What's amazing about this loud, lazy film (they couldn't even be bothered to give it a title) is that it's still entertaining
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04/24/09
Fast & Furious (2009)
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Reviews Counted:164
Fresh:46
Rotten:118
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: While Fast and Furious features the requisite action and stunts, the filmmakers have failed to provide a competent story or compelling characters.
Theatrical Release:10-04-2009
Synopsis: This fourth entry in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise reunites the original stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and of course the bad dude himself, Vin Diesel. Needless to... [More]
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Director: Justin Lin
Reviews for Fast & Furious
The film appears to have been not so much directed as welded together out of other bad movies that have crashed and burned.
04/17/09
As far as car chase movies go, it's right on the money with great action scenes, terrible dialogue and some seriously sub-par acting.
04/17/09
"Ride or die, remember?" Er, not really, no. More like "Yawn and forget", as Nabokov once recommended. Only 13-year-old boys and Jeremy Clarkson could possibly enjoy this.
04/17/09
The story makes precious little sense but the car chases help to keep you awake and smouldering hunks Walker and Diesel get to make eyes at each other one more time.
04/17/09
Both screenplay and plotting are basic but the action scenes are a wonder to behold if you can forget the number of civilians who would have been killed as the chases progress through various cities.
04/17/09
It's just filler between lots of jerkily edited car porn.
04/17/09
Lots of action scenes with the cars, while the cast pretend to drive fast. And that's it.
04/17/09
Everything here cuts to the chase, with personalities presented in a streamlined shorthand, and dramatic plausibility sacrificed to the need for speed... Fast & Furious, Fatuous & Forgotten.
04/10/09
If it were a DVD, you’d Fast & Forward to the chases, but not Forgive & Forget the crushing disappointment. In cinemas, you have to endure exposition and sob-you-were-my-best-friend scenes. It’s clearly time for Fast & Furious Vs. The Transporter...
04/09/09
Top CriticTurn off your mind, though, and there’s some fun to be had from some of the better whizz-bang sequences.
04/09/09
Top CriticThis is dumb, loud and fast, with a questionable attitude towards road safety and a supporting cast apparently recruited for their tattoos rather than their acting ability.
04/09/09
Top CriticUltimately, there is nothing on offer here but speed and fury. If you're tempted to revisit something of this ilk, watch The Fast And The Furious, or better still track down the vastly superior cop-in-the-criminal-underworld action flick Point Break.
04/09/09
Slick action, hot hardware, shame about the screenplay… Still, it’s the best since the original TFATF, and fans of Diesel’s gravel-voiced swagger will get a kick seeing him reprise the role that put him on the map.
04/09/09
This is not rocket science, it won’t tax your brain, it won’t win any Oscars but it will have you on the edge of your seat and give you a great two hours of adrenaline pumping entertainment.
04/09/09
Run a mile in any direction from Fast and Furious.
04/09/09
A carbon-rich orgy for eunuchs of the freed speed creed.
04/09/09
The action will get your heart racing like a shot of NOS to the eyeballs. However, that rush comes at a cost of a story-line comedown. If you’re feeling simple, or drunk and stoned, this would be a perfect way to spend the night.
04/09/09
Fast and Furious gets off to a terrific start but quickly runs out of gas, thanks to a lazy script and some unimaginative action sequences.
04/09/09
A return to gloriously idiotic form for the street racing series.
04/09/09
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