One damn fine movie!

Rating: Null/10 (22 October 2001)

I'd heard a few conflicting comments about "The Fast and the Furious" and I wanted to see it anyway, so I dragged along a friend. We were blown away! This is one fantastic movie!
From the cars to the actors, the adrenaline pumping drag races or the overall impact of the realism, it's hard to say what we liked the best.
The story was amazing, taking us right into the underworld of illegal street racing, and into the lives of the main characters, especially Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian Spilner (Paul Walker). A lot of comments that I'd heard about the movie thought that the little mottos of the movie were pathetic (things like "I live my life a quater mile at a time" and "It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning") If they were delivered by an actor with less screen prescence than Vin Diesel, they might have sounded corny, but as a part of the overall movie, they made sense and added to the character of Dom Toretto.
I gave this movie a 7/10. It was an enjoyable ride from start to finish, with some awesome stunts, action packed story and an solid cast, bringing to the film a realistic tone. Go see this movie!