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The review of this movie showed this movie as a movie that had good action but wasn't all that it could have been because of its underdevelopment. The characters in the movie were very undeveloped and most eleven year-olds could have followed the plot, but this is why I liked the movie so much and totally disagree with the critic.

Unfortunately, when the characters aren't hurtling at high-speeds in the film's surprisingly-decent action sequences, this no-brainer actioner feels more like 'the slow and the tedious'.

This is an accurate description of the film, but it is also the reason the film is so great. You can just sit back and relax to this film because all of the talking sequences are just a series of one-liners. Every time I watch a complicated spy movie I end up zonning out completely during the important dialogue and end up getting mad because I don't understand the movie. This movie has all the fighting and action it needs and doesn't waste time with talking.

Many people might think that the movie is too simple and over analyze it and you have to be simple minded to like it. Many young kids would probably like the movie just because of the fact that there are cars racing in it. They would also like the two sequals which in my opinion were horrible. They didn't have the main characted Vin Diesel in them and they were just made because the producers knew that people would go because they liked the first one. The critic from this review mentions that the film has amazing action scenes but says that the characters are not deep enough and it is boring during the non-racing parts. In my opinion i agree that most of the one liners are cheezy but I get a laugh out of all of them. The movie is a bunch of tough guys out to prove themselves on the streets and they aren't very deep people. There are many quotable lines from the movie including from Vin Diesel talking to his friend about dating his sister, "You break her heart, I break your neck." This is probably what the critic means by underdeveloped but its what makes the movie good. Nice and simple!!

The most interesting actor on the screen would have to be Vin Diesel, who manages to rise above the material with his charisma and commanding screen presence. In comparison, Paul Walker, as the film's hero, is rather bland and doesn't do a convincing job of conveying the inner turmoil that supposedly occupies his character.

He does have a good point with cutting down Paul Walker's acting. He is to calm in the movie and used a fake sounding low voice throughout the whole movie. The critic did a good job describing the film accurately although he had a few spelling errors. He also mistakenly referred to "race wars" from the film as "car wars." Overall though he did a decent job. Although he is right about the film the bottom line is that this film was one of the most exciting movies released at the time and is still one of my favorites.