Fast and Furious

Advantages: Plenty of action, nice effects, Vin Diesel, no need to think too hard.
Disadvantages: Not really any, unless you're expecting something that it's not.

...Last week, me and a friend decided to meet up and go to the cinema. After looking at the listings, the only thing we could come up with was Fast and Furious. I have not seen the earlier films in the franchise, but knew enough about them to know what to expect. Plenty of action, car chases, mindless fun, Vin Diesel, and brains left in the lobby. I was not disappointed, in fact it was better than I expected. The film starts with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and others, including girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in Mexico, carrying out a hijack on a tanker road train. Good effects, improbable driving, and it finishes with some spectacular pyrotechnics. I was also seriously impressed with the sound at the new Showcase Cinema at Highcross in Leicester, at some points the whole place seemed to be shaking. We later learn that Letty has...

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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS

Advantages: Good effects, good sountrack
Disadvantages: Skethy plot, average cast, characters don't have enough personality

...I have very mixed feelings towards this film and I came out of the cinema not really knowing whether I loved or hated the film. I suppose I loved the Fast and the Furious because it was action packed, unpredictable and kept me in permanent suspense. Though I hated it because there wasn't any basic storyline or plot. And I've never seen a film that has no basic storyline or plot so did I genuinely hate the film or was I just simply scared of something different to a typical film? What the Fast and the Furious really has going in its favour is that it is total non-stop action, at 1hr 40 it doesn't feel stretched or too long and director Rob Cohen seems to excel in keeping the viewers attention throughout the film. Unfortunately though the Fast and the Furious has plenty not going in its favour. Firstly nothing actually happens in...

Disillusioned 25.09.2001 · Read review
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fast and furious

Advantages: paul walker
Disadvantages: n.a

...What more can I say Paul Walker, not only is he great looking but I think he is a great actor, too add to that you also have Vin Diesel. The film has great special effects and not that I am a huge car fan but the cars are great too. Dom played by Vin Diesel and his gang all have great cars and at night they like to show them off and race against others, when one night Brian played by Paul Walker wants to race, he does not have the money to, but offers his car if he loses. Brian looks like he is going to win, but at the last minute is beaten by Dom. Brian saves Dom from the cops so Dom takes Brian into his gang, which no one is happy with apart from his sister, who has a soft spot for Brian. A few lorries carrying have been knocked by a gang driving fast cars. The FBI suspects that the robbers are involved in the street...

jo_field26 28.05.2008 · Read review
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Fast and furious

Advantages: Pure speed power cars
Disadvantages: not really much of a plot

...race. Brian has only gone undercover because he is looking for a promotion. Things dont quite go according to plan in the beginning as he gets into a fight with one of Torrentos mates so of course he takes a dislike to him almost straight away but in time they do become friends. Will Brian blow his cover or will he let his best friend get away with his crimes you will have to tune in to find out. CAST Paul Walker as Brian Rick Yune as Johnny Tran Vin Diesel as Dominic Torrento LANGUAGE English SUBTITLES English Hindi SPECIAL FEATURES Making of the fast and the furous Director Rob Cohens feature length commentary Deleted scenes Multiple camera angle stunt sequence Visual effects montage Storyboards to final feature comparison Racer x article that inspired the movie Ja Rule Furious music video Caddilac Tah POV...

yabbis21 20.03.2006 · Read review
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The Fast And The Furious

Advantages: cool car races
Disadvantages: to similar to gone in 60 seconds

...'t trusting of him. At the end of the day however Brian goes through with the job he must do it fast and he must do it furious. The cast is a force to be reckoned with- Dom is just a house, that is the best way to describe him. A very good actor and suits the role of ‘Dom’ in this film. Top performance by him. There are a few foxy females in there too, one that’s stands out is Dom’s sister- Mia Toretto. She gets some good stuff to play with and comes through with a good performance even though her role is secondary to the real plot. Dom’s girlfriend is a mean looking women to. A good performance by the cast. The first real car race will make your hair stand on end with its sheer visceral thrills. At one point a car utilizes nitro gas to gain speed. When the button is hit the camera goes flying through...

Mystique 28.09.2001 · Read review
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Flat and Not Furious

Advantages: Some decent stunt driving.
Disadvantages: Terrible direction, writing and performances.

...While trying to run a drugs cartel to ground, FBI agent Brian O?Conner is forced back onto the mean streets of LA as an illegal street racer. There he comes face-to-face with his one-time adversary Dominic Toretto. They form an uneasy alliance in order to bring down a shared enemy and Toretto gets back behind the wheel. But how much do they trust each other? And what will they do when the chips are down and the chase takes them across the border to Mexico? Can their fragile truce hold? Ah, I remember when the original movie ?The Fast and the Furious? was released and it seemed that Vin Diesel might become Hollywood?s next action hero?But times have changed and Diesel?s career has been going downhill ever since ?XXX?. So maybe a franchise reboot might help to rebuild his reputation, right? Hell no! This is a completely unnecessary...

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A short review of 'The Fast and the Furious' DVD

Advantages: fast and furious
Disadvantages: none

...the police he starts to trust Brian and lets him into the world of street racing. In the end brian is torn betwwen his loyalty to dominic (because they have become friends by now) and his responsibiltys as a police officer. With lots of intense action and awesome stunts this film will not dissapoint, its great soundtrackyou might want to buy the ost and their are two of them The first one called music from the fast and the furious is croos between rock and hip hop with songs by Ja Rule,limp bizkit, faith evans, r kelly and many more The second one called more fast and the furious is a cross between dance and rock with songs by roni size, bt,machine head, hoobastank, saliva and many more. This film was one of the sleeper hit of 2001 and made $140m in usa and £6.4m in the uk. If you have seen this movie make sure you see...

andrew007 02.11.2002 (11.11.2002) · Read review
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the fast and furious

Advantages: action,taking
Disadvantages: none

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desibabu 06.11.2008 · Read review
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Fast and Furious doesn't even start to explain..

Advantages: Cars, women, great stunts, fights and a great plot.
Disadvantages: Maybe a slighty worn out genre, but still great. The ending could be better! Though I won't go into that and spoil it!

...I've just got back from the cinema after seeing 'The Fast and the Furious.' I had seen the trailers for the film, which portrayed it as an action packed, fast cars, guns and driving movie. I was looking forward to this type of action film and I was not disappointed. This is the best film I've seen all year. It's loud, fast and there are loads of fast cars, mean machines and street racers. The film is about an undercover cop who has been sent to find out who is behind some truck hijacking. A group of Hondas had been chasing trucks, boxing them in, as one of the criminals would fire a crossbow like weapon at the window to smash it, then climbs in on another one fired into the passenger seat of the truck, wrestles the driver and the goods in the truck are theirs. The undercover cop is assigned the mission of tracking them down. He is...

PeterFarrell 14.09.2001 · Read review
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Superbit DVD - A Tad Faster and 'Furiouser'

Advantages: Superbit versions are actually cheaper it seems, as well as sharper
Disadvantages: I suspect this'll only get used for action movies!

...This may not seem like the usual critique of a movie on DVD, but since this film has been available on DVD for some time, I thought I?d alert you to an interesting re-issue of the disk, with some added (some might say taken away) features. If you?re looking for a blow-by-blow account of the movie itself look elsewhere. I?d seen The Fast & The Furious before, lent to me by my neighbour who likes this kind of thing. Well, he?s got a 42? widescreen set monitor and DTS sound with an extra woofer, and boy, can it woof! My own home cinema?s no slouch either, and it?s a good job that our two ?semis? are the ?halls adjoining? kind TF&TF is an ideal movie for showing off your equipment, and so it was with some interest that I noticed the emergence of the so-called ?SUPERBIT? version of the DVD, retailing for £9.99. Superbit? Let me...

BNibbles 15.08.2003 · Read review
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