Read the manga (well, some of), watched the anime (well, some of), so why not watch the movie (all of)?
Takumi drives fast, like real fast. And he delivers tofu. So when some racers see him racing, they go "hey, we want tofu!" ... I mean "we want to race him" and so the first act of the movie is just getting him to race point. The second act is getting him to get excited about racing. And the third act is to get him racing while thinking about his girlfriend. (Yes, they keep Natsuki having "that" relationship, although I have no idea if the manga/anime gives it up as she does here.)
It's very compressed, in that in the manga/anime several chapters/episodes can be one race alone, but here we have several. It's not bad in that, but it does feel very "and now they suddenly decide to do the next bit" as opposed to moving the story along more organically.
There are definite movie tricks, where the movie will freeze on a particular frame. That is probably a nod to various manga panels, but it really just feels like the movie forgot to actually move. There is a few other stylistic shots, but the driving is well shot, so we do feel like there is indeed a race. I'm not sure where they filmed it, but I'm sure it was often loud and noisy night shoots.
I am nearly tempted to get the full anime and watch that, as I know there is a lot more that takes place after this, but I doubt I'll around to that any time soon...
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