Fastlane 

Two hotshot undercover cops and their equally tough female handler take down the highest and lowest criminals in L.A. in this pop-culture-heavy, dark, flashy, over-the-top action crime dramedy inspired by Bad Boys and Miami Vice.

Creators:

McG, John McNamara

Stars:

Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Peter Facinelli	...	Donovan 'Van' Ray 22 episodes, 2002-2003
Bill Bellamy	...	Deaqon 'Deaq' Hayes 22 episodes, 2002-2003
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers 22 episodes, 2002-2003
Big Boy	...	Aquarius 11 episodes, 2002-2003

Storyline

Two mist-matched cops, the angry and bitter Van Ray, and the brash Deaqon Hayes, are forced to team up by a shady vixen police lieutenant, Billie Chambers, into going undercover in the seedy side of Los Angeles in using a variety of police confiscated flashy cars, clothes, weapons and other items, kept in a large secret warehouse called the Candy Store, in order to nail various low-lives and rich and powerful criminals.

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Plot Keywords:

female handler | white man black man friendship | neo noir | miami vice clone | michael bay style | 

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Taglines:

This Fall, undercover goes into overdrive.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

A lot of the guest stars in the show are incredible celebrities - Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mischa Barton, Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Bokeem Woodbine, Hudson Leick, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell, Tommy Lee, Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, the Red Elvises, Tatyana Ali, Paul Gleason, Antonio Fargas, Biz Markie, Kurupt, Treach and Ali Landry.

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Goofs

In the premiere episode, bullet holes appear in the windshield of the truck before any shots are fired.

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Quotes

Van Ray: [to Deaq] What are you doing? That's like my secret identity. You can't just do that. You're like Alfred. You just let Kim Basinger into the Bat Cave. People hated when he did that.

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Alternate Versions

The version released on DVD in North America by Warner Home Video contains alternate music due to licensing issues. Also, the episodes were cropped to 4:3 from it's original 16:9 format.

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Connections

References Miami Vice (1984)

User Reviews

Hip, Cool, Fun & Sexy!!!

Hi!

Fastlane is a great show!

Some say it copies Fast and the furious. Maybe!

To me it`s the best parts from Charlie Angels, Mod Squad, Miami Vice, Fast and the Furious, Shaft and more, put into one great show!

The camerawork, the colors, the music, the cars, the clothes, the dialogues, the babes, the scripts and three good actors who work very well together!

Looks like the show is made in widescreen, but changed into fullscreen!

Looking forward to the DVD, lets hope it`s in widescreen, surround sound, and lots of extra materials!

I hope their will be a season two!

To many good shows end to soon! (Birds of Prey, The Flash (1991), Two Guys and a Girl, Jack Of All Trades, and more) It`s usually in the second season, that the show gets a lot of viewers and that it gets high ratings.

Example: Buffy, Xena, Angel, Man from U.N.C.L.E, and more!

Long live good entertainment!!

Fastlane get`s 9.6 out of 10!!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fastlane

Filming Locations:

6020 North Vermont, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, 20th Century Fox Television, McNamara Paper Products

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (22 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby Surround) (2.0)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9