Walker and Diesel give good performances, and great stunts help this movie a lot

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2002)

Vin Deisel and Paul Walker give good performances as cop and street racer, and the great stunts and action help the crummy story line. Walker play Brian O'Connor, undercover cop who is trying to bust street racers in L.A. Dominic (Diesel) is one of them. However, as Brian is sucked in to the street racer world, he and Dominic become better friends. One thing Dominic does not know about Brian is that he is a cop. As war clashes between Dominic and his rival Johnny Tran, the cops start closing in on the street racers. The story is really stupid, but the great stunts and action make up for that. Vin Diesel is great in his role and new star Walker, is great as well. In Dominic's words "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning," "The Fast and the Furious" comes out to be a winner, by one inch.
*** out of ****