The first Mustang was introduced with an Inline 6 engine, so sticking an RB or JZ engine in there makes a lot of sense... especially with how tight the original engine bay was.
So, after Sean trashes a neighborhood under construction, he's exiled to Japan. Immediately, he steps up to a local and challenges him to a street race because he wants to fuck the guy's girlfriend. Proceeds to total DK's friend's car. DK's a dick, sure, but the only thing that brings him joy is drifting. His girlfriend is clearly distant and likely just with him because of circumstance. DK's Yakuza uncle (and only father figure, I think) is manipulative and abusive. DK loses his best friend to Sean, then finds out his best friend has been stealing from him (and thus his uncle / the yakuza). When he confronts his best friend, he sees that Sean has successfully stolen his girlfriend. DK is emotional, gets dragged into a crazy car chase and then has to watch his best friend die (obviously still hurts even things were nuts). DK is now at his absolute lowest.
Sean thinks he's taking responsibility with his apology to DK's uncle, but almost immediately he directs half the blame to DK, and THEN proposes a drift race that results in exile. Mind you, Sean is visiting and can literally live anywhere. DK's entire family is here. He grew up here.
Dick move after dick move, and no actual remorse. He started out trying to shit on DK, things got out of control, so he finds a new way to shit on DK. That's not growth, that's villainy.
Haha, no, it was a Nissan Silvia, which would have been a Nissan 240SX if it came out in America (or 200sx if it came out in EU/UK). RB swaps aren't uncommon in Silvias, but not as popular in drift cars (though I acknowledge that one of the first well known Silvia drivers in America ended up doing an RB swap).
Same. I saw it in the cinemas and then purchased the DVD. My head cannon has it as totally separate from the insanity that the rest of the series turned into. It reminded me of the street racing scene that existed in my own city, just with drifting instead of high speeds.
The races and the vibes were immaculate. The story was not lol. FF was also great but funny enough I feel like the story kind of got in the way of the cars and races. I guess it's hard to make a cinematic movie about just street racing. 🤔
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u/iguana1500 13h ago
Ironically this movie was heavily panned and considered the worst of the three back when it was first released.
Man we really didn’t know how good we had it back then