So bad it's hilarious

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2003)

"The Fast and the Furious" is probably the best comedy of 2001. An impressive feat, considering it isn't supposed to be a comedy.
Somewhere amongst all the ridiculous looking fluorescent sports cars (are these things really supposed to be "cool"?), the inane dialogue, the annoying music, and Paul Walker (that guy can't act his way out of a wet paper bag) we get a plot that's a complete rip-off of "Point Break" and racing scenes that are laughably overdone and NOT INTERESTING.
Another irritating part for me (being a car nut) is the sheer ignorance of cars and of car tuning displayed in this mess. Here are a few of the things I "learned" from this movie:
*Mazda RX-7s have six cylinder engines with overhead cams
*Nitrous oxide is volatile
*NOS is an acronym, and should be pronounced "NAWWWS"
*A 10 second Toyota Supra will have difficulty outrunning a 13 second Ferrari 355 but will have no trouble whatsoever keeping up with a 9 second Dodge Charger
*Nitrous can "blow the welds off" of an intake
*Mitsubishi Eclipses have 7-speed transmissions
*It's possible to invest $100,000 into the engine of a Honda S2000 without putting a jet engine in it
*Experienced drag racers are afraid of 9 second cars
I could really go on forever, but this is just a small sampling. Maybe this film is funniest to someone with car experience, but any bad movie buff is sure to find something to love in it.
1/10 (in terms of cinematic quality) 5/10 (in terms of "Ed Wood" quality)