Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - The Japanese Way (2006) (V)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jim Bacon

Release Date:

26 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Action

Cast

Lucas Black	...	Himself
Sung Kang	...	Himself
Nathalie Kelley	...	Herself
Terry Leonard	...	Himself
Justin Lin	...	Himself
Gary Marcus	...	Himself
Rhys Millen	...	Himself
Leonardo Nam	...	Himself
Brian Tee	...	Himself
Bow Wow	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Company:

New Wave Entertainment

Trivia:

Documentary is featured on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift DVD.

Movie Connections:

References The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

DVD filler perhaps but it is interesting enough to get through the ten minute run time

This short documentary was on the Tokyp Drift DVD and, despite its low rating on IMDb, I found it more interesting than the actual films (which I thought was aimed at boys a lot younger than myself). The topic of the film is more or less the experience of the cast and crew of shooting in Tokyo. It provides some interesting moments and some background to the challenge of the city – most interesting was the lack of permits etc that meant the crew could never totally shut the set while shooting on location in the city itself.

Of course this is not to suggest that it is a great documentary because it is merely a piece of DVD filler. The contributions provide value but it is thinly spread and does feature the stars just promoting the film rather than talking totally honestly. To its credit it isn't padded with clips from the film but rather shots of the scenes being shot and I did actually find it interesting. Alright, not interesting in the "wow" way but more the "oh, OK" sort of way – but that was good enough for the ten minute running time.