We are so sorry about Tokyo Drift. Diesel flipped a coin and decided this franchise had more of a future than the Porn industry (XXX).
Coming off the very different, very unsupported, threequal (okay I promise I'm done using that) Tokyo Drift, the franchise decided to go back to its roots and not a moment too soon. They finally bring back the F-Team.
Not only do they start off the movie with exactly the type of high-intensity moment that made us fall in love at the first movie (the truck heists, can we agree they're always the best parts).
They basically give it the same title. This is their way of saying, "We are so...sorry about Tokyo Drift, please...please come back to us."
But the movie's not without its flaws. This is when we begin to see the even more outrageous action sequences, ones that we've come to expect and dare I say encourage from the films of today. So really it could be seen as a improvement by some. The movies go from being grounded in reality to some degree; guys and girls and cars. To being about superhuman action stars that are unstoppable.
There are two particular moments in this movie that drive me nuts. one is when Dom discovers that Letty came to see Brian before she died and he starts kicking the s*** out of Blue-Eyed-Bry. He beats him for about a minute and a half. Repeated punches to the face; yet when his sister is able to call him off Paul Walker simply wipes the no-blood off his chin, and looks completely unscathed (love that word).
There are so many instances where everyone should just be unconscious for like an hour, but then the movies would be longer. Dom and Mia playing scrabble or something till he comes-to.
The other thing that keeps happening in these movies; they'll be undercover, pulling a "Fast-one" on this all-powerful mob boss and they keep smiling and nodding, giving these looks to each other when they accomplish a lie or get information. These must be the dumbest mobsters for this to work. I long for the day a henchmen is just like, "Boss... they smiled and nodded!" "Kill them." 
Lastly this movie introduces Lady Gisele played by Gal Gadot, an actress/model whose fame from these movies signed her as Wonder Woman, and not just for one film, but 4+ Wonder Woman appearances including her own stand-alone movie. WHAT THE F***?! I mean don't get me wrong, she's beautiful, but this toothpick is going to be playing a badass amazon legend...
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