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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. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Paul Walker - Brian O'Conner
Vin Diesel - Dominic Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez - Letty
Jordana Brewster - Mia Toretto
Rick Yune - Johnny Tran

2001

Best Cinematography (nominee)

American Film Institute

Ericson Core

The action-packed special features are served up at an appropriate fast and furious pace on Universal's collector's edition of The Fast and the Furious, a thrilling take on the underground sports of urban drag racing and car theft, which looks great in widescreen (2.35:1) and in Dolby 5.1 Surround. At the top of the long list of features is a segment that shows the eight different camera angles used to film the climactic crash; the viewer watches each one separately and then clicks on to watch the finished version. Similarly, there's a "movie magic" sequence that shows the details of how the breathtaking race across train tracks -- with the train coming full throttle at two cars -- was put together. Less interesting is a visual effects montage, which could use narration to put the shots in context. In what may be a DVD first, two unidentified film editors are shown at their computer editing terminals trying to trim images from an offending sequence that would take the movie's rating into the MPAA's R territory. A text copy of the Vibe magazine article that inspired the movie is included, and other text features include the usual production notes and cast bios. Deleted scenes have the option of director Rob Cohen's commentary, there are four top-drawer music videos, two different storyboard-to-film comparisons, and an entertaining "making of" featurette. The interActual 2.0 player that links the DVD-ROM function to Universal loaded in nicely, but shut down the Internet connection each time "online features" was pressed, so there was no online access to outtakes, games, or a demo. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

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