Best of the Series! No question!

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2019)

I'm surprised this has one of the lowest ratings of the series!
What makes me love this film above all the others? Well, there's a few things:

This is the original, the best! Before Hollywood took it and threw into unrealistic scenarios and laughable over the top action sequences.
This movie at its core is about friendship and the close bonds the main characters hold for one another. Lengths a person will go to for those they love.
It keeps things simple, street racing, robbery, fist fights and racial feuds. Why do audiences need cars jumping from high rise to high rise and over the top villains with pointless back stories and agenda's?

It's realistic (to a degree) has impressive actor chemistry, makes you care for the characters and their close bonds. Fun storyline, high stress action sequences. You really don't need more to create a great film, if written and executed correctly.
On a side note I will say, at this time of his career, Paul Walker, cannot act. Thankfully he improved on his talents as he worked in the series more and more. Which is more than you can say for a lot of "pretty" men landing high profile film roles in the industry today.
10/10 loved it 18years ago and love it still. You cannot beat the classic, the original The Fast & The Furious.