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The Fast and the Furious [2001]


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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review

A guilty pleasure with excess horsepower, The Fast and the Furious efficiently combines time-honoured male fantasies (hot cars, hot women, hot action) into a vacuous plot of crystalline purity. It's trash, but it's fun trash, in which a hotshot Los Angeles cop named Brian (Paul Walker) infiltrates a gang of street racers suspected of fencing stolen goods from hijacked trucks. The gang leader is Dom (Vin Diesel), ex-con and reigning king of the street racers, who lives for those 10 seconds of freedom when his high-performance "rice rocket" (a highly modified Asian import) hurtles toward another quarter-mile victory. Racing is street theatre for a lawless youth subculture, and Dom is a star behind the wheel--charismatic, dangerous and protective toward his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster), who's attracted to Brian as the newest member of Dom's car-crazy team.

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 super-blown 69 Charger proves that Detroit muscle never goes out of style. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

On the DVD: Appropriately bulging with macho extra features, this disc is introduced with a stirring lack of irony by a Public Service Announcement exhorting viewers not to take proceedings too seriously! The meat of the many special features are found in deconstructions of several special effects sequences, with multiple camera-angle views and a breakdown of the process by which composite shots are achieved from separate plates. There are also eight deleted or extended scenes with optional directorial commentary. The main feature commentary is surprisingly in-depth and absorbing, as Rob Cohen talks about every aspect of his up-to-date "Western with rice rockets". Other features include music videos (one of which has its lyrics censored), a standard 18-minute "making-of" featurette and, fascinatingly, a short five-minute peek at the editing process as the director and film editor strive to cut a violent scene and thereby guarantee that all-important PG-13 rating (so that young kids who can't drive will be able to watch the movie and learn about speed, the director says with a straight face). And with a choice of explosive Dolby 5.1 or DTS you, and your long-suffering neighbours, will feel like you're right in the midst of the action. --Mark Walker


A GOOD FILM !!!!!
Review date: 2007-06-03 Rating: 10 out of 10

If you like this film so much go and buy it IT'S WELL GOOD!!!The cars are brilliant Paul Walkers first car movie great acting too!!!

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unoriginal hateful rubbish
Review date: 2007-01-09 Rating: 2 out of 10

watch point break then watch this, i wouldnt mind so much that they completely stole its plot but they should have admitted it, its not just the basic story they stole but the whole structure, all they did was replace surfboards with cars, and leave out gary buseys character, which also angers me, he stole the show in point break, seriously if your gona rip off a film like that why leave out the best character, are they stupid as well as unoriginal? also where was the cool foot chase?

seriously i cant see how anyone with a bit of intelligence could possibly like this film. Watch point break instead, it may not be the greatest movie ever but its superior to this dung in every way.

i cant believe sequels got made to this very bad film, does not deserve the one star i was forced to give it. utterly loathsome

and, tell me again why they just had to rob the the trucks while they were still moving?

hate this movie with a passion







SO FAST ITS FURIOUS
Review date: 2005-10-05 Rating: 10 out of 10

THIS FILM IS WELL GOOD. I FIRSTLY WATCHED IT IN THE CINEMAS AND VIN DIESIL WAS BRILLIANT. THE DRAG RACES WERE GREAT. THE CARS WERE BRILLIANT AND THE FILM IS 5 STAR !

The Fast And The Furious
Review date: 2005-02-09 Rating: 10 out of 10

The Fast And The Furious is possibly the best car movie ever made it has everything a carlover could want chases, crashes, mods and some nice ladeez to, and u can never go wrong with a combination of amazing cars and nice looking ladeez(Michelle Rodriguez, Jordanna Brewster). Besides everyone has dreamt of having an amazing modded car and an even more amazing girl.......but back to the point this movie is spectacular and the tricked out edition DVD has some awesome extras including a sneaky look at the second movie.
I am telling you Buy This DVD. It Rocks.

DVD - The Fast And The Furious
Review date: 2004-01-05 Rating: 10 out of 10

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and a rounded of cast of racers, girls and cops - the perfect action movie cocktail. When "The Fast And The Furious" made its debut in 2001 it made every adrenaline junkie wanting high speeds, stunts and action wish come true. Straight from the beginning we see the muscle-grinding action begin.

The fim opens on Paul Walker testing out his Mitsubishi Eclipse on a race track in the sun. Unfortunatley the test doesn't go too well and Brian's temper is spinning, along with his car.

From then on the film evolves with plot twists and moving revelations. Even though action films are rarely seen at award shows they are still extremeley well made and have some of the best cast and team behind them like "The Fast And The Furious".

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Paul Walker|Vin Diesel|Michelle Rodriguez|Jordana Brewster

Creators:
Paul Walker|Vin Diesel|Michelle Rodriguez|Jordana Brewster (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5035822014541
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-02-11
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 107 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2001-06-22
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Hindi (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)

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