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#64
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USA / English
| Thom Barry |
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| Jordana Brewster |
Mia Toretto |
| Vin Diesel |
Dominic Toretto |
| David Douglas (II) |
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| Noel Gugliemi |
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| Michelle Rodriguez |
Letty |
| Ja Rule |
Edwin |
| Paul Walker |
Brian O'Conner |
| Rick Yune |
Johnny Tran |
| Ted Levine |
Sgt. Tanner |
| Chad Lindberg |
Jesse |
| Matt Schulze |
Vince |
| Johnny Strong |
Leon |
| Director |
Rob Cohen |
| Producer |
John Pogue; Doug Claybourne |
| Writer |
Gary Scott Thompson; Ken Li |
| Cinematography |
Ericson Core |
| Musician |
BT |
A guilty pleasure with excess horsepower,
The Fast and the Furious efficiently combines time-honored male fantasies (hot cars, hot women, hot action) into a vacuous plot of crystalline purity. It's trash, but it's
fun trash, in which a hotshot Los Angeles cop named Brian (Paul Walker) infiltrates a gang of street racers suspected of fencing stolen goods from hijacked trucks. The gang leader is Dom (Vin Diesel), ex-con and reigning king of the street racers, who lives for those 10 seconds of freedom when his high-performance "rice rocket" (a highly modified Asian import) hurtles toward another quarter-mile victory. Racing is street theater for a lawless youth subculture, and Dom is a star behind the wheel--charismatic, dangerous, and protective toward his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster), who's attracted to Brian as the newest member of Dom's car-crazy team.
Director Rob Cohen treats this like Roman tragedy for MTV junkies, pushing every scene to adrenaline-pumping extremes; when his camera isn't caressing a spectrum of nitrous oxide-enhanced dream machines, it's ogling countless slim 'n' sexy race babes. The undercover-cop scenario cheaply borrows the split-loyalty theme perfected in Donnie Brasco; a rival Asian gang adds mystery and menace; and digital trickery is cleverly employed to explore the fuel-injected innards of the day-glo racecars. It's about as substantial as a perfume ad, but just as alluring, and for heavy-metal maniacs of any age, Diesel's superblown '69 Charger proves that Detroit muscle never goes out of style. --Jeff Shannon
| Distributor |
Universal Studios |
| Edition |
Collector's Edition |
| Barcode |
0025192127021 |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
1/2/2002 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Subtitles |
English (Closed Captioned) |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
| Disc 1: |
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Interactive Eight Camera Angle Stunt Sequence - Get behind the camera from eight different locations and witness as never-before the final stunt Movie Magic Interactive Special Effects - A unique look at the train and car footage shot independently then merged to create the final film sequence Visual Effects Montage Featuring the First Race Racer X: The Article that Inspired the Movie The Making of The Fast and the Furious Feature Commentary With Director Rob Cohen Exclusive Featurette on Editing For the Motion Picture Association of America Deleted Scenes With Optional Director Commentary Storyboards to Final Feature Comparison Music Videos: Ja Rule "Furious", Caddillac Tah "POV City Anthem" and Saliva "Click Click Boom" Theatrical Trailer |
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