Fast & Furious 6 [Blu-ray] [Region Free]

This is a great film and follows on nicely from Fast and Furious 5. All the same great actors and actresses with a killer storyline and some great locations to boot including London in all its glory. High Octane stuff from start to finish with highs and lows all the way through, as always there's lots of cars and i welcome the return of Michelle Rodriguez.Storyline spoiler alert ..... Essentially the film carries on from F&F5 where the team take $100m from Hernan Reyes in Brazil, they've all settled down around the world enjoying their money when all of a sudden Agent hobbs turns up and asks Dom and his team to help him track down another team which includes Letty Ortiz, the reward will be pardons for all the team if they succeed.The story is far fetched (even for a Fast and Furious film) and the last 20 minutes really goes beyond what anyone would call believable but there's lots of links to past films to keep fans happy. Humour plays a big role and the characters bounce off one another throughout.Pros: Great cast * Some fantastic scenes * Lots of action and wheel to wheel racing * Humour level is just right * price on Amazon is great value for money and it includes a digital version too!Cons: Far fetched to the point where you're sat watching the film and think "seriously?" at certain parts!VERDICT: As a Huge Fast and Furious fan i love this film and although the story is just bonkers, the series just keeps getting bigger and more successful. As a fan of the original film it would be nice if they include more racing in future outings to maintain the link to what Fast and Furious was suppose to be about but that aside this is a huge action packed instalment of the Fast and Furious Saga. RECOMMENDED!!p.s. I want to put on record my regret and sadness at the death of Paul Walker in 2013, the actor to plays Brian O'Conner. He has been a part of the Fast and Furious films from the very beginning and the series won't be the same without him, RIP!

Good film

Fast & Furious is a great Action film, plenty of mind blowing stunts, special effects and great cars! The 4K picture quality is Awesome! The HDR colour grading is spot on, giving the film a new lease of life, colours just pop off the screen and the dark levels are well contrasted! Highly recommended!

Let's be honest, nobody watches a film with a title including the phrase "Fast and Furious" expecting to see characterization at all, never mind actual character development or - whisper it - emotional depth. I'd say what has made this franchise so popular beyond the hardcore petrolhead/gearhead target audience, is that you get both of those as well but in an entirely appropriate way - they are not cringing afterthought tacked-on like giant pink furry dice from the rear view mirror, they are sporty alloy wheel trims.The makers behind F&F haven't tried to be all art-house pretentious and pretend it's a Cappuccino. They've been open about the blue-collar, workhorse, clue's-in-the-name, milky coffee. But F&F is a cut above the rest of the same shoot-by-numbers bikinis, car chase, explosion, muscular eye candy, more car chases, bigger explosions (e.g., "Gone in 60 Seconds) - in that they have looked at the hard-working people who are the ones that spend our money on F&F at the movies and buy the DVDs, and they've taken the time and effort to froth up the coffee anyway to make it nicer. A big chunk of credit thus goes to Chris Morgan, the primary writer of F&F4, 5 and 6 for taking pride in his writing and doing a good job with the characters, emotionality and giving us likeable people and actual plot not just a sequence of strung-together mindless mayhem that is exciting for about ten seconds and then becomes boring. That's why F&F4 was such a box-office success despite it going straight over the "critics" heads and other movies of the type weren'tThe sci-fi series Babylon 5: The Complete Collection + The Lost Tales [DVD]worked so well because Michael J. Straczynski et al put the time in to make it a visual novel - it has a proper beginning (Seasons 1 & 2) a meaty middle (Seasons 2-4) and a proper ending (Seasons 4-5). F&F works so well in being "more than the sum of its parts" because the series works in the same way.If you've started here at F&F 6 out of curiosity, my advice would be to go back to F&F1, and look on F&F 1 as Prologue/Chapter 1-2 scene setting, character intro and story start - not-evil people making bad decisions with good intentions. F&F 2 & 3 are Chapters 2-3; they don't have most of the central characters and were made purely to cash in, but they do exist in the same universe, they give underpinning background, chronology and "universe building" so aren't without merit - plus of course, mega-stunts, bikinis, car chases, explosions.The "real" F&F picks up again in Movie 4 when the central cast comes back, and as stated, we get character development, and emotional connection, both of which are vital to good storytelling that engages and interests the audience/reader (contrast the weak Pacific Rim [Blu-ray + UV Copy] [2013] [Region Free] [NTSC] with the strength of Marvel's Avengers Assemble [DVD]).F&F4 Fast & Furious [DVD] and F&F5 Fast & Furious 5 [DVD] [2011] are the meaty middle chapters of the story that take the plot forward - we get murder, revenge, romance, "bromance", misunderstanding, perceived betrayal and personal sacrifice for the sake of honour and friendship when the "authorities" who are supposed to do the right thing don't. We also get those things in a good way - see separate review for F&F4.F&F5 and F&F6 is basically the same movie in two halves, which is good because writer Chris Morgan devoted the appropriate amount of time to doing it properly. (I've reviewed F&F5 separately). F&F6 doesn't have as much dry/droll banter and humour as the first "half", which is a pity as it makes it a bit too po-faced (but not too, too po-faced) but the strong characterization and the angst that adds to the story is still there. It is clear that the cast and the crew are all still engaged and nobody is phoning it in or anywhere near.What is also nice about the franchise is that you can make your own decisions.F&F4 and 5 and 6 also provide a "final chapter" tie-up just in case, for whatever reason, the next movie doesn't get made - which is very considerate of the producers and screenwriters, as there is nothing more annoying than to give something your time and attention and then never get to read/see how the story ends because somebody couldn't be bothered to take five minutes to wrap things up (or at least wrap up the big plot points).If you decided that F&F1-5 are your cup of tea but F&F6 is "naaah", then you can choose to believe the story finishes at the F&F5 "happy ending" instead of watching through to the post-credits teaser. Likewise if F&F7 turns out to be a serious let-down that is clearly money-grubbing rather than respecting the fans, we can choose to view 1-6 as the "real" canon; we just won't watch the F&F6 post-credits teaser on DVD either - it's like being able to watch Alien [DVD] [1979] and Aliens - Special Edition [1986] [DVD] and ignore the increasingly dire, plot-absent follow-ups - you can choose to believe that Ripley, Hicks & Newt made it back to Earth then nuked fanged acid-bloods into oblivion and reasonably okay ever after.To be honest, the only thing there really is to dislike about F&F6, like with F&F5, is that atrocious dead rat that is stuck to Dwayne Johnson's chin, which I presume is some sort of disguise attempt. I have to admit, having watched Johnson right from his WWE "The Rock" days, he has always come across as a witty, affable man with a good sense of humour, so it is a pity that Johnson/Vin Diesel/Paul Walker don't get the chance to show case more of that bantering/barbed "snark" badinage in F&F6 now they're actually in the same place at the same time a bit more. It's a bit too much psycho-eyes intense stare-down and not quite enough of the much needed moments of tension-relief that we had in F&F5, but that is a niggle only - without spoiling what happens when, and apart from the ghastly chin-rat, F&F6 fires on all cylinders and there is eye candy aplenty for the ladies - honed/toned/tattooed Hobbs with biceps like a side of beef, bald, stocky Vin with that growly rumble and quiet intensity, and Paul Walker with those baby blue eyes, that just-right hint of stubble, lean athleticism and wry, self-deprecating attitude. Not to mention of course, the epic stunts, vista of bikinis (if you swing that way) and hot guys in hotter guys traveling at warp speeds.

Although this film, and it's type, will never appeal to those looking for a film that will stimulate the brain with it's amazing dialogue and thought provoking social commentary - it deserves credit for what it is - IN YOUR FACE!Cinematically speaking, the film is excellent. This film has men and women driving some amazing cars. It has guns being fired and hand to hand combat scenes. It has a plot that streams back two movies to re-inject a really popular character, and fill in some plot gaps for the third in this non-linear set of movies (Tokyo Drift). It has planes, and then even more guns and cars.It has a surprise ending featuring a modern action movie hero, and of course, most importantly of all - IT HAS LONDON ('nuff said!). This leads us to anticipate the next assault on our eyes and ears with great big daft grins on our faces!This film is great fun, a real action spectacle.Go on, fire up the blu-ray, grab some popcorn and a drink and enjoy yourselves for a couple of hours.