The Fast and the Furious

2001 Action/Adventure

A magazine article about real-life car racing gangs for Vibe becomes this fast-paced automotive thriller from director Rob Cohen. Paul Walker stars as Brian O'Conner, a youthful FBI agent investigating a series of hijackings by going undercover with a street gang led by charismatic Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel). Caught up in Toretto's world of gang conflict that is resolved in late-night car races, Spindler starts to sympathize with his chief suspect and falls in love with Toretto's younger sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). In the meantime, Spindler initially suspects the wrong gang of complicity in the crimes he's probing, while Toretto remains involved in a forbidden romance, à la +Romeo and Juliet, with his girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The Fast and the Furious co-stars Ted Levine, Rick Yune, and Matt Schulze.

Director: Rob Cohen

Starring: Paul Walker,Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune

 31 Reviews  10 Awards

Reviews

  • Shrewdly conceived, confidently executed and outrageously entertaining.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    27 April 2013

  • The result is an intensely involving entertainment that can be enjoyed by viewers who scarcely know how their own cars work.

    Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times

    27 April 2013

  • Not a great movie, but it delivers what it promises to deliver, and knows that a chase scene is supposed to be about something more than special effects.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • Something special about it. It's a formula movie, to be sure, but it's Formula One.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • Turbo-charged wallbanger with the IQ of a tire iron. But it jumps off the screen with the mindless panache of a good bad movie.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Cinematographer of the Year

    AFI Awards (2002)

     

  • Outstanding Song in a Motion Picture Soundtrack

    ALMA Awards (2002)

     

  • Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures

    ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (2002)

  • BT

    BMI Film & TV Awards (2002)

  • Theatrical - Best Actor

    Black Reel Awards (2002)

     

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