Fast & Furious (2009)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Justin Lin

Writers (WGA):

Chris Morgan (written by)
Gary Scott Thompson (characters)

Release Date:

3 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

New Model. Original Parts.

Plot:

Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

Plot Keywords:

Heroin | Car | FBI | Desert | Revenge

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker	...	Brian O'Conner
Jordana Brewster	...	Mia Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Letty
John Ortiz	...	Campos
Laz Alonso	...	Fenix Rise
Gal Gadot	...	Gisele Harabo
Jack Conley	...	Penning
Shea Whigham	...	Agent Ben Stasiak
Liza Lapira	...	Agent Sophie Trinh
Sung Kang	...	Han Lue
Don Omar	...	Himself
Mirtha Michelle	...	Cara
Greg Cipes	...	Dwight
Tego Calderon	...	Tego

Also Known As:

Fast & Furious 4 (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45181) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 (original rating) | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | UK:12A (edited for re-rating) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Belgium:KT | Mexico:B | Peru:14 | Iceland:12 | Japan:G | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Taiwan:PG-12 | Singapore:M18 (Region 1 DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

With a gross of $72.5 million on its opening weekend, the movie had the biggest April debut ever. (Anger Management (2003) formerly held the record with $42.2 million)

Goofs:

Continuity: After Dom and Brian park the Hummer in the impound yard, Dom and his jacket show no sign of his recently acquired bullet holes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dominic Toretto: [on a walkie-talkie] All right, we're good to go.
Dominic Toretto: [to Letty] You got this?
Letty: You bet your ass, bubba. Let's make some money!

Movie Connections:

References Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Soundtrack:

Virtual Diva

Fast & Furious 2.5

I have read all previous comments and only see a couple of people that actually make a comment that it is supposed to happen between 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift... I'm sure this had something to do with Justin Lin directing Tokyo Drift as well as Fast & Furious. I'm glad that he made it happen that way because I am sure there were many people that saw Tokyo Drift and thought, "Where did this movie come from?" It was so random to have it be a Fast and Furious movie when it had nothing to do with either of the original 2 with the exception of the again, random, cameo of Dom at the end of it. In the first couple of scenes of Fast & Furious you see that Han is part of Dom's crew that hi-jacks gas tankers in the Dominican Republic. When the heat is on Dom once again, he tells Han it's time to go do his own thing. Han tells him that he hears of some things going on in Tokyo. If you recall in Tokyo drift, Han tells Sean that Tokyo is his "Mexico" he was running to stay out of jail.

I really enjoyed this movie. The plot wasn't as detailed as the previous but it followed along well with what you think might happen in a Fast & Furious movie... Paul Walker plays Brian O'Conner again, he is still working law enforcement, although this time he is big boy FBI. Vin Deisel is back as Dominic Toretto. He and Brian are trying to get in with a drug ring for different reasons, but team up to help each other get what they are after.

The movie is full of everything you expect from the franchise: Nice cars, great racing, hot women and hot guys (to suit everyone's taste) This movie has great action sequences as well. I recommend this movie to anyone that has followed the other 3... or at least the first 2. If they make a 5th one I'll be first in line to see it too.