The Fast and the Furious
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Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
What critics thought
Critics in 2001 were genuinely split: some found it a gleefully self-aware piece of drive-in escapism with surprising character depth, while others dismissed it as a loud, logic-free Point Break knockoff that barely earns its premise. Vin Diesel's performance was the one thing most agreed on, even when the film around him drew scorn.
“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”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Diesel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-like tranquillity and barely controlled rage”
Reece Pendleton·Chicago Reader
“works hard to be exciting, but the movie scarcely lives up to its title”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“such a drag that it ends up doing something hard to imagine: it makes you long for the soulless professionalism of a Jerry Bruckheimer movie”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“plot holes you could drive the proverbial truck through”
Paul Clinton·CNN
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Rob CohenDirector
Paul WalkerBrian O'Conner
Vin DieselDominic Toretto
Michelle RodriguezLetty Ortiz
Jordana BrewsterMia Toretto
Rick YuneJohnny Tran
Chad LindbergJesse
Johnny StrongLeon
Matt SchulzeVince
Ja RuleEdwin
Ted LevineSgt. Tanner
Thom BarryAgent Bilkins
Vyto RuginisHarry
BTComposer
David AyerWriter
Gary Scott ThompsonWriter
Ericson CoreCinematographyThe Fast and the Furious
Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
What critics thought
Critics in 2001 were genuinely split: some found it a gleefully self-aware piece of drive-in escapism with surprising character depth, while others dismissed it as a loud, logic-free Point Break knockoff that barely earns its premise. Vin Diesel's performance was the one thing most agreed on, even when the film around him drew scorn.
“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”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Diesel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-like tranquillity and barely controlled rage”
Reece Pendleton·Chicago Reader
“works hard to be exciting, but the movie scarcely lives up to its title”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“such a drag that it ends up doing something hard to imagine: it makes you long for the soulless professionalism of a Jerry Bruckheimer movie”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“plot holes you could drive the proverbial truck through”
Paul Clinton·CNN
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Rob CohenDirectorPaul WalkerBrian O'ConnerVin DieselDominic TorettoMichelle RodriguezLetty OrtizJordana BrewsterMia TorettoRick YuneJohnny TranChad LindbergJesseJohnny StrongLeonMatt SchulzeVinceJa RuleEdwinTed LevineSgt. TannerThom BarryAgent BilkinsVyto RuginisHarryBTComposerDavid AyerWriterGary Scott ThompsonWriterEricson CoreCinematographyStream
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