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Fast & Furious (2009)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:5

Rotten:22

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: While Fast and Furious features the requisite action and stunts, the filmmakers have failed to provide a competent story or compelling characters.

Australian Rating: M [See Full Rating] Violence, coarse language and sexual references

Runtime: 1 min 47 secs

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Apr 16, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $155,022,220

Synopsis: This fourth entry in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise reunites the original stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and of course the bad dude himself, Vin Diesel. Needless to... This fourth entry in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise reunites the original stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and of course the bad dude himself, Vin Diesel. Needless to say, there's going to be a lot of speed and demolition, especially in the fantastic opening truck hijack executed at amazing speeds by Dominic (Diesel) and his sexy partner in crime, Letty (Rodriguez). When Letty gets killed, it's revenge time, with the path of the bad guy leading Dominic back across the border to Los Angeles (where he's still wanted by the law) and into a high-stakes street race in which he's teamed up with his old nemesis, undercover fed Brian O'Conner (Walker). As in the original, Brewster makes a foxy love interest for Walker (she's Dom's kid sister), but there's not much time for kissing: there's races to be won, huge accidents to cause, and shady smuggling plots to foil. Fans of the series should be too busy digging the NO2-powered action to notice if there's anything missing in the storyline, which caterwauls along with gleeful abandon and disregard for logic, sanity, and speed limits. Directed with a sure hand by Justin Lin (TOKYO DRIFT), FAST & FURIOUS features loads of hot babes, and Diesel is as ripped, raging, and gravel-voiced deadpan as ever. [More]

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Laz Alonso, Gal Gadot, Shea Whigham, Tego Calderon

Director: Justin Lin

Director: Justin Lin
Screenwriter: Chris Morgan
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell
Composer: Bryan Tyler
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Diesel's bassoon-voiced, low-watt charisma seems best placed in this franchise, and there is an undeniable spark with his foil Walker, who's all white teeth and Californian tan.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment 2 Comments
04/17/09
Julian Shaw
Julian Shaw
FILMINK (Australia)
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Early, pre-credit scenes are so meticulously choreographed and expertly edited that you just cannot wait for the real film to begin. However, minutes later, you can't help wishing the thing would just hurry up and finish.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
04/17/09
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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There are only a couple of things to be said about this movie: the cars are fast, the racing is faster and none of it makes the slightest bit of sense.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
04/17/09
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
The Age (Australia)
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The soundtrack pounds away as the cars compete in the most unbelievable races with so many quick cuts and CGI that you hardly know who’s where in relation to anyone else. But it doesn’t matter.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
04/17/09
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)
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Instant immersion is the style of this franchise, plunging audiences into high octane race and chase mode from frame 1. And it works.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 2 Comments
04/11/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile
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The script doesn't quite have the fire power to make this actioner's hot wheels sizzle convincingly

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04/11/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
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A film that ultimately feels more like a cobbled together rent-a-car than a sleek Euro-styled crotch magnet

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment 8 Comments
03/31/09
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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The latest film is extremely noisy, features some fine stunt driving, particularly in its opening sequence, but it's dramatically a bit of a dribbler. I'm still trying to figure out the relationship between the opening of the film and the ending.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
04/17/09
Julie Rigg
Julie Rigg
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
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If it were a DVD, you’d Fast & Forward to the chases, but not Forgive & Forget the crushing disappointment. In cinemas, you have to endure exposition and sob-you-were-my-best-friend scenes. It’s clearly time for Fast & Furious Vs. The Transporter...

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/09/09
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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This is dumb, loud and fast, with a questionable attitude towards road safety and a supporting cast apparently recruited for their tattoos rather than their acting ability.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment 3 Comments
04/09/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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By far the weakest entry of the four.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 1 Comment
04/03/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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This example of presummer pop diversion will be best appreciated by future audiences flabbergasted by its unabashed revelry in fossil-fuel consumption.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/03/09
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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The reunion is fun and frantic, like the original on double nitro.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/03/09
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A strange piece of nostalgia, where, without apology, fast cars still rule and fuel is burned with abandon.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/02/09
Betsy Sharkey
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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Feels about as fresh and lively as a piece of burnt rubber.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/02/09
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Fast & Furious is exactly and precisely what you'd expect. Nothing more, unfortunately.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 6 Comments
04/02/09
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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