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Fast and Furious 6: Less car crimes this time

The Fast and Furious franchise has been keeping petrol heads at the cinema for over 10 years now. In recent years the films have been getting into more complex and I reckon, better, story lines. Having secured a free ticket to The Rock FM's pre-screening of the latest installment, Fast 6 I grabbed a fellow petrol head and  headed to the cinema with some pretty high expectations after seeing the trailer (see below).  The storyline continues on after the post credits scene from Fast 5 in which Dwayne Johnson's character is discussing a new car based 'team' of criminals who have Letti Ortez, who's last appearance in the series was in the 4th film, supposedly coming back from the dead. I won't give much away about the storyline of Fast 6 but I've got to say, the franchise has come a long way since the first 3 movies. Gone are the neon lights, manufacturer stickers and huge stereos. The old theme of NoS being used for EVERYTHING still remains, but it seems ...