Pretty Substandard and full of clichés

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2016)

At first this movie came across as being really really boring and completely unoriginal. However, after watching it for a little more it because a little better, but it was still incredibly unoriginal and in the end just an excuse for illegal car races and some good old action scenes, which actually weren't all that fantastic either. Okay, sure, there were some stunts, such as jumping from a car onto a truck and back again, but that doesn't mean that the film was any good. Well, the fact that it has since spawned six sequels indicates that there is money to be made out of the franchise, but then again that isn't all that surprising because it does involve racing cars and a bit of typical action thrown in for good measure.
So, the film is basically about illegal drag racing in Los Angeles with a plot thrown in. The plot involves trucks being hijacked by a bunch of people in cars and the contents of the trucks being stolen. So, surprise surprise, a cop is sent to go undercover into the world of drag racing to find out what is actually going on, and to make an arrest. However, surprise surprise, he ends up getting a but too caught up in the scene, and the people that he is working with, and eventually has to make a call – his career or his friends.
This is pretty typical of your American cop movie, raising the concept that being an undercover cop isn't actually all that easy. Mind you, this is pretty glamourised as well, especially with them operating out of a rather flash house that they have confiscated. Okay, I'm not really sure how undercover cops actually work, though apparently they do go in pretty deep, and will even do things that are effectively illegal. Whether they actually get too emotionally involved, or even end up going off with the bad guys is another story all together.
As for the film, well, it is what I would call your typical 'guy' film, and more so a typical 'young guy' film – you have fast, and hotted up cars, lots of girls that are scantily clad, which is pretty typical of this type of movie, and Hollywood in general. Personally it really isn't a scene that I am all that into, and I am not sure why I am all that keen on actually watching any more of them, however I do have this desire to do just that so I guess I will see how this series pans out. Oh, and the car races are pretty ordinary as well.