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What are Dom and Brian up to in the new sequel?
We got out hands on some sides for the upcoming “Fast and the Furious 4” today, starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel (or ‘Vin Diesel and Paul Walker’ depending on who fights to have their name above the other – I’m guessing it’ll be Mr. Vincent), and I gotta say, the film sounds pretty good.
Times have definitely changed since the first film… and the script refects this; right down to just how much illegal street racing has changed since Dominic (Diesel) burned rubber in the original.
This time, he’s in Mexico, where he’s racing ‘for’ a guy named Braga. From the sounds of it, Brian (Paul Walker) has chased him down there, and may have even set up this ‘Braga’ deal (possibly as part of a deal for Dom – ‘you help us catch this guy, you get a leaner sentence’); not that Dom’s going to play nicely, naturally.
Dom’s still as cheeky as ever… and as charming (About half-way through the script, Dom’s getting ready for a big race – Brian on the side – and has to give a thumb-print on a scanning pad before getting into the car. One of the female organizers, a hottie named Gisele, even asks for his number before he starts up the engine. So lots of ‘Vin is soooo charming’ gags in here.)
This ‘Gisele’ character pops up frequently…. She works for the bad guys, it seems.
The story looks like it has something to do with Dom – and Brian, no doubt undercover – helping a seedy crowd transport some goods (it doesn’t say what it’s in the goods – not what I read anyway – just that they were in ‘large polymer cases’) to an undisclosed location (everyone’s car has been fitted with a GPS that’ll guide them to the drop-off point). As soon as they leave their location, to evade the authorities, all the drivers have to put ‘metallic car covers’ over their rides so that choppers can’t pick up their heat signals. The choppers zoom over head, but they can’t seen anything but darkness. As soon as the choppers disappear, they’re off and racing!
Other new characters, besides Gisele, in the film include a rogue named Fenix (who Dom doesn’t seem to fond of) and a smart-ass named Dwight, who taunts Brian a bit.
Sounds like it’s going to have some cool moments.
Like the first film, this sounds very “Point Break”…. But a bit of fun, too.
