An action film with no action

Rating: 1/10 (30 August 2002)

Well, I suppose the best way to review a film is compare it to your expectations. What I expected was a wafer thin plot, even less acting, and lots of fast, insane and fun car chases to fill up my afternoon and forget about the next morning.
What I got of cause was, a wafer thin plot, even less acting...and no fast insane and fun car chases. The cars were supposed to be the big thing in the film. But all they do is spend a fortune on building up the car and then drag race it down a road. No turns, leaps, death-defying dives between city traffic, and no tense racing. Just hit the metal, and whoever spent the most money and had the most nitro wins.
And the story made even less sense (what the hell is with that fight at the start?), the script seems to have never been through a redraft, and most of the actors were permanently comatose. There is nothing deep in this film. It's clear it was meant to be a mindless film, and I have no problem with that, but when even the action is awful, you're left withwell, nothing really.
And as for that soundtrackit'll make the film look so incredibly dated in two years. At times the film feels like a low grade music video.
If you want great chases, character and atmosphere, watch either Bullitt, or The Driver. If however, you want to watch a load of boring drag races conducted by two-dimensional characters in a one-dimensional script, watch the Fast and the Furious.
One out of Five.