Great adolescent speed flick.

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2002)

The Fast and the Furious was full of action and adventure - it's just that it was all very implausible with all these young men driving very expensive cars and betting their pink slips on one race. Yet, the main character Paul Walker is driving these expensive machines while deriving his income as an auto parts delivery boy! If I were to rate this movie on action/adventure alone it would warrant a 7-8, but then if you only watched movies for that aspect you should just rent any generic van Damme movie. Somewhat original depiction of the Japanese cars mod craze where cars are chopped and modified by teens to inject some sportiness into bland Honda Civics. Because of the originality of the cars my 14 year old son was glued to the TV waiting for the next "sweet" machine to emerge. If you like cars and fast driving scenes this is a movie I'd recommend, but the theme is highly implausible and the hijack scenes are borderline Jackie Chan.