Forth Furious?

The Fast and the Furious franchise has spiraled quickly into awfulness. The first film was pretty enjoyable in a Point Break kind of way but its follow-up was poor. I've not seen Tokyo Drift and don't have much desire to, so the rumours of a forth installment hasn't got me too excited. Mad About Movies is reporting that all the leading men from the previous films may unite for number 4. Vin Diesel, Tyrese, Paul Walker and Lucas Black aren't exactly setting the world on fire at the minute - Diesel is the only one who has even been able to open a movie on his name alone but his recent choices haven't been too shrewd. Mad About Movies says:

Further rumours suggest that this time around, the boys will be hitting the pavement hard in Rio de Janeiro with a mix of classic American and Latin American muscle cars.

Rio is a great backdrop for a film. I'm sure most of you are familiar with City of God but there's also a cracking documentary called Bus 174 - about a young man who takes a bus full of passengers hostage - that takes place in Rio. The film is tense as hell and provides a subtle social portrait of Brazil. Hopefully some of the South American magic will rub off on The Fast and the Furious 4... it'll need it.