Tokyo Drift film is about a frustrated teen from a broken home,
Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is an outsider looking to make a name for
himself on the illegal street racing circuit. When Sean is busted by the
police for his high-speed exploits and given the option of either
spending time behind bars or moving overseas to live with his
no-nonsense, military man father who's currently stationed in Tokyo, the
young rebel packs his bags and sets his sights on Nippon. Though at
first reluctant to adapt to the unfamiliar customs and foreign code of
honor of his new home, Sean soon strikes up a friendship with American
speed freak Twinkie (Bow Wow), a like-minded race fan who schools the inexperienced newcomer in the pulse-pounding world of drift-racing.
Inadvertently challenging local champion and yakuza associate D.K. (The
Drift King) his first time on the road, Sean is subsequently forced to
work under expatriate Han (Sung Kang) to pay off his debt after failing
to cross the finish line first. Taking note of the young American's
affinity for racing as he warmly welcomes him into his merry band of
misfit drift-fanatics, Han slowly introduces Sean to the key principles
of the popular new racing style. When Sean makes the potentially deadly
mistake of falling for D.K.'s girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelley), he'll
need all the help he can get to face his most challenging race to date
and take on the most notorious driver on the Tokyo drift scene in a
hair-raising, hairpin-turn race where the winner truly takes all.
While, KL drift is about the story of Zack and Sham, close friends who share a passion for drift racing.
Though the sport is popular with men, Zack's girlfriend (played by
Fasha Sandha) took up the sport and became competitive in it. Zack is an
elite racer who runs a workshop while Sham is more down to earth and
always has problems with his racing car. Zack is unhappy with drug
pushers selling on his racing patch, but Fasha (who is a former user) is
friendly with some of them which leads to a confrontation between her
and Zack. The pushers are sent to their boss Joe (played by Aaron
Aziz),also a drift racer who uses race meets to sell his product.
A rift continues to grow between Zack and Fasha. Sham (played by
Farid Kamil) becomes a middleman between the two but ends up also having
feelings for her. Zack wins a challenge against Joe but falls out with
Sham despite the latter's numerous apologies and attempts to distance
himself from Fasha. Zack and Fasha also confront each other but solve
nothing, with Fasha conflicted over her dwindling feelings for Zack and
her growing attraction to Sham.
Joe's gang is not happy with the result and murders one of Zack and
Sham's friends/mechanics. Zack angrily walks into the club Joe uses as a
front but is almost killed by the gang. He is saved by Sham and Musa
(another friend) but does not acknowledge or thank Sham. Musa convinces
Zack that the police should be left to deal with Joe, before someone
else dies. The police raid the club and arrest many gang members, though
Joe is not caught.
Sham meets Fasha to clear the air, stating that he is unwilling to
lose his brotherly friendship with Zack, and that he wants Fasha to stop
contacting him altogether. Zack arrives and totally misreads the
situation, forcing Fasha to follow him home. Joe arrives in his racing
car and attempts to ram Zack and Fasha. They are saved by Sham, who
pushes them out of the way at the cost of great injuries. Zack chases
Joe down, resulting in Joe crashing head on into a truck and flipping
over.
Things finish with Sham in hospital, presumably in a coma. Zack is
chastized by his team members and a sobbing Fasha, though he and Fasha
sit by Sham's bedside as the credits roll.
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