Fast & Furious (2009)

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

Director:

Justin Lin

Writers:

Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters)

Stars:

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vin Diesel	...	Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker	...	Brian O'Conner
Jordana Brewster	...	Mia
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Letty
John Ortiz	...	Campos
Laz Alonso	...	Fenix
Gal Gadot	...	Gisele
Jack Conley	...	Penning
Shea Whigham	...	Stasiak
Liza Lapira	...	Trinh
Sung Kang	...	Han
Tego Calderon	...	Tego
Don Omar	...	Don Omar
Mirtha Michelle	...	Cara
Greg Cipes	...	Dwight

Storyline

Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

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Plot Keywords:

fast and furious | desert | car | tunnel | revenge | 

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Taglines:

New Model. Original Parts.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

3 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fast and the Furious 4

Filming Locations:

310 W Green St, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$70,950,500, 5 April 2009

Gross USA:

$155,064,265

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$360,364,265

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gal Gadot's on-screen film debut.

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Goofs

When Brian is choosing cars out of the impound lot, he is seen choosing several Nissan GT-R chassis for rebuilding into a car to be used in the street race to work with Baraga. One of the cars chosen is an R35 GTR. As the movie takes place 5 years after The Fast and the Furious, this would be impossible, as the first GTR was not seen on US soil until 2008, two full years after the movie takes place. This continues into Fast Five - there is a GTR featured in that movie as well, however, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift takes place in approximately 2006, which is also after the events in both Fast & Furious and Fast Five.

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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, papa. Let's make some money!

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Crazy Credits

The end credits shows, an animated version of the beginning of Dominic's escape from Jail.

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Alternate Versions

After initially being awarded a 15 rating, the distributors chose to make one cut for the UK theatrical release. The sight of a man having his head slammed into a marble wall, as well as the removal of the follow-on shot of his broken and bloodied nose, was edited in order to attain a 12A category. This pre-cut version was released on both the UK DVD and Blu-ray.

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Connections

Referenced in Honest Trailers: Fast Five (2013)

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Soundtracks

Krazy
Written by Pitbull, Federico Franchi, Lil Jon
Performed by Pitbull and Lil Jon
Produced by Lil Jon
Courtesy of The Orchard

User Reviews

at it again

with these movies coming out to the theatre every other year now, and now I just looked on this site fast n furious 7 2014. I need to catch up with the series. Paul Walker returns with Vin Diesel along with Michelle rodriguez for #4. there are a lot more bad guys in this film I thought the idea of the Mexican drug cartel presented a few new ideas. there is lot's of action to be had here, the gasoline tanker's explosion,, the chases with all of the cars in the Mexican tunnels, with the chopper in pursuit of all of the vehicles. I like the idea of using the border as a character in the movie. because apparently you can only be tracked for so long either before or after you get across the border, I forget how that works. but there is lot's of good one liners in here for our characters to chew up, love all of the fast cars and the faster women,, although I wonder how many of these movies can they keep making,, don't get me wrong I like them very much, but at some point you have to sit back and say , I think we need something else.