almost see no cars whatsoever on the streets (unless it's used for the plot or something)? I have a feeling that even though this doesn't have much logic in it, at least it's better here than in New York, cause then it would be just plain ludicrous. Anyway, like I said, It's a good action movie, though not a great one. Kudos go to the director, stunt co-ordinators, drivers and Diesel. B+