The actors have grown nicely into their roles over the years, evolving into one of the most diverse ensembles ever assembled for this kind of production. Women and men kick ass in equal measure in the “Fast” movies, and the good guys/girls come in all shapes, sizes and colors. There’s even a romance between a Korean (Sung Kang’s Han) and an Israeli (Gal Gadot’s ex-Mossad agent, Gisele) — which, by major studio standards, is more exotic than Captain Kirk bedding down with an alien. No matter who you are, there’s someone here to identify with.
“Furious 6” opens amid the scenic vistas of Spain’s Canary Islands, where FBI agent-turned-fugitive Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and his former nemesis-turned-BFF, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), were seen hanging up their car keys at the end of “Fast Five,” along with Dom’s pregnant sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster), aka the future Mrs. O’Conner, and their respective shares of $100 million in pilfered Brazilian drug money.