Two seriously shite movies.

>Sigh!< Why do I even bother?

Fast & Furious

Sloppy "acting", video game car scenes, lotsa babes in lowcut blouses or braless. It's cool when video games import from movies not the other way around. The car sequences remind me of playing Midnight Club 3, Burnout 3 and Need for Speed : Undercover on the PS2. If they're gonna go for this high-torrent hyper-reality, why not take it a step further and go for the psychedelic hallucinatory, like Speed Racer? Saw this only because the screening time of Legend of the Mask (a Chinese manga film) didn't fit my gf and me's schedule.

Taken

The only thing worthwhile about this is when Liam Neeson tortures the bad guys, there's a kind of mirthful sadistic glee about it. Otherwise, too many coincidences and plot-holes make this a sludgey ride. The fighting sequences also take from Batman Begins' "let's make everything a huge blur" dynamics. Liam's acting chops also go wasted, there's just too much angst. And finally, after all the ordeal, instead of the stupid daughter getting grounded for not heeding her dad's advice, he actually takes her to an audition for a singing career. Fume!