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The Fast and the Furious

2001

Rob Cohen

Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster ...

5.6

41,511

Action THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"An intensely involving entertainment that can be enjoyed by viewers who scarcely know how their own cars work"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"Vin Diesel's anti-hero is neatly balanced by Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner (...) The fun of a movie like this is not found in its logic, but in scary stunts and supercharged emotions."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It doesn't have a brain in its head, but it has some great chase scenes (...) 'The Fast and the Furious' is not a great movie, but it delivers what it promises to deliver (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Something special about it. It's a formula movie, to be sure, but it's Formula One"
		Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"A routine crime drama that deserves its generic title. Neither fast nor furious"
		Neil Smith BBC	"[It] manages to boast more action, sex and adrenaline than 'Pearl Harbor', 'Jurassic Park III', and 'Planet of the Apes' combined (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Adam Smith Empire	"In a cheerfully cheesy way, this is probably the most fun to be had at the multiplex so far this year (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"Shrewdly conceived, confidently executed and outrageously entertaining."
		Jay Carr Boston Globe	"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."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A gritty and gratifying cheap thrill (...) the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed."
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"Better equipped to deal with the workings of nitro-injection systems than human emotions, director Rob Cohen's film grows less assured the more time it spends with its characters"
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"A heady, rocketing blast of fast cars, loud hip-hop, and a script so cheesy it might as well have 'Made in Wisconsin'"
		Marc Caro Chicago Tribune	"There's some undeniable appeal to watching a well-oiled, built-for-speed machine operating with its pedal to the metal -- even if it's destined to wind up in flames before the finish line."
		Jami Bernard New York Daily News	"Unless you live and breathe exhaust fumes, there isn't much to sustain a viewer through a lame story and dialogue so pathetic."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Works hard to be exciting, but the movie scarcely lives up to its title. It could have used a bit of a fuel injection itself."

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