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Chris Morgan (the screenwriter on "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" - 2006) is to blame for a script that runs more like a '70s Ford Pinto than the hopped up muscle cars burning rubber onscreen.

Original cast members Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriquez are reunited with Crayon exposition about romantic and ethical mistakes they've made, as well as sticking plot points culled from the same coloring book.

Badass undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is hot on the trail of an anonymous Mexican drug cartel leader who has also attracted the heat-seeking revenge of the more badass ex-con Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel).

O'Conner and Toretto reluctantly team up to trap the elusive kingpin known only as Braga. The plot holes are as big as the mountain tunnel that contains two of the film's less than satisfying car chase scenes.

For such a simple action/adventure template, the filmmakers fall down on the job at every turn.

There's no sustained suspense, and only a few moments of truly exciting car racing to be had in a movie with a narrative flat line that substitutes for a dramatic arc.

(Universal) Rated PG-13. 107 mins.