Michelle Rodriguez and “Fast & Furious” Premiere, London at The Insider

Fast & Furious premiered in London last night at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square and there was a turnout for this one, as this franchise has quite a following. With film premiere’s in Leicester Square getting ever more inventive with stars turning up on bicycles, rickshaws, double decker buses and even on foot, you’ve got to cause a stir these days and “Fast & Furious” did not disappoint.

Flag girls in hot pants got the proceedings underway and then the stars turned up in brightly coloured race cars to give a taste of what the film is all about.

Appearances including quite a few of the cast and some celeb guests including Ben Adams, Jordana Brewster, Justin Lin, Michelle Rodriguez, Naomi Millbank-Smith, Paul Walker, Sam, Shane Lynch and Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel stayed just a short while as he had to go for an interview with Johnathen Ross on TV.

An action film amongst action films its a sort of hot babes and fast cars with a bit of crime thrown into the mix this is the forth installment in this franchise.

Plot:

When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with Brian O’Connor (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.

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The Verdict:

A bit of word play on this film title as it should be “The Fast and the Furious 4″ but instead they have dropped 2 “the’s” replaced “and” with an ampersand and dropped the number. This film hops back briefly to the first original outing and is in effect being billed as an interquel which slots in between number 2 and number 3 films. The original cast from the original film resume their roles as if they haven’t been away, a shrewd move and one fans will revel in. 100 cars were “totalled” in the making of this film so its all pretty authentic!

The original film was a hard act to follow and 2 and 3 were predictably not as good by a long mark but this fourth installment although playing on similar themes is getting solid reviews from people who have seen more than the trailer ,who are saying it is better than the orginal No1 installment. High octane, hot babes, fast cars, and a white knuckle adrenalin ride this certainly is. This is an eye candy spectacular, with plenty of froth and foam but whats the beer like??

Thats the plus side, the negs are acting and script and even from the trailer the limited dialogue are sacrificed for the action, it is an action film granted, but a bit more in the plot and dialogue department just broadens the appeal a bit. There are two ways to rate this type of film, 1/ as an action critic who would give this a solid 4 stars and 2/ as a critic critic who would mark this film down in the region of 2 stars. We are falling with the latter and adding an extra half star as we do like Michelle Rodriguez!! Rating 2 and half stars out 5. Essential viewing for action/adrenaline junkies and will in all probability do supremely well at the box office. Those looking for complex plot/storyline/acting/dialogue though you may want to look elsewhere!

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