Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: Justin Lin
Category: IIB
They’re staring at the handiwork of a gang of professional hijackers led by ex-Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) – a car inexplicably rammed into the wall of a building, several metres from the ground. As fantastical as it seems, neither give it more than a second glance – and given what’s about to go down in this, the most outrageous of this franchise yet, you can understand why.
With director Justin Lin returning for his fourth outing behind the wheel, if you’ve seen any of the predecessors, you’ll know what to expect with Fast & Furious 6: a film with its foot firmly on the accelerator (as reality gets left behind in a blur), it’s as well-oiled as the muscles on show.
It certainly seems apt that one of the regulars, musician-turned-actor Chris Bridges (who plays Tej Parker) also goes by the name Ludacris. What else could you call a film where a tank rumbles down a freeway crushing cars in its wake and where star Vin Diesel performs a flying head-butt?