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:

friendship | brian o'conner character | dominic toretto character | han seoul oh character | mia toretto character | 

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Taglines:

New Model. Original Parts.

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Genres:

Action | 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

The old "threaten them with an empty gun" trope shows up when Dom holds Braga in the church with the shotgun to his head, THEN racks the gun with no shell ejecting, meaning he went into a potentially deadly showdown situation with an unloaded weapon.

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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 I Am Paul Walker (2018)

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Soundtracks

Head Bust
Written by Nathaniel Johnson (as N. Johnson), Pharrell Williams
Performed by Shark City Click
Produced by The Neptunes
Shark City Click appears courtesy of Star Trak Entertainment/Interscope Records

User Reviews

Better than the 1st movie

I just saw this and to be honest I was hesitant in buying the $8 matinée ticket but wanted to see a movie and figured what the heck. First of all the 1st film was good, IMO the sequel and then Tokyo Drift were pretty bad but the 4th installment gave a ray of hope when I first saw the trailer. I liked the fact that it had a large part of the original cast.

I enjoyed this film and was surprised. They actually wrote a good story and it flowed very well, the action and driving scene's were shot and edited superbly, you did get the feeling that you were in the car at times which adds to the intensity of the driving scenes. I also like the fact that they incorporated American muscle cars instead of just imports this way the movie will appeal to people of all tastes. Overall I was pleasantly surprised of how good the film was. Also the final scene of Phoenix's demise was different than the norm. Bottom line Go see it.

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