The Fast and the Furious
Directed by:
Rob CohenCinematography:
Ericson CoreComposer:
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Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg, Matt Schulze, Ted Levine, Ja Rule, Thom Barry, Noel Gugliemi, Reggie Lee (more)VOD (5)
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On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With nitro-boosted fury, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), rules the road, turning all his challengers into dust. He and his rival, Johnny Tran (Rick Yune) are the boldest, the baddest and the best. Now, there’s new rage on the road. They know he’s tough, they know he’s fast, but what they don’t know is that he’s a speed crazed detective (Paul Walker) with enough drive and determination to come out the winner. With intense full-throttle action, awesome high-speed stunts and full-on pedal-to-the-metal intensity, The Fast and the Furious puts you in the driver’s seat and dares you to exceed all limits. (Universal Pictures UK)
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Almost an adaptation, already a successful series at the time, Need for Speed (and Point Break) offered a large amount of racing and everything that came with it. Even though the duo Paul Walker-Vin Diesel did not succeed in making money machine at first, everything worked out well in the first part, and it was quite a solid hit. Number one simply turned out very well, which we can mainly thank to Rob Cohen (who has since had a decent career)... 90%
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Not nearly as bad as I remembered it. In fact, it's an easily digestible story, seen hundreds of times, but filmed with swing, decent main characters, and lots of ungainly tuned-up cars (and one beautiful Dodge Charger, but it doesn't come until the end). The racing scenes are pretty cool, but the highlight of the film is an honest-to-goodness truck ambush action scene – cliché or not, by that point I had grown quite fond of everyone and enjoyed it as much as the final payoff.
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When the characters say nothing and concentrate on their driving, this has lots of juice, but whenever they get out of their hot rods, this movie suddenly plunges into the depths of low quality. I award one star for Vin Diesel, who is forced on several occasions to carry the movie forward alone. If he had been supported a little by the director, the screenwriter (if there was one) or at least one more actor, then things would have turned out considerably better.
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A rip-off of Point Break, a much better film in all aspect. Rob Cohen is a B-movie director who doesn't know what he's doing and drowns in tons of clichés and tough talk. If he thinks he can impress with a plotless film where fast cars, beautiful women, and tough talk dominate, he is sorely mistaken. Once is enough. The Fast and the Furious is usable, but even in the action film genre it doesn't make a hole in the world. But there are bright moments. Vin Diesel has charisma, Jordana Brewster is gorgeous, and so are all scenes with her. The action is nothing special, not even the car chases, the only truly memorable one is the showdown with the Ferrari on the highway by the coast.
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The story is very similar to (I'd almost say ripped off of) Point Break, but with the surfboards replaced by fast cars. Whatever. It has pace, the plot moves forward briskly and the weak plot is not a bad thing. I don't really like cars, but I was definitely not bored.
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