The Fast and the Furious

Director: Rob Cohen Rob Cohen

Overview

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, ? la +Romeo and Juliet, with his girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The Fast and the Furious co-stars Ted Levine, Rick Yune, and Matt Schulze.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/07/2017
UPC:	0025192398377
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Language:	English
Sales rank:	26,107

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Paul Walker	Brian O'Conner
Vin Diesel	Dominic Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez	Letty
Jordana Brewster	Mia Toretto
Rick Yune	Johnny Tran
Chad Lindberg	Jesse
Johnny Strong	Leon
Matt Schulze	Vince
Ted Levine	Sgt. Tanner
Ja Rule	Edwin
Vyto Ruginis	Harry
Thom Barry	Agent Bilkins
Stanton Rutledge	Muse
Noel Gugliemi	Hector(as Noel Guglielmi)
RJ de Vera	Danny Yamato(as RJ De Vera)
Beau Holden	Ted Gassner
Reggie Lee	Lance Nguyen
David Douglas	Rasta Racer
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	Samoan Guard
Neal H. Moritz	Ferrari Driver
Doria Anselmo	Ferrari Passenger(as Doria Clare Anselmo)
Glenn K. Ota	Johnny's Father
F. Valentino Morales	Dispatcher
Mike White	Night Truck Driver
Delphine Pacific	Racer's Edge Clerk
Monica Tamayo	Monica
Megan Baker	Gimel
Tammy Monica Gegamian	Edwin's Babe
BT	Composer
Brian Tyler	Composer

Technical Credits

Gary Thompson

David Ayer

Erik Bergquist

Rob Cohen	Director
Doug Claybourne	Executive Producer
John Pogue	Executive Producer
Neal H. Moritz	Producer
Gary Thompson	Screenwriter
David Ayer	Screenwriter
Erik Bergquist	Screenwriter
Ronna Kress	Casting
Felipe Borrero	Sound/Sound Designer
Bruce Stambler	Sound/Sound Designer
Jay Nierenberg	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

This supercharged melodrama was the year’s undisputed sleeper hit for good reason. Edgy and stylish, The Fast and the Furious goes beyond the extremely limited parameters of youth-oriented action films and very nearly attains the mythic quality associated with the rugged westerns of John Ford and Howard Hawks. Teen-movie hunk Paul Walker, in his first leading role, plays a hotshot driver who joins a cultlike coterie of Los Angeles street racers and becomes the protégé of local legend Dominic Torreto (Vin Diesel), whose posse rules the ‘hood. Their sleek, souped-up cars are fueled as much with testosterone as with gasoline, and violent clashes with rival gangs account for the film’s non-racing action highlights. Rob Cohen, who previously directed Walker in The Skulls, deliberately and effectively contrasts the brash and enigmatic novice with his unsavory mentor, a thoroughgoing hoodlum who adheres rigidly to his own peculiar code of honor. With his shaved head, muscular physique, and deep bass voice, Diesel is quickly becoming the most imposing screen presence of his generation. He imbues Torreto with charisma to spare. With the less complex part, Walker displays a heretofore unsuspected star quality, and Jordana Brewster shines as Diesel’s loyal sister. Occasionally improbable to the point of absurdity, The Fast and the Furious nonetheless succeeds in achieving a sort of surreal authenticity that makes it not only believable but genuinely gripping. The Collectors Edition DVD offers a commentary by Cohen in addition to deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, a montage of visual effects used to enhance the first racing sequence, an interactive segment showing the same car stunt from eight different angles, a featurette on the film's editing, storyboard-to-film comparisons, and several music videos