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DVD ~ Paul Walker|Vin Diesel|Michelle Rodriguez|Jordana Brewster
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  • Actors: Paul Walker|Vin Diesel|Michelle Rodriguez|Jordana Brewster
  • Directors: Rob Cohen
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Hindi
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Feb 2002
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005RDQX
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,258 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A guilty pleasure with excess horsepower, The Fast and the Furious efficiently combines time-honoured male fantasies (hot cars, hot women, hot action) into a vacuous plot of crystalline purity. It's trash, but it's fun trash, in which a hotshot Los Angeles cop named Brian (Paul Walker) infiltrates a gang of street racers suspected of fencing stolen goods from hijacked trucks. The gang leader is Dom (Vin Diesel), ex-con and reigning king of the street racers, who lives for those 10 seconds of freedom when his high-performance "rice rocket" (a highly modified Asian import) hurtles toward another quarter-mile victory. Racing is street theatre for a lawless youth subculture, and Dom is a star behind the wheel--charismatic, dangerous and protective toward his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster), who's attracted to Brian as the newest member of Dom's car-crazy team.

Director Rob Cohen treats this like Roman tragedy for MTV junkies, pushing every scene to adrenaline-pumping extremes; when his camera isn't caressing a spectrum of nitrous oxide-enhanced dream machines, it's ogling countless slim 'n' sexy race babes. The undercover-cop scenario cheaply borrows the split-loyalty theme perfected in Donnie Brasco; a rival Asian gang adds mystery and menace; and digital trickery is cleverly employed to explore the fuel-injected innards of the day-glo racecars. It's about as substantial as a perfume ad, but just as alluring, and for heavy-metal maniacs of any age, Diesel's super-blown 69 Charger proves that Detroit muscle never goes out of style. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

On the DVD: Appropriately bulging with macho extra features, this disc is introduced with a stirring lack of irony by a Public Service Announcement exhorting viewers not to take proceedings too seriously! The meat of the many special features are found in deconstructions of several special effects sequences, with multiple camera-angle views and a breakdown of the process by which composite shots are achieved from separate plates. There are also eight deleted or extended scenes with optional directorial commentary. The main feature commentary is surprisingly in-depth and absorbing, as Rob Cohen talks about every aspect of his up-to-date "Western with rice rockets". Other features include music videos (one of which has its lyrics censored), a standard 18-minute "making-of" featurette and, fascinatingly, a short five-minute peek at the editing process as the director and film editor strive to cut a violent scene and thereby guarantee that all-important PG-13 rating (so that young kids who can't drive will be able to watch the movie and learn about speed, the director says with a straight face). And with a choice of explosive Dolby 5.1 or DTS you, and your long-suffering neighbours, will feel like you're right in the midst of the action. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Making of The Fast and The Furious
Director Rob Cohen's Feature length Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Multiple Camera Angle stunt sequence
Special Effects Featurette
Editing Featurette
Visual Effects Montage
Storyboards to final feature comparison
Racer X: Article that inspire the movie
Ja Rule "Furious" Music Video
Caddilac Tah "POV City Anthem" Music Video
Saliva "Click Click Boom" Music Video
Music Highlights
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers' Biographies
Trailer

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, 18 Jan 2003
Wow! This film will leave your mouth gaping wide open. The title really sums it up; "FAST". It has a great selection of cars and races. A lot better that gone in 60 seconds. The camera work is outstanding.

The acting within the film is fantastic. Vin Diesel was the perfect man for his part in the film, and the other casting was perfect. Paul Walker also made a great contribution with no false parts.

The wicked combination of fast women ,fast cars, and fast action triumphs and not for the very first time mind you.

Make sure that you buy it on DVD, not video. The special features are great.
A must Buy for anyone with some money !

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars ***NO MANS LAND***, 12 Oct 2002
By Mr. N. Carnegie (Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK.) - See all my reviews
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The Fast and The Furious is all day-glo coloured cars and polished chrome, lots of high speed car chases, the odd fist fight and plenty of macho posturing. That's not too say it's bad because it's actually pretty entertaining. The Fast and The Furious is a very glossy, testosterone charged male fantasy movie about a cop who infiltrates an auto-theft gang but falls in love with the gang leaders sister, causing him to question his conscience and his superiors to question his loyalties. Sound familiar?

(Does anybody remember the 1987 DB Sweeney/Charlie Sheen movie No Mans Land? If you don't then let me remind you of the plot: Rookie cop goes undercover to catch a wealthy young car thief but finds he likes the wealthy young car thief he's supposed to be trapping, and likes his sister even better).

Okay so The Fast and The Furious is not exactly Schindler's List or The Godfather when it comes to intellectual stimulation but it doesn't pretend to be and it's a very enjoyable movie, if all you are looking for is entertainment (and what's wrong with that?). Its very much testosterone charged but it still has much to recommend it: Good performances by its two male leads; the very muscular Vin Diesel as the gang leader Dom and the very handsome Paul Walker as the undercover cop. Jordana Brewster as the gang leaders sister also makes a very attractive female lead, although in many ways the cars and the stunts are the stars. Talking of stars, Vin Diesel's star is definitely on the rise and Paul Walker is certain to attract a legion of female fans to assure future star status.

The action in this movie is as the title says, fast and furious. It boasts plenty of excellent car chases and enough stunts throughout to keep you interested, if not on the edge of your seat. However, it must be said that some of the quarter of a mile car races, in supposedly super-powered cars, seem to last as long as three trips around Indianapolis's 2.5 mile oval track. It's also fair to point out that some of the dialogue is a bit "naff": In other words it will make you cringe occasionally but ALL IN ALL THIS IS PRETTY GOOD FUN. Plus the DVD boasts some reasonable extras.

(You can check out No Mans Land on VHS but I don't think its available on DVD)!

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars? that all!, 20 Sep 2002
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Wow! This film will leave your mouth gaping wide open. The title really sums it up; "FAST". It has a great selection of cars and races. A lot better that gone in 60 seconds. The camera work is outstanding.

The acting within the film is fantastic. Vin Diesel was the perfect man for his part in the film, and the other casting was perfect. Paul Walker also made a great contribution with no false parts.

The wicked combination of fast women ,fast cars, and fast action triumphs and not for the very first time mind you.

A must Buy for anyone with some money !

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5.0 out of 5 stars For men & women alike
For the men, there's the fast cars, beautiful women and good plot - for the women there's PAUL WALKER AND VIN DIESEL!! Oh my!!!! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD FILM !!!!!
If you like this film so much go and buy it IT'S WELL GOOD!!!The cars are brilliant Paul Walkers first car movie great acting too!!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars unoriginal hateful rubbish
watch point break then watch this, i wouldnt mind so much that they completely stole its plot but they should have admitted it, its not just the basic story they stole but the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars SO FAST ITS FURIOUS
THIS FILM IS WELL GOOD. I FIRSTLY WATCHED IT IN THE CINEMAS AND VIN DIESIL WAS BRILLIANT. THE DRAG RACES WERE GREAT. THE CARS WERE BRILLIANT AND THE FILM IS 5 STAR !
Published on 5 Oct 2005 by sirmixalot2003

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5.0 out of 5 stars DVD - The Fast And The Furious
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5.0 out of 5 stars what a film
the first DVD i ever bought and i'm glad i did. this film was the first time street racing has been brought to film and they did it pretty f**king well. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars All Action, Amazing Soundtrack
OK, so the plot's a bit thin, the actors aren't amazing but the action is first class. Those of you with Dolby 5. Read more
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Look, if you're reading this because you're considering buying this movie then you already know this isn't Oscar-fodder, action movies rarely are, that's not why we watch them... Read more
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