An uncut music video.

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 2002)

I remember watching the trailer of "The Fast and the Furious" in cinemas. After watching the trailer I decided it maybe a decent enough movie, with plenty of thrilling car chases through huge cities kind of like "The Italian Job" and "The Driver" style...
I was wrong.
The Fast and the Furious feels more like a two hour music video than a movie. What we have here is a load of loonies thinking their really cool in their powered-up Honda's with hi-fi systems so loud that they could probably wake the dead. Add in a load of muscle-bound punks, girls who try their up most to look sexy and tough and we have this dumb minded movie.

Confusion also reigned during this movie, whats with the fight at the start of the movie? Lame.
As for the car chases...they weren't what I was expecting, it's just drag racing in flashy cars. A lot of people have praised this movie for having fantastic stunts and yes there are a few decent one's towards the end but they aren't that mesmerising ...I've seen better.
The directer obviously thought he was creating some kind of "way cool" movie for the youth of today. With the likes of Limp Bizkit booming in the background, it's a shame this movie will seem old and out dated within a few years.
If your looking for a decent car chase movie watch either "The Driver" or "The Italian Job" the cars didn't look as good...but at least those movies had a plot and decent actors.
4/10