I was bias going into this movie

Rating: 8/10 (5 August 2009)

I was Bias going into this movie. I grew up in the 80's, so I love Muscle Car and TV shows and movies staring Muscle Cars, 1979 The Dukes of Hazard, staring The General Lee 1969 Dodge Charger, 1982 Knight Rider, staring KITT 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, and 1981 Cannon ball Run staring? I have to give it to the Black Lamborghini Countach. So to nobodies surprise my first car was a 1973 split bumper Camaro, that I still own today.
So when The Fast and the Furious came to theater I refused to see this movie. I hated the idea of Tunner cars that much. It was not until about a year later that I was sitting at home up late one weekend when this movie came on HBO I was hoping this movie would board me to sleep but instead I stayed up loving every minute of this movie, so much so I later had to up grade the 350 in my 1973 Camaro with a 383 and when it came time for me to buy an new car I bought a 2007 Honda Civic.
Why I loved this movie, the race scene were awesome like nothing seen before, it is amazing what they did with the camera angles, special effects and the sounds. The plot worked well with the race scene environment and yes it was stolen from Point Break another movie I loved. The movie relied on a good mix of both the action from the races and the emotions and history of the characters to keep the views involved, the main focus on Dominic, but giving enough of the other characters so the movie was not just all about Dom. Finally there were a lot of awesome cars, some were a little over done with graphics but they made up for it with the 1970 Dodge Charger at the end.
All in all this movie is a great combination of a good plot, good character development, and great action and cool cars.