Fast and Furious: Money, Women, Cars
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May 1, 2009 • written by Londyn Lorenz
Filed under Entertainment
Engines rev and tires squeal as Dom and Brian take off into traffic, hitting more than 100 miles per hour. Neck and neck until the last stretch, Dom realizes he might not beat Brian. He then swerves and smashes into Brain’s car, forcing him off the road and into a ditch, giving Dom the win and the spot on the team.
Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Connor’s (Paul Walker) paths cross once more in “Fast and Furious.” Brian is once again undercover and Dom is still running from the cops. Dom is after revenge against a drug dealer named Braga and his crony Fenix, who killed Dom’s girlfriend Leticia Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez). In order to stay alive, Brian and Dom are forced settle old differences and team up.
Toretto is a street racing tough guy, who in almost every movie ends up smashing some guys face in. Even though he is one of the heroes he doesn’t always follow the law. In “The Fast and Furious” series he makes his living stealing from truck drivers by riskily taking their cargo while their still driving. His character is admirable because he has a set of rules that make up his way of life, and he won’t break those rules for anything. He manages to stay about the same his character doesn’t change much.
In “The Fast and the Furious,” O’Connor starts out as an undercover cop, but as the movies progress he gets deeper into the street racing world. O’Connor begins to question which world he wants to belong to, the fast and exciting street or the law abiding police force. His character progresses throughout the series, becoming more carefree and wild. O’Connor spends most of the series trying to figure out what his values are making it hard to decide what side he’s on.
The characters can sometimes be hard to relate to, often leaving viewers wondering if people would actually react like they do. In “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” Han (Sung Kang) borrows his car to Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), a country kid from the states who has never drifted before. He says later that he knew he would probably total the car but he wanted to see what his character was like.
Cars with sick body work, bumpin stereo systems, chicks dancing and ultra hot racers, is what “The Fast and Furious” series is all about. Each movie varies, but the basic plot is the same, good guy versus bad guy. The phrase good guy is used lightly because the protagonists in all of the movies are also involved with several illegal actions.
With cars varying from American muscle (Dominic’s 1970 Charger R/T) to imports (Roman’s 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T Spyder,) there is a wide variety of awesomely tricked out cars.
The body work on some of the cars is absolutely amazing. In “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” Twinkie’s 2004 Volkswagen Touran is made to look like the Hulk with fist and feet prints coming out the side and a picture of a screaming cartoon Hulk on the front.
A burning semi rolls and slams its way towards Dom and Letty leaving no room to get around it. Dom starts revving his engine and Letty begins to panic knowing what he plans. The Semi bounces and Dom guns it sliding under the semi, barely making it though. While this is a cool stunt, like others in the series it’s not entirely believable.
Almost every action scene in “The Fast and Furious” series is some form of street racing. There are a variety of different racing types in the movies such as street, drag, and drifting. The most exciting being street racing because drivers must not only prove their car is fast but also that they can drive well. Drifting would be the hardest, forcing the drivers to spin around tight corners at high speeds.
“The Fast and the Furious” series did not come out in chronological order “The Fast and the Furious” (2001) is the first followed by, “Fast and Furious” (2009) which is happening at the same time as “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (2006) followed by “2 Fast 2 Furious” (2003). “Fast and the Furious 5” is currently in the making with talk about a “Fast and Furious 6.”
The characters in the movies vary often only showing up in one movie or skipping out on some. Dom is in three of the four movies and in “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” he only makes a guest appearance at the end. Brian is completely left out of “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift.”
“Fast and Furious” is called a series, but “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” and “2 Fast 2 Furious” seem more like side stories. “The Fast and The Furious” and “Fast and Furious” appear to be the only ones that follow a continuing story line.
Ruthless cops, thieving heroes, and a blurred line between doing what the law says is right and what your gut says is right, all make for fast, action-packed movies.
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