Excellent

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2001)

Honestly, I was expecting a B movie, but I was blown away by the Fast and the Furious. The film is fast paced and exciting all the way through. The actors are young and beautiful and play their parts with such angst and innocence that you really feel for them (you don't cry for them or anything). The car scenes are fantastic. The fast cuts, the real stunts, the beautiful cars, the humming of the engines... everything was assembled to recreate an intense atmosphere. On my drive home from the screening I was revving up my engine, accelerating only to slow down, and truly enjoying my five speed manual. What was nice about The Fast and the Furious was that even though people are gunned down by machine guns, the film had a very G rated feel to it. There is no gratuitous sex, no over the top violence, no crazy unexpected explosions... and no superfluous CGI. What I like to call a movie that is somewhat true to reality. And these kinds of films are a pleasure to watch because you can slip in and out of them with ease. Granted I love fast driving and this movie hit the spot.