Movie · 2013 · Action, Thriller, Crime · 2h 10m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 2.8/10 (820.2K ratings)
All roads lead to this.
Overview
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Ratings
Curator score: 2.8/10
IMDb: 7.0/10
Letterboxd: 3.09/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 71%
Metacritic: 61
TMDB: 6.8/10
Director
Justin Lin
Production
Relativity Media, Original Film, One Race
Cast
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Ludacris, Luke Evans, Elsa Pataky, Gina Carano, Clara Paget, Kim Kold, Joe Taslim, Samuel M. Stewart, Benjamin Davies, Matthew Stirling, David Ajala, Thure Lindhardt
Where to watch
TNT, TBS, tru TV
Curator Review
Verdict
A loud, knowingly ridiculous action-caper that leans into bigger set pieces, team chemistry, and soap-opera emotion. It’s less sleek than the best entries, but if you want muscle cars, absurd stunt escalation, and a surprisingly sincere reunion story, it delivers.
Best for
fans of big, crowd-pleasing action movies
viewers who enjoy ensemble banter and found-family dynamics
people who like practical stunt spectacle pushed to the edge of absurdity
audiences open to earnest melodrama inside a blockbuster
Skip if
you want grounded realism or coherent physics
you dislike franchise continuity and recurring character drama
you prefer tight, minimalist action over maximalist spectacle
you’re not in the mood for a movie that treats nonsense with total sincerity
Overview
Fast & Furious 6 is the point where the franchise fully commits to being a gleeful action soap opera. The plot is mostly a delivery system for chases, crashes, and a tank-versus-cars climax, but the movie sells it with confidence and a strong sense of team chemistry.
Worth noting
Justin Lin stages the action with enough momentum that even the most absurd beats feel like they belong in this universe. The humor is broad, the dialogue is often hilariously blunt, and the movie keeps finding ways to make loyalty, grief, and reunion feel bigger than the mechanics around them.
Bottom line
It’s not the most elegant entry, and some of the emotional beats are pure franchise machinery, but the scale and commitment are hard to resist. If you accept the rules of the series, this is one of the most entertaining versions of its particular brand of chaos.
Top Letterboxd reviews
james💫 (2.5★) · 2798 likes
how long was that fucking runway
Jackson Tyler (3★) · 2123 likes
FF6 has the greatest dialogue ever.
"He's in Spain!""That's in another country!"
🌻 lindsay 🌻 (4.5★) · 2015 likes
me: haha I love when the cars go fast!
this movie: what if there was a f ucking TANK
me: WHAT
this movie: LOL THE TANK IS GONNA DRIVE STRAIGHT OUT OF A TRUCK
me: how are they gonna stop a tank with jeeps and motorcycles
this movie: don’t ask FUCKING questions
me: sorry 😳
this movie: all you need to take down a tank is vin diesel’s sheer force of will
me: oh yeah that makes sense. well that… more
Bryan Espitia (4.5★) · 1282 likes
At this point I assume they’re gonna scrape Gisele off the airport runway and bring her back too
lauren (4★) · 937 likes
i can't believe han has literally never done a single thing wrong in his entire life