Wheel Bop!

Review: Hollywood

Film: The Fast and the Furious 4

Director: Justin Lin

Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and others.

It's surprising, that in a Vin Diesel movie, the cars never seem to run on diesel. While the naked observation of burn marks manufactured by Nitrous-meth can so easily be the key to correctly identifying the killer of his lover Letty, one scratches his head in wonder as to why Dom Toretto never considered vocation in the field of Private Detection, or better yet, with the Feds. His abilities and judgements many a time make The Monk and Nathan Petrelli look like mere ametures in the Super Hero Domain. However, Lin, strongly influenced by Hiro Nakamura's ability to time-travel, takes us back in time to platfrom 9 and 3/4 to explore the drug turf of masked villians in South-Central America. One wonders whether it was an overdose of Tequila or the strong Equitorial sun that inspired rabid drivers to crash through internationally bordering mountain ranges to penetrate, infiltrate and smuggle $60 mn worth of dope in the US in a span of 45 seconds.

The muscle cars seem to be getting as old as the neatly outlined crevices in Dom's brow as the sag in his double chin isn't the only thing that takes your attention from Brian's 'Fed' hair-do. This testosterone driven, logically challenged, wheely popping smug shocking, semi racist attempt at car humour makes Disney's Cars a delightful treat.

Lin tries his hand at humour as well as Dom tries to excruciatingly highlight the similarities between his machine and his ideal women. Ironic though, that the only thing going fast in F&F4 were the cars. With basic cinematography and predictable beginnings, Diesel and Walker have walked the line. Like every machine, its best that each one knows when to throw in the towel. Let's hope Diesel manages to Pacify himself with the passing of this flick and the Walker walks back into blue waters.