Fast & Furious (2009)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Justin Lin

Writers (WGA):

Chris Morgan (written by)
Gary Scott Thompson (characters)

Release Date:

3 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

New Model. Original Parts.

Plot:

Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

Plot Keywords:

Heroin | Car | FBI | Desert | Revenge

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker	...	Brian O'Conner
Jordana Brewster	...	Mia Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Letty
John Ortiz	...	Campos
Laz Alonso	...	Fenix Rise
Gal Gadot	...	Gisele Harabo
Jack Conley	...	Penning
Shea Whigham	...	Agent Ben Stasiak
Liza Lapira	...	Agent Sophie Trinh
Sung Kang	...	Han Lue
Don Omar	...	Himself
Mirtha Michelle	...	Cara
Greg Cipes	...	Dwight
Tego Calderon	...	Tego

Also Known As:

Fast & Furious 4 (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
Rápidos y furiosos (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Форсаж 4 (Russia) [ru]
Fast & Furious - Neues Modell. Originalteile. (Germany) (complete title) [de]
Fast & Furious - Solo parti originali (Italy) [it]
Fast & Furious: Mahites ton dromon 4 (Greece) [el]
Fast and furious: Aún más rápido (Spain) [es]
Furios si iute 4 - Piese originale (Romania) [ro]
Halálos iram (Hungary) [hu]
Hizli ve Öfkeli 4 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Kiired ja vihased - Uus mudel (Estonia) [et]
Kuangye shisu 4 (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) [zh]
Kwongye sichuk 4 (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) [zh]
Rápidos y Furiosos (Venezuela) [es]
Rápidos y Furiosos 4 (Peru) [es]
Rápidos y furiosos 4 (Venezuela) [es]
Rapides et dangereux (Canada: French title) [fr]
Rychlí a zbesilí (Czech Republic) [cs]
Saiche fengyun (China: Mandarin title) [zh]
Szybko i wsciekle (Poland) [pl]
Velozes e Furiosos (Portugal) [pt]
Velozes e Furiosos 4 (Brazil) [pt]
Wanming guantou 4 (Taiwan) [zh]
Wild Speed Max (Japan: English title) [en]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45181) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 (original rating) | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | UK:12A (edited for re-rating) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Belgium:KT | Mexico:B | Peru:14 | Iceland:12 | Japan:G | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Taiwan:PG-12 | Singapore:M18 (Region 1 DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

With a gross of $72.5 million on its opening weekend, the movie had the biggest April debut ever. (Anger Management (2003) formerly held the record with $42.2 million)

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Toward the end of the chase scene where Brian's Subaru Impreza STI is rolled over, you can clearly see that the fuel tank, prop-shaft and exhaust have been removed for the stunt.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dominic Toretto: [on a walkie-talkie] All right, we're good to go.
Dominic Toretto: [to Letty] You got this?
Letty: You bet your ass, bubba. Let's make some money!

Movie Connections:

References Pleasantville (1998)

Soundtrack:

Blanco

Back to where it started? Not quite!

Paul Walker and Vin Diesel together again - I was thinking this is going to be a walk down memory lane and relive the excitement of the first movie. Now the first movie was all about cars - you were cast into the world of street racers - for those who love cars, it was simply fan-tastic. The franchise of fast & furious was always about cars. The story lines were not very elaborate but the film was not supposed to be thriller or a masterpiece in cinema. But it stood out because it revolved around cars and few films have done that way. F&F4 however is another story. And indeed, story they've tried to inject in the film. That meant less time to talk about cars and anything related to the world of street racing. Yes, you will see a few races (I don't want to reveal too much) but they have tried to make F&F4 accepted by a wider audience. Fair enough! But it also means, it will have to be judged with a bigger variety of films. And I'm afraid to say, that there are better action packed thrillers out there. It is good entertainment to see good old American muscle cars ripping through the Mexican deserts and through tunnels barely large enough for your scooters but it stops there. Those who are fans of the first F&F will have to watch this 4th one but as cliché as it might sound, it does not beat the original.