Admittedly, I found The Fast and the Furious to be dumb, goofy fun a cheesy summer blockbuster with slick cars, cool action, and hot women built around a somewhat engaging morality tale.Ģ Fast 2 Furious, on the other hand, was a laughable mess - even despite the presence of the lovely Eva Mendes.Īs such, my interest in the franchise waned until my brother, now a much older and wiser 20-year-old, convinced me to check out The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third entry in the franchise and the first helmed by Justin Lin. I only conceded because the previews made the second installment (from John Singleton, no less) look like the greatest action film of all time. At any rate, two years would pass before I actually sat down to watch The Fast and the Furious.