The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

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Movie Review: The name of this movie definitely says it all!!
Summary: 5 Stars

"The Fast and the Furious" focuses on the following:

Saturday night. Midnight. A deserted street in a lonely industrial wasteland on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Suddenly, a mighty roar. The air is filled with the sound of turbo-charged horsepower, coming from under the hoods of dozens of colorful Japanese and German subcompacts and sports cars which quickly pull into the street and create an illegal drag strip a quarter-mile long. These customized vehicles are driven by men and women, mostly in their twenties, representing all races and nationalities. They walk around and admire each other's handiwork before getting down to the business at hand--finding out who has the fastest car of them all...as "The Fast and the Furious" welcomes you to the worls of import street racing.

Unlike the classic American street racers depicted in films like "Rebel Without A Cause" and "American Graffiti", the racers in "The Fast and the Furious" rely on computers, fuel injectors, nitrous oxide boosters, and other high-tech equipment to power their "rice rockets" to speeds of over 150 mph.

Vin Diesel ("Pitch Black", "XXX") stars as Dominic Toretto, the leader of a pack of street racers who drives the streets of L.A. as if he owns them. As far as his crew, including his girlfriend, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez, "Resident Evil"), are concerned, he does. The races are their street theater, tribal gathering, and battlefield, fuelled by adrenaline and out-of-control speed. A newcomer named Brian Spilner (Paul Walker, "Joy Ride") is ready to test the limits. He seeks Dominic's approval. After a blazing encounter in L.A.'s Chinatown with ruthless street racer Johnny Tran (Rick Yune, "Snow Falling on Cedars"), Dominic decides that Brian is alright. Dominic's sister Mia (Jordana Brewster, "The Faculty") likes what she sees, too. The thing is, they don't know that he's a cop...and his real name is Brian O'Conner. Brian is undercover, investigating a series of big-rig hijackings. Dominic and Tran are both suspects. As the rivalry between Dominic's and Johnny Tran's crews escalates, Brian's bonds with Dominic and Mia deepen. But he's still a cop and as the pressure to wrap up the hijacking case intensifies, Brian must decide where his loyalites lie and what his limits really are.

The DVD format of "The Fast and the Furious" was amazing! With deleted scenes, camera angles of the final car stunt scene, and lots more, this is the DVD that anyone must own...right now! With a great young cast that's hard to beat, fast cars, super-charged action and suspense, and an electrifying soundtrack, you'll agree that "The Fast and the Furious" is the most thrilling ride you'll ever take!

Summary of The Fast and the Furious

Director Rob Cohen treats this like Roman tragedy for MTV junkies, pushing every scene to adrenaline-pumping extremes; when his camera isn't caressing a spectrum of nitrous oxide-enhanced dream machines, it's ogling countless slim 'n' sexy race babes. The undercover-cop scenario cheaply borrows the split-loyalty theme perfected in Donnie Brasco; a rival Asian gang adds mystery and menace; and digital trickery is cleverly employed to explore the fuel-injected innards of the day-glo racecars. It's about as substantial as a perfume ad, but just as alluring, and for heavy-metal maniacs of any age, Diesel's superblown '69 Charger proves that Detroit muscle never goes out of style. --Jeff Shannon