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Initial D - Drift Racer
2005
Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, INITIAL D is a high-octane anime series about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of .. Read more
| Starring | Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong |
|---|---|
| Director | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Initial D - Drift Racer
Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, INITIAL D is a high-octane anime series about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of the area's top racers, Takumi finds himself thrust into the world of mountain racing and is soon duking it out for top honours in a series of daredevil downhill races.
| Starring | Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Shawn Yue, Chapman To, Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Kazuyuki Tsumura |
|---|---|
| Director | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak |
| Studio | E1 ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
Initial D - Drift Racer (2005)
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This road-racing exploitation escapade is based on a popular manga series but, with the action entirely centred on a... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
mmmph
With the combination of Hong Kong cinema and Japanese manga, I really expected (cliche alert!!!) some 'high octane' thrills.
I was a little disappointed to find that this isn't a patch on 'The Fast and the Furious' series. 'TFATF' works on a car porn level that Initial D doesn't. There is no fetishising of the cars and no real focus on the next level skills of the drivers.
Without focus on the cars or the driving skills - the film falls flat in showing the dumb lives and relationships of the kids involved. This coupled with a bizarre boy meets girl, 'oh my god, my girlfriend is a school-girl prostitute' sub plot which seems grafted on for no real purpose - kind of leaves me wishing for 'TFATF4'.
I can't believe I've just wished for 'TFATF4' in print. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Commentary?
Great film, makes more sense if you've watched the anime series though.
Not that you have to but I sat through the FUEL commentary. FOR GOD's SAKE DON'T!!
These guys talk utter tripe without adding hardly anything to the movie 'FC must mean Power FC like I've got on my car' NO NO NO...it's the RX7 dipsticks!
Shame because in a foreign language movie they really could have added more of a valuable insight into the story and history of drifting.
And these guys got paid to do that? -
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