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The Fast and the Furious

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The Fast and the Furious (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 71  Rotten:64 Average Rating: 5.4/10
 
Consensus: Sleek and shiny on the surface, The Fast and the Furious recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s. Sleek and shiny on the surface, The Fast and the Furious recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis:
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at... [More]
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire, he can't cough up the cash to race, but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts, Dom, Brian, and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments, he loses the race and his car. Brian's debt is quickly cleared, however, when he saves Dom both from the cops and from a potentially violent encounter with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune), a rival gang lord. Dom takes Brian under his wing--a decision that disgusts his gang but delights his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). The gang never suspects that Brian is not who he seems: he is actually an undercover cop, and though he wishes otherwise, he's there to bust Dom for committing the armed truck robbery witnessed in the opening scenes. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune

Director: Rob Cohen
Screenwriter: Gary Scott Thompson, David Ayer
Producer: Neal H. Moritz
Composer: Brian Tyler

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 9, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Picture In Picture Instant Access
  • Paul Walker Public Service Announcement
  • Making of The Fast and the Furious
  • Multiple Camera Angle Stunt Sequence
  • Movie Magic Interactive Special Effects
  • Featurette of Editing for the MPAA
  • Visual Effects Montage
  • Ja Rule "Furious"
  • Caddillac Tah "Pov City Anthem"
  • Saliva "Click Click Boom"
  • Enhanced Viewing Option
  • Trickin' Out a Hot Import Car
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Turbo-charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious

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Not Point Break so much as Point Less.

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03/12/08 02:42 PM
Andrew Anthony
Observer [UK]
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An exciting second-tier action flick.

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03/12/08 02:41 PM
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film
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This is probably the most fun to be had at the multiplex so far this year.

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12/30/06 07:28 AM
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine
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It doesn't matter that we know where it's going, what counts is that Cohen keeps his pedal to the floor and that his actors gun their lines with absolute conviction. Loud cars, fast music: this movie knows exactly what it's about.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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12/15/03 05:13 PM
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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High-octane action thriller that does exactly what it says on the tin: fast cars, great stunts, cool characters and a halfway-decent plot, it’s B-movie heaven.

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10/30/02 08:25 AM
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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Dumb and noisy ... and totally watchable.

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01/27/02 08:16 AM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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This is the cinematic equivalent of the atomic bomb, roaring, snarling and flashing until we react. It's often annoying, but more often it's exhilarating, and so I guess I must recommend it.

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10/28/01 08:06 AM
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic
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Could you keep the noise down a touch, Vin? You're going to wake up the audience.

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09/17/01 10:24 AM
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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A visceral, high-octane, Formula One of a flick that puts the pedal to the metal in the opening minutes and does not take the foot off the accelerator until the end credits.

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09/10/01 09:10 AM
Neil Smith
BBC
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04/18/08 03:15 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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A gritty and gratifying cheap thrill, Rob Cohen's high-octane hot-car meller is a true rarity these days, a really good exploitationer, the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed.

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03/12/08 02:41 PM
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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While few of the paper-thin characters register long enough to make much of an impression, Diesel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-like tranquillity and barely controlled rage.

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03/12/08 02:39 PM
Reece Pendleton
Chicago Reader
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It runs out of gas.

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07/14/07 05:59 AM
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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From first frame to last, this is an unabashedly B-Picture, elevated by A-level stunts but dragged down to C-level characterizations.

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06/26/06 09:59 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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Returning the series to solid ground after 2 Fast 2 Furious leaned too heavily on cartoonish CGI effects, Tokyo Drift relies on old-fashioned stunt work that gives its best sequences a sense of brute physicality.

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06/15/06 03:04 PM
Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club
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...ultimately entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation...

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03/11/06 04:15 AM
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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At first it's an exhilarating ride with original action scenes that quickly become routine when they are thrown at the audience over and over.

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12/06/05 08:07 PM
Heather Wadowski
Film Threat
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A film that stays true to what it tries to be.

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10/01/05 04:19 AM
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
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Visually striking thriller.

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08/13/05 02:31 PM
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
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