There's an interesting contrast between the two major films due out this
week:
The Hangover Part III and
Fast & Furious 6. Both
are essentially homegrown franchises that the studios perhaps didn't expect
much from, but have grown to become box office lynchpins and true success
stories. But whereas
The Hangover has failed to sustain the heights of
the first film,
Fast &
Furious has only gotten stronger, and that's with more than its share
of adversity. Vin Diesel stepped aside essentially for two movies, appearing at
the back end of the sorely underrated
Tokyo Drift,
and that Justin Lin-directed cameo was like the Mets flipping on their rally
caps. Through Lin's four movies, the franchise has only gotten bigger, better,
and 'Furious 6' may be the best yet.
