I won't review the films as such, because you either love 'em or hate 'em. Everyone has their favourite FF movies already engraved in to the back of their minds. My thoughts is simply that the special effects and the feel of the fast speed driving experience improves with each film. personally I like all the films as much as one another. The first film was good fun, great characters and a solid start to the series. Feelings were divided on 2F2F but I thoroughly enjoyed it, Tyrese Gibson embraced the part, was a laugh a minute and Ludacris, Cole Hauser et al did a good job too. Tokyo Drift went into more detail on drifting and there was a lot more racing but the story was never compromised, the effects were stellar. Fast & Furious continued this trend of amazing effects, especially through the caves and the opening scene. It was a bit slow compared to the previous films, but the acting, performances and the few race scenes that there were in the film could have easily passed for the best racing scenes in the series. As with all films, the acting, the characters, story and effects are fantastic, they are trying to teach moral values, what I mean is they have a heart to them.
Now they have been released on Blu-Ray and over the past two days have enjoyed watching them in HD. There's no doubt about it folks, the picture quality here on all discs is absolutely jaw-dropping. It is quite simply buddy beer demo material, it is so good you want to show your mates what they are missing out on hanging on to their old DVD players for dear life. The colours are rich, pure, bright, not a speck in sight, no grain, just... wow, even the chics and the cars!! I swear the picture might as well be in 3D it bounces off the screen so much and just hits you in the face. I'm viewing on a 26" Samsung and it is awesome on that, so I can't wait to try it out on a bigger screen.
The audio is another winner, because all films are encoded in DTS-HD master audio, the surround placement is phenomenal, it uses all the surround channels and the sounds of cheering, tires screenching and exhausts blazing can be heard all around you. In fact, inside you!!! You'd swear you were actually there in the car with 'em. I have my VSX-LX60 Pioneer HD Reciever upsample the audio to 7.1 (with surround back) and for a film like this, it really helps, but 5.1 DTS-HD will be awesome anyway. They are so good, I really want to watch them again.
Universal have spared no expense to make the four FF films look and sound no different from one another and they succeed in every level. The films might not be everyone's cup of tea and you guys might have preferences to which one you like, but there is no denying that the flawless video and audio quality, it has to be a solid 5 star rating.
Roll on The Fast and the Furious: Fifth Gear, 2011 - can't wait!!