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:

desert | tunnel | revenge | fugitive | friendship | 

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Taglines:

New Model. Original Parts.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | 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

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$155,064,265, 2 July 2009

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$363,164,265, 2 June 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

With a gross of 72.5 million dollars, it had the biggest three day opening for Universal Pictures, beating The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)'s 72.1 million dollars.

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Goofs

After Dom and Brian park the Hummer in the impound yard, Dom and his jacket show no sign of his recently acquired bullet holes.

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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

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Action Movies of the 2000s (2014)

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Soundtracks

Clown Posse
Written and Performed by Robert Anthony Navarro
Courtesy of RA Audio Inc.

User Reviews

The Family is back and the franchise is Saved!

Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) have escaped to the Dominican Republic and resume their criminal ways. However when the cops close in on Dom, he decides to leave everything behind including Letty. Later he finds that Letty has been killed while working for drug baron Braga who is using street racers to drive his drugs across the border. Only he doesn't know that Letty was working for Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) as an informant. Now Dom and Brian are both trying to get Braga by infiltrating his group as drivers.

The family is back and the movie is so much the better for it. Director Justin Lin returns after Tokyo Drift. The franchise really missed the presence of Vin Diesel. The only minor disappointment are the car chases. They're good but just not great. They can be better. It's also sad to lose Letty so early on in the movie. It misses her energy.