Walking Amongst Dark Shadows

We made it to town 2hrs before the late night showing of the films and just as we enter the bar, the fire alarm goes off! The entire bar is evacuated while the management figure out the problem. I’m already in a mood as it was a hot day and all I wanted was ONE pint o beer! Most other bars were quite full due to the world cup match on at the time so we just relaxed outside on a bench talking. Several other things went wrong at this stage but I won’t bother with the details lol.

Eventually we arrived at the cinema but noticed that Tokyo Drift was out, so instead of watching the romantic garb that was The Lake House, we saw that instead. Tokyo Drift, in short was very, very good - much better then the first two Fast and the Furious outings. The storyline was half decent, the actors were mostly unknowns but the film stayed focused on its main story rather then souped up cars like the first two did. I tell you, we were both tipsy while watching the film but we still enjoyed it heaps mainly because Taz fancied the main male actor Lucas Black , while I fancied Nathalie Kelley , the female lead actor in it.

The film follows a young southern American kid who regularly ends up moving from high school to high school because he’s a street born petrol racer who always finds himself in trouble. This time he’s crossed the line though, and to avoid a jail sentence he’s off to Tokyo to live with his uncle who’s in the military. He’s told to avoid street racing by his uncle, but he ignores this and falls right into the underground racing scene, except its not straight forward racing that he or indeed us - the viewers are used to.

There’s one scene in the film we both loved, and it was a serene moment where the lead actor, is taken to the winding mountan Touge by Neela (the female hottie) and herself and 5 other cars are just drifting in harmony through the mountain in the gorgeous moonlit night. It was a lovely scene where the soundtrack fitted in perfectly with that one moment, minus the corny dialogue. Those who’ve played the successful Electronic Arts title - Need for Speed Underground, will already know what this is about. Drift racing is hardly what he’s used to, so after losing a race to a Japanese wannabe Yakuza, he’s forced to learn the ropes of drift racing in order to repay his debt. Great film though, and I really can’t wait to see it again. It had a few good key Japanese actors in it which really made it quite enjoyable to watch. Almost got thrown out twice, thanks to Taz going into schoolgirl mode and flicking popcorn at people during the films race scenes…something tells me she was a bit bored lol

• Vinny Jones is the Juggernaut who looked extremely out of place, even his scant appearances in the film were horribly weak.
• Ben Foster play’s Angel. A teenager with angelic wings who makes five equally poor appearances in the film.
• Kelsey Grammer makes a good showing as Beast though.

Seeing the Class 5 mutant known as Pheonix was awesome and her powers were incredible, it’s just a shame that she wasn’t used more often. They had a good storyline here but it just wasn’t executed as well as it could have been. Ah well, at least there’s a sequel to look forward to!

Ice Age 1 and 2 left me with my jaw hurting from laughing and sniggering so much, while Taz had the hiccups from her bouts of laughter. A brilliant weekend so far and the searing heat just made things more enjoyable.