Fast & Furious 6 Rated: PG-13

Tory Says: 

I can’t wait to see it again…that should just be my review right there. I loved it. My husband got me into the Fast & Furious franchise. I’d never seen it because I thought they were “a guy’s movie”. So after Fast Five came out and I loved it, my husband sat me down and we watched the other four. (After all, I had to know who Letty was and why it was such a big deal that she was “back.”) Not a huge fan of Tokyo Drift but I’m getting off subject. By the way, all of this I saw in XD with a migraine and the sound at a ridiculous level…so that should tell you how much I loved it. I was in pain and didn’t want to leave. Lol.

In Fast & Furious 6, the plot is pretty simple. Since Brian and Dom made off with $100 million in Rio, the whole team is off living their lives, spending their money and Brian & Mia have started a family. Hobbs (played by The Rock) has been tracking skilled drivers led by Shaw (Luke Evans) and his second in command, Letty, (Michelle Rodriguez) who everyone thought was dead! The only way to stop Shaw is for Dom and his team to take them down.  If they can pull it off, everyone gets full pardons and they all get to go home.

Ok…so let me get the bad stuff out of the way. At times it was a bit far-fetched but that’s the fun in it!! That’s pretty much all I have to say that’s bad. Ludacris and Tyrese are hilarious as always and part of what make the film. The message about family is part of what makes these films great. They ALWAYS have each other’s backs! So many questions are answered about Letty that it made what happened make sense for me. Let’s face it. This movie isn’t going to win Best Picture at the Oscars but is it a lot of fun? YES! The soundtrack is awesome and the cars had my hubby drooling. If you think I loved it, he loved it more.

I give this one a 9 out of 10…loses a point for the tank and the airplane because “yeah right” but it was awesome and we will be seeing it again this week! If you liked the others, you love this one. It’s that simple.

Harry Says: (guest blogger for Cat)

I am a big fan of the franchise and this lived up to the expectation and hype. I really enjoyed the movie. It was two hours of great "escapist" entertainment. I don't think it was meant to or promised anything more than that and it delivers that in spades.

Almost the entire crew is reunited for this adventure. All of the core crew anyway and they all deliver.

Vin Diesel is at his stoic best. Softly growling his lines in a way that totally fits the character. Exactly the same way he did it in all the other movies. Something to be said for consistency. Paul Walker had to bring more "Bad Ass" to his character for this movie and he did it quite well. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson proves again it was perfect casting for him to play Special Agent Hobbs. His straight forward bravado takes what could have been a caricature and makes him real.

The movie itself had all the over the top action you could ask for. Great fight scenes and of course phenomenal car chases. As long as you are OK with "Movie Physics" it's a great fun ride.

There was also a lot more humor in this movie that the past ones. Out loud laughing by the audience through out the movie.

They did a decent job of explaining the Letty situation and if you stay for the credits they actually explain "Tokyo Drift".

So the chronology inside the Furious universe is 1,2,4,5,6 and then 3.

Which I thought was rather clever to bring all the movies together. 

It can stand on it's own but is much more enjoyable if you have seen the other movies. I rate it 9 out of 10.

Spoiler Alert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I hate it when they kill off characters! Han did not have to die at the end of Tokyo Drift. Before the end of this movie it was an anomaly, now it's explained and makes sense in the time line. But he and Giselle dying SUCKS!!!