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Summary: The Fun and the Unpretensious.
Review: Like him or hate him, Vin Diesel carries himself well on screen and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a tailor made vehicle (no pun intended) for him. A simple plot (reminiscent and atmospheric as 1991's POINT BREAK with Patrick Swayse and Keanu Reeves) a street racer Dom, (Diesel) finances his hobby and his car "tune-up" garage with merchandise from hijacked trucks with the help of his gang of mechanics and drivers who ignore the law and love the fast lane. An L.A. police officer Brian (Paul Walker) is sent undercover to pose as a prospective mechanic and driver for Dom's racing team and to expose the thieves. One of the appeals of the film is the action of the car racing and car chases, all done with pure adrenalin rush. The action scenes work because they are not too over the top giving the audience a bit of plausibility. Nice to see some fresh new faces on the movie screen and Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have good screen presence. Overall, entertaining popcorn summer ...
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Summary: An unfortunate waste of money...
Review: Lots of cars, bad acting, CGI, and more bad acting work this movie up to be one of the worse. Now to the action...
Ok, action movies are great, but they are even better if there are cool cars in them. The problem with the Fast and the Furious is that they have kick...cars but no one believable to drive them. Plus, there is nothing to fuel the cars but one very weak plot that slowly moves along. And what about slick lines? None, unless there was meant to be and Ja Rule or Vin Diesel just couldn't say them right. I can't stress enough that this movie is not worth a dollar to see, let alone the $$$ I paid to see it. If you want good cars see a Bond flick or an old James Dean movie, not this one. It's unfortunate that the money for this movie was put to waste. -- F I could list 20 things that make this movie bad, but I'm only going to stick with my regular 4...
1. The god-awful acting of Vin Diesel
2. The god-awful acting of everyone else
3. The poor choice of camera shots and angles
4. The poor dialogue Now to the DVD...
So after reading the above would you expect me to like this dvd, if you didn't, well, your wrong. Fortunately with dvd's nowadays, the directors have a chance at redeeming themselves. Now, after I watched the movie I was ready to burn the dvd, but I luckily went into special features and was surprised to see the cool extra's they threw on to it. They have many behind the scenes featurettes that go behind the few cool parts of the movie. They also have a multi-angular view of one of the cool car chases. These extras make the dvd worth buying if your a special effects nut, but it wont be resting on my shelf anytime soon. -- B- You like this dvd if you didn't like the following movies but liked their dvd's: Planet of the Apes, The Mummy Returns.
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Summary: YES,YES,YES
Review: I have seen this movie now about 15 times, and never got bored. Again and again I could see this guys and girls speeding to the limit. Just don't let us see everthing so serious, it's a nice movie with some items in it they doesn't fit to reality, but hey, what the f...,it's just a game. Let them play. Maybe I like them so much because I am a speedfreak too, however this movie has fun and action and it's about friends hanging out together, getting a peace of their freedom.
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Summary: Diesel Magic
Review: This was clearly a star vehicle for Vin Diesel. While the rest of the cast's work is just fine, the idea that Paul Walker is the center of this film is, well, ridiculous. Without question, Diesel steals the show and is the magnetic core of the movie. It could have been just another action/racing flick, but Diesel adds a depth and charm to the character of Dom that you wouldn't expect. Truly a fun film....and great for Diesel drooling. He's a serious actor, but man is he s-e-x-y too, ladies. Real star power. He'll be around for long time.
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Summary: One of the worst action flicks ever
Review: Please Amazon, let us give movies no stars if they don't even deserve one, like this horrible movie. Cool/hard guy Vin Diesel poses in this vapid, empty film with nothing to offer. If this is Hollywood's new action hero icon, then someone should go back and watch Raiders of the Lost Ark again. The Fast and the Furious is aimed at meatheads and jocks who get excited at the mere sight of a NOS sticker on a car window. Truly the worst movie in recent memory.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: The Fast and the Furious is probably the best movie of it's type to come out in many a year. Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto is rock solid in his performance as a good bad guy. Paul Walker does a good job as the undercover cop Brian O'Conner. The story line is well used but does not drag on and on as some do. Basic undercover cop meets decent ex-con and becomes friends. Of course it does not hurt that Brian falls for Dominic's sister Mia Toretto played by the beautiful Jordana Brewster of The Faculty. Plenty of fast cars, beautiful women and a good story line make this a great movie. Dominic's girlfriend Letty played by Michelle Rodriguez proves girls like fast cars as well. If you like cars and girls and who doesn't, grab this movie.
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Summary: My absolute favorite movie!!! A chic's perspective :)
Review: This movie kicks...!!! Anyone who has ever been part of the street racing scene will appreciate it's accurate portrayl that the movie displays! Girls, fast cars, and having fun...that's what it is all about! Who cares if the plot is ...predictable! Supras, RX-7's, Skylines, tricked-out Civics...what more do you need in a movie :)
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Summary: "NOS" WILL FLOW THRU UR VEINS WHEN U SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: ONE THING I LOVE ABT THIS MOVIE IS THE "NOS". ULTRA COOL. An the cop kid is a charlie chaplin who tries to become Arnie.No wonder he didnt climb the ladder after this movie.BUT VIN DIESEL IS REALLY A NATURAL. HES A REAL PRO. THE ONLY REASON I SAW THIS MOVIE IS BECOZ I LIKED VIN IN PITCH BLACK. The 3d engine mechanics sequences in the movie r quite good but not the best. The story line is very LOOOSE and does not actually leave u grippin onto ur seat. but Vins actin makes u sit here at least. No one wud sit there to see that wimp of a cop walkin around with a t-shirt to cover his skinny body.A real good movie fer those who like action with racing.
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Summary: Park your brain and enjoy the eye candy
Review: I rented this movie right after seeing xXx to see if my original impression of Vin Diesel would hold. Part of it holds, but I also realize that this movie is more flash and glitz than high caliber acting. It's one of the movies where your park your brain and just enjoy the fast cars, good looking people, and special effects and worry about the plot later. The casting for the movie was pretty good, overall most of the actors were attractive. Vin Diesel, Jordanna Brewster, and Rick Yune fit their roles well, either through the right look, or the right presence. The only person that really didn't fit was Michelle Rodriguez. I can buy the tough girl street facer image, but I can't buy her as Diesel's character's love interest. There are too many scenes where she's making an ugly face or some rude remark that fits with the tough girl appearance, but not girlfriend role she's also supposed to have. The cars are as big as the actors in the movie. In the "making of" included in the DVD they mention the cars used are actual street racing vehicles, and the extras are fans and racers themselves. I think this really helps out the movie, it takes it from being a just story and actually gives it some credibility. You're not seeing a bunch of young people racing expensive cars, you see everyday people racing everyday cars. Sure, your everyday car doesn't have a bright paint job, sticks, a huge spoiler, and doesn't shoot flames from the exhaust pipe when it takes off, but you can accept that young people would own these kinds of cars. The Charger used in the last major scene of the movie deserves attention as well, it's a beautiful car. It looks out of place being a muscle car in a world of imports, but it's still a classy car. There are two detractors from the movie: the lack of a good plot and little character development. There isn't much to the plot, a group using tricked out Hondas keeps high jacking semis full of electronic equipment, and the truckers are (angry). The police send in an undercover guy to find out who's stealing the stuff. He falls for the sister of the top street racer in the area, and befriends him. That's really it. The plot isn't that believable, $6 million in stolen electronics is a lot of stuff, and how are you going to offload that much stuff without attracting someone's attention? The character development is sorely lacking as well. We find out very little about anyone in the movie, it's mentioned that most of the characters don't have parents; they're either dead, left, or in jail. You don't find out much more than that, which makes the characters two dimensional. Overall, I'd give the movie 3.75 stars. 1star is for the cast, 1 star for the cars, 1 for the racing and special affects, and 3/4 star because the movie doesn't drag. There's no point where you really feel like the movie is just killing time, which I like. Since I can't use partial stars I'll round up. Overall, it's worth renting if you want to take a break and concentrate on eye candy for a while.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE
Review: The Fast and The Furious has to be one of the greatest movies I have seen in a while!! Its got awesome cars, and great racing scenes! It is a close portrayal of real street racing in the Bigger cities. I would recommend everyone watch it! You may not like it, but I sure thought it was great! I cant wait untill number 2 comes out!!! YIPPIE!
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