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Summary: Very Fast And Very Furious
Review: I saw this movie about 2 months ago at a sneak preview and I have to say that it is one of the best movies i have ever seen. My friend had told me that it was a movie about Rice Rockets, and i was imediately hooked. I have a Rice Rocket myself, and this movie made me spend so much money on my car. The actors weren't really great, but the action was spectaculor. The opening of the movieis one of the best action sequences I've seen in a while. The movie in general actually had a plot and it is jam-packed with action and ILLEGAL STREET RACING. Amen to that. Over-all, I think everyone should see this movie, and make it a summer blockbuster. I really give it a ************ 10 star rating, but i was only aloud 5.
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Summary: Fairly Cool Point Break Ripoff
Review: If The Fast & The Furious were a book, the makers of Point Break could sue for plagarism. Point Break was abt surfing. This is abt street racing. Other than the different cool sport and little details here and there, they are basically the same movie. An incompent, immature, immoral and smartmouthed rookie FBI agent gets assigned to infiltrate a world of village idiots and discover who the criminal village idiots are. He seems to forget he's supposed to be bad guy hunting, not hot babe hunting. That the FBI and cops seem to be having so much trouble figuring out this mensa stumper should cause serious concern to anyone who takes any of this silly movie seriously. The 3 stars are mostly style points for the cars, clothes, Vin and the soundtrack.
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Summary: Bad!
Review: I hate this movie. Do not buy or rent.
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Summary: Why? Why?
Review: I nominate this as one of the dumbest movies ever made. The dialogue is painful to listen to a lot of the time. The plot? Geez. Road pirates???
My mouth was agape half the time and I was shaking my head slowly. Even the Hollywood gloss couldn't help it enough.
Only knuckledragging special-school folks will love this movie. Go get your helmet. You're going to special-school!
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Summary: THIS MOVIE HAS NO OTHER PRETENSION THAN BEEN AMUSING.
Review: "The Fast And The Furious" is obviously a guilty pleasure. The movie has amazing cars, attractive women (Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster), corny dialogues, summer movie visual stunts, bad actors (Vin Diesel) and a MTV movie soundtrack. But the funny thing is that the movie works despite all that (or perhaps because all that)."The Fast And The Furious" is an amusing movie because the director and cast never pretended to be part of a groundbreaking film, they knew that they were filming a popcorn movie, so they enjoyed the whole process, and the result is evident, "The Fast And The Furious" is an entertaining movie. Of course, this kind of trick only works once, but Hollywood don't care, the studios love to repeat successful formulas, even if they know they are going to release a bad movie, they do it because they also know that it's going to do well in the box office. So Hollywood made a sequel, "2 Fast 2 Furious", but obviously that movie is just average or below average. This kind of formulas (cars + visual effects + attractive women) only work once. Anyway, "The Fast And The Furious" it's a very amusing, entertaining film. I would recommend you to rent it first, and if you like it a lot, well, get it. If you don't like it that much, at least you will have a good time for two hours.
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Summary: The only chick-review
Review: From probably the only female reviewing this movie, and a female who can't stand action flicks... if Vin tickles your senses, you'll dig this movie. Sure the cars are fun, it's loaded with testosterone, and you are glad that justice is served against the 'bad guys' in the end, but most important: It serves up plenty of eye candy. There is one (too brief) scene between Vin and his gal that offers enough to keep your own imagination going for awhile. Plot? Is there EVER REALLY a GOOD plot in an action movie? Do we really care about the fact that we never get back to Road Wars or whether someone is racing with a laptop on the passenger seat? We're not looking for reality- and I think I speak for both the boys and girls on this one. Really now... please. (And girls, if you are looking for more Vin, check out XXX.)
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Summary: What do you want??
Review: Come on. I love this movie and I think I know why? It's all about entertainment and buetiful cars.
The previous reviewer doesn't like cars (or racing) and rented the movie because he didn't want to think. He doesn't understand that many people love cars and racing. He is correct though. It is a bad movie...if you compare it to other genres. Most car movies contain bad acting (think of Hot Rod Momma, the "original Gone is 60 seconds", or even "the original Fast and the Furious"). They were basically a step above B movies.
But you know what, the people or the acting, or the plot don't matter. It's the cars. People want to see the cars because, THE CARS ARE THE STARS of the movie (hey it rhymed).
It may be a bad movie but.... Who can argue with commercial success, toys, and a part 2 that also made a ton of money. So just watch it and enjoy and don't be critical. It's not "Man on Fire" or "Lost in Translation".
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Summary: The fast and the forgetable
Review: This is a movie I'm sure Vin Diesel does'nt really want to admit he did,but it was a shoe-in for Hollywood.The street race scenes were exciting but there were'nt many to speak of,nor did they last long.While this film is better than it very badly made sequel,this film still sucked.There was nothing memorible about it to speak of.I would not want to own this film,it would be a waste.Maybe it is exciting for teenages,but it lacks most everything that makes a movie memorible&watchable in the first place.Its not worth paying for,but you can figure that one out on your own
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Summary: Really entertaining despite being really bad!!
Review: This movie was so awesome! It was awesome because Vin kicked massive amounts of rocking!! Anyway, if you like car chase movies this is the best!!!!!
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Summary: Technically and Ethically Flawed
Review: Rather than just bashing this film (albeit well deserved) let me start with the good points. 'The Fast and the Furious' has good production values, cinematography, and performances. The director does a decent job at maintaining pace and the story does offer some character development. Where this movie hurts itself is: 1) Apparent lack of a technical consultant. In the first race scene, Walker's car begins spewing nuts, bolts, and washers from the dashboard (?). Apparently he has plenty of spare parts in places they should not be. In the same race he burns out his cylinders and yet is still able to outrun the police. This movie is filled with such technical flaws (I won't even mention hitting a semi head on and walking away without a scratch); 2) The good guys are a crooked cop and a thief who hijacks trucks. The bad guys are truckers who defend themselves and Asians.; 3) The film-makers should have seriously set aside their own predjudice.-- Although the technical inaccuracies frankly will not bother many at all (hey, if it's entertaining, why not), it's basic assinine concept of protagonists and it's expressed predjudice make it something I cannot recommend. There are several stellar reviews for this movie on this page that rate this movie as good to great. Just take a look at the number of copies of this DVD which are available and the cheap asking price. This should give you an indication that this is a movie you will not want to see again and that at least a few of the stellar reviews are from people wanting to get rid of their copy.-Bob
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