When I first heard about a movie made based on the hit manga/anime series Initial D a year ago, all the classic scenes from the anime filled my minds. There are just so many scenes from the anime that I hope the live action adaptation will include unfortunately I am disappointed as not only the live action adaptation have very little racing scenes, it had deviate greatly from its source material.
First of all there is no Takahashi brothers (Ryosuke and Keisuke), there is only Ryosuke. The Ryosuke in the movie seems to be a mix of both Keisuke and Ryosuke. The Ryosuke does not seem to be as cool and composed as the anime version. Heck, he is not even the data freak like he suppose to be. Ryosuke is not even the legendary street racer he is in the anime in the movie. He seems to be just another bratty racer who wants to conquer the streets with his white Mazda RX-7 FC3S not the legendary "White Comet of Akagi".
Next, the racing scene is not exciting at all. Its like it happen suddenly and within a blink of an eye the whole race is finish and the next thing you know it Takumi wins the race. The final three way battle between Jordan Chan's character (forgot the name), Ryosuke and Takumi is very anti-climatic. It is not even built up properly and that really kills off the excitement.
On the light side, the movie is funny with most of the comic relief coming from Itsuki and Bunta. The scenes involving Bunta (Anthony Wong) and Takumi (Jay Chou) is just hilarious. Its like they are actually enjoying themselves on screen. Itsuki is much more funny than the anime version of himself and that is good since I find Itsuki very annoying in the anime.
Overall this movie is watchable and can be enjoyable too as long as you don't mind the mediocre racing scenes and keep your expectations to rock bottom level. Overall verdict: 5.8 out of 10.
First of all there is no Takahashi brothers (Ryosuke and Keisuke), there is only Ryosuke. The Ryosuke in the movie seems to be a mix of both Keisuke and Ryosuke. The Ryosuke does not seem to be as cool and composed as the anime version. Heck, he is not even the data freak like he suppose to be. Ryosuke is not even the legendary street racer he is in the anime in the movie. He seems to be just another bratty racer who wants to conquer the streets with his white Mazda RX-7 FC3S not the legendary "White Comet of Akagi".
Next, the racing scene is not exciting at all. Its like it happen suddenly and within a blink of an eye the whole race is finish and the next thing you know it Takumi wins the race. The final three way battle between Jordan Chan's character (forgot the name), Ryosuke and Takumi is very anti-climatic. It is not even built up properly and that really kills off the excitement.
On the light side, the movie is funny with most of the comic relief coming from Itsuki and Bunta. The scenes involving Bunta (Anthony Wong) and Takumi (Jay Chou) is just hilarious. Its like they are actually enjoying themselves on screen. Itsuki is much more funny than the anime version of himself and that is good since I find Itsuki very annoying in the anime.
Overall this movie is watchable and can be enjoyable too as long as you don't mind the mediocre racing scenes and keep your expectations to rock bottom level. Overall verdict: 5.8 out of 10.
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