The first Fast & Furious film in 2001 shifted Paul Walker's ho-hum career into overdrive, and turned the-then unknown Vin Diesel into a star. Since then, both actors have had a few hits but a whole lot of misses - which probably explains why they've returned to make the fourth installment of the franchise.

Directed by Asian-American Justin Lin, who helmed the third film The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift, the new Fast & Furious reignites the love-hate relationship between ex-convict Vin Diesel and police detective Paul Walker as they reluctantly team up to bring down a shared enemy.

The plot is half-baked, the acting is half-hearted, but the cars and the racing sequences are as exciting as ever, carefully shot to place the audiences in a huge video game.

A fast and fun film for speed demons; an infuriating film for everyone else.

(Thankfully they went easy on the sex scenes - ED)