"high-octane drift battles"?
"hot-blooded street fights"?
Have you ever purchased/watched a movie based on the cover or the description, then when you actually watched it you felt ripped off because it was just terrible and nothing like the description? That's what happens here with this one. The title and description of this movie are horribly misleading.
Why? ...
"
high-octane drift battles"?
"
hot-blooded street fights"?
Have you ever purchased/watched a movie based on the cover or the description, then when you actually watched it you felt ripped off because it was just terrible and nothing like the description? That's what happens here with this one. The title and description of this movie are horribly misleading.
Why? Neither of those of those quoted pieces really happen in this movie.
If you are attempting to watch it for either of those two quotes, just flat out stop now and avoid this movie because you will not see either of them. My guess is this movie is just attempting for a quick Initial D or Fast & Furious cash in, hoping some people are sucker enough to purchase it.
Even the actual summary for this movie ("
Kirikaze High is split between the warring class groups that constantly fight eachother for school supremacy. When balance is tipped by the new kids of the Toshi group, the school divides into two and the fight will at last be settled in a high-speed drift race!") is misleading.
There is no drift racing.
While this movie
is about a high school kid named Toshi, who just happens to be a street racer, you will see very little to no actual street racing. You’ll see the same 2 short clips, throughout the movie, of a car turning a curve or two and then back to the movie itself. Street fights? None take place, all the fights happen on school grounds/property.
Even some of the characters leave me scratching my head. What’s the point of the gay yakuza type guy? A poor attempt at some humor filler. The overly obsessive big girl who has her eye on Toshi? Also a poor attempt at humor filler. They are literally the "Jar Jar Binks" of this movie.
I’m not even sure I can label this “B” movie flick.
This movie would have been an interesting manga, maybe even an interesting anime/oav but as a live action flick it is terrible.
Do yourself a favor and just skip this movie entirely. If you are curious about the series, you'll fair much better watching
High School Wars: Throwdown!.
