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While few of the paper-thin characters register long enough to make much of an impression, Diesel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-like tranquillity and barely controlled rage.

It runs out of gas.

From first frame to last, this is an unabashedly B-Picture, elevated by A-level stunts but dragged down to C-level characterizations.

Returning the series to solid ground after 2 Fast 2 Furious leaned too heavily on cartoonish CGI effects, Tokyo Drift relies on old-fashioned stunt work that gives its best sequences a sense of brute physicality.

...ultimately entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation...

At first it's an exhilarating ride with original action scenes that quickly become routine when they are thrown at the audience over and over.

A film that stays true to what it tries to be.

Visually striking thriller.