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# Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift gets a mixed review, with races outshining the dialogue
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sparking-debate-diss-the-dialogue-but-enjoy-the-ride-fun-and-furious-fun-and-furious/
- Published: 2006-06-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:24:51.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Those of you thinking “not again” should think again, because this third installment of the high-octane “Fast and Furious” franchise isn’t half bad. Check that — it IS half bad (the stuff involving storyline, characters and dialogue), but the other half (the eye-popping race sequences) makes it worth the price of admission. Lucas Black is a juvie hall candidate with a speed addiction who gets shipped off to live with his military dad in Tokyo, where fast cars and fast women abound. So he races the cars and chases the women … fastly and furiously. (RATED PG-13\. RUNNING TIME: 104 MINUTES)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 16, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)