A rice-boy film, and one of the worst car movies ever

Rating: Null/10 (22 October 2001)

OK -- I can handle bad acting (Vin Diesel was great though) and stupid dialogue. I have no problems with a lousy plot. But when only two of about fifty cars in a car movie are any good, and basically all the races suck: this is more than I can deal with.
Who came up with the idea of putting all those rice bowls in this movie? If I want to see Honda Civics, Mitsubishi FTOs and VW Jettas, I can go to the nearest mall. Only one decent real-wheel drive car - a Supra - but why not show a Corvette, a BMW, a Porsche, or something else suitably grown up?
I guess because this is another cynical corporate movie that panders to a selected demographic -- namely, suburban rice boys who like to race Jettas and Civics but can't handle bends in the road. Guys who put a blowtorch to their springs for that low-rider look, and a big-ass spoiler for the "awesome fast" style.
In comparison to this piece of garbage, '60 Seconds' was a masterpiece. And let's not talk about real car movies such as Bullit, Thunder Road, or Ronin.