More importantly, Tokyo Drift actually ignited my interest in the Furious franchise, so much so that I saw 2009’s Fast & Furious at midnight on its opening weekend … and really liked it.
So, before flocking to the multiplex this weekend to take part in the latest Fast and Furious pop culture phenom, let us give thanks to The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, the maligned sequel that ignited a $6 billion (and counting) franchise; and tip our hats to a director whose unabashed enthusiasm continues to take this street-racing saga to absurd new levels of crazy.
As such, my interest in the franchise waned until my brother, now a much older and wiser 20-year-old, convinced me to check out The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third entry in the franchise and the first helmed by Justin Lin.
At any rate, two years would pass before I actually sat down to watch The Fast and the Furious.