Zoom!

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2003)

I love this movie. Not because of the cars, they could be driving Volkswagon Beetles for all I care. It was the story that made me care about the movie. Paul Walker plays an undercover detective who is investigating a group of people who street race, they are also suspected of hijacking trucks of valuable merchandise. He becomes friends with Vin Diesel's character...and his little sister, played by the beautiful Jordanna Brewster. The action scenes are pretty cool, I didn't know much about suped up cars, nor did I care about them. I still don't. But it was fun to see how fast they went. The acting is superb, with the exception of Paul Walker. He was the least interesting character. Diesel was good. Michelle Rodrigez who plays Diesel's girlfriend is spunky and has attitude. She's a fine little actress and is going places. As is Brewster, she is just lovely and gave a pretty good performance. They're making a sequel and only Walker is returning. None of the good characters will be back. So will I see it? Two words. Eva Mendes. She is the only reason I'll be in that theater. As for this movie, it's a fast paced adrenaline rush. It's an action movie with good characterzation. That's rare these days. So if you were pondering checking this movie out, you don't have to be a car fan to do it. Just a movie fan.
RATING: *** out of ****