Fast, Furious, Footloose and Fancy Free

Ebert is disappointed. C'mon Roger, you once did love it, not without reason... Anyway, who are you going to believe, Ebert or your own eyes? (dig that Youtube HD...)

They'll never, ever top the original ("more than you can afford, pal").

That one scene explains everything anyone needs to know about California. I love it so.

Note, too, how that little scene tells us a lot about the characters. Diesel is not a one-dimensional action hero...he can feel fear. And Paul Walker's character is not just a goody-goody undercover cop, he's a guy who, if you push him a bit, is fucking crazy. Diesel's character wouldn't mind if he could,somehow, get back into normal life...Walker's will do anything to get out.

Ok, it's not Bergman. But that little bit of character complexity (apparently absent from the new film) was enough to make the The Fast and the Furious the Henry V of this decade's car movies.