THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001)
Featuring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Director: Rob Cohen
One of the most successful movie franchises this side of the turn of the century is the Fast And Furious series. The recipe for their success is to combine a good story with a lot of realistic action - very little CG, if any.
In the first film we meet the characters that would later become household names: Brian (Paul Walker), Dom (Vin Diesel), Letty (Michelle Rodrigues) and Mia (Jordana Brewster). Brian O'Conner is a rookie cop recruited by the FBI to identify and infiltrate a hi-jacking gang that plagues the trucking industry of Southern California. But when he falls in love with one of the key suspects, he has to choose between his loyalty to the LAPD and true love.
Although Vin Diesel appeared in several movies before, this was the one that put him on the map. The same goes for Paul Walker. But for the rest of the relatively young cast, this was pretty much their first time out and they did a stellar job of it. In the coming weeks I hope to look at the rest of this franchise. For this first one though, I give 3 out of 5 stars.
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The main cast...
...and the two main 'characters'
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