Fast & Furious (2009)

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:

FBI | Heroin | Driver | Tunnel | Desert

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
Wilmer Calderon	...	Tash
Don Omar	...	Himself
Mirtha Michelle	...	Cara
Greg Cipes	...	Dwight

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

Colour:

Colour (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 | Germany:12 | Netherlands: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 Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | 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:

First film to use D-BOX motion simulation seating in select US theaters.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene where Dom revs the Grand National a clutch is visible, proving it to be a manual. Later however, when he is shown launching the car, it is shown to be an automatic. The crew most likely used two different Grand Nationals, one a manual the other an auto, during the filming of this scene.

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:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Zac Efron/Yeah Yeah Yeahs (#34.20)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Clown Posse

Semi Mindless Action film

Fast and Furious is certainly everything it promises, but that isn't a whole lot. We get all kinds of suped up cars that will give any sixteen year old the hots and the babes to make the illegal car racing all the more glamorous.

Now when I say it's all babes and cars I mean it, there isn't any new character development in any of the characters and the action, while good, is extremely basic, but at least it isn't terrible.

Entertaining for a viewing but it doesn't give us anything new to a franchise that has been extremely one note from the get go. Enjoy it and watch the racers act like rock stars! a very modest 6 out of 10