The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers (WGA):

Ken Li (magazine article "Racer X")
Gary Scott Thompson (screen story)
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Release Date:

22 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

If you have what it takes... You can have it ALL!

Plot:

An undercover cop infiltrates an underworld subculture of Los Angeles street racers looking to bust a hijacking ring, and soon begins to question his loyalties when his new street racing friends become the prime suspects.

Plot Keywords:

Undercover | Street Racing | Hijacking | Car | Police

Awards:

8 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Paul Walker	...	Brian O'Conner
Vin Diesel	...	Dominic Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Letty
Jordana Brewster	...	Mia Toretto
Rick Yune	...	Johnny Tran
Chad Lindberg	...	Jesse
Johnny Strong	...	Leon
Matt Schulze	...	Vince
Ted Levine	...	Sgt. Tanner
Ja Rule	...	Edwin
Vyto Ruginis	...	Harry
Thom Barry	...	Agent Bilkins
Stanton Rutledge	...	Muse
Noel Gugliemi	...	Hector (as Noel Guglielmi)
R.J. de Vera	...	Danny Yamato (as R.J. De Vera)
Beau Holden	...	Ted Gassner
Reggie Lee	...	Lance Nguyen
David Douglas	...	Rasta Racer
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	...	Samoan Guard
Neal H. Moritz	...	Ferrari Driver
Doria Anselmo	...	Ferrari Passenger (as Doria Clare Anselmo)
Glenn K. Ota	...	Johnny's Father
F. Valentino Morales	...	Dispatcher
Mike White	...	Night Truck Driver
Delphine Pacific	...	Racer's Edge Clerk
Monica Tamayo	...	Monica
Megan Baker	...	Gimel
Tammy Monica Gegamian	...	Edwin's Babe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rob Cohen	...	Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)
Chic Daniel	...	LAPD Officer with shotgun (uncredited)
Michael Kehoe	...	Party Crew Member (uncredited)
Norman Gregory McGuire	...	Punk Dude (uncredited)
January Pugh	...	Edwin's Girl (uncredited)
Angela Rockwood	...	Hot Chick (uncredited)
Felicia Tang	...	Hot Chick (uncredited)
Vanessa Viola	...	Hot Chick (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Cohen

Writing credits (WGA)
Ken Li		(magazine article "Racer X")
Gary Scott Thompson		(screen story)
Gary Scott Thompson		(screenplay) and
Erik Bergquist		(screenplay) and
David Ayer		(screenplay)

Produced by
Creighton Bellinger	....	associate producer
Doug Claybourne	....	executive producer
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
John Pogue	....	executive producer

Original Music by
BT

Cinematography by
Ericson Core		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Honess

Casting by
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Waldemar Kalinowski

Art Direction by
Kevin Kavanaugh

Set Decoration by
Florence Fellman

Costume Design by
Sanja Milkovic Hays

Makeup Department
Candida Conery	....	hair stylist (as Candy Conery)
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup artist
Michael Germain	....	key makeup artist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist
Roddy Stayton	....	hair stylist
Judith Tiedemann	....	hair stylist
Georgina Williams	....	hair stylist
Joy Zapata	....	key hair stylist
Timothy A. Miguel	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Clinton Wayne	....	prosthetic technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Doug Claybourne	....	unit production manager
Iram Collantes	....	production manager: Mexico
Ned Kopp	....	unit production manager: second unit
Tava R. Maloy	....	production supervisor: Mexico Unit
Amy Ness	....	production supervisor
Lisa Rodgers	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen V. Johnson	....	second second assistant director: second unit
David Kelley	....	second assistant director: second unit
Steve Love	....	first assistant director: second unit
George Parra	....	first assistant director
John Riley	....	additional second assistant director
Michael Risoli	....	second second assistant director
Mic Rodgers	....	second unit director
Lars P. Winther	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Maria L. Baker	....	set designer
Page Charles	....	construction foreman
Todd Ellis	....	property master: second unit
Monica Frommholz	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Hay	....	set dresser
Daniel Herrera Arau	....	lead man: additional photography, San Felipe B.C.
Joshua Hunt	....	set dresser
Barry Kingston	....	construction coordinator
Steven Kissick	....	carpenter
Helen Kozora	....	set decoration buyer
Lance Larson	....	assistant property master
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
Gregory Lynch Jr.	....	carpenter
Bill MacSems	....	property master
John Mann	....	storyboard artist
Tony Perez	....	lead man
Charles Phillips	....	construction general foreman
Brent Rice	....	lead man
Chris Samp	....	stand-by painter
Alex Sessing	....	key greensman
Edward Tamayo	....	set dresser
Jay Koiwai	....	stand-by painter: second unit (uncredited)
Clint Schultz	....	art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Paul Aulicino	....	first assistant sound editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bruce Barris	....	sound effects recordist
Brian Best	....	sound editor
Felipe Borrero	....	production sound mixer
Bryan M. Cahill	....	boom operator
Michael C. Casper	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Cawley	....	sound assistant
Bradley Clouse	....	sound assistant
Paul Curtis	....	sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Charles Deenen	....	sound designer
Marc Deschaine	....	adr assistant
William Dotson	....	sound editor
Michael Dressel	....	supervising foley editor
Diana Flores	....	adr mixer
Gregg Frazier	....	boom operator
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Glenn Hoskinson	....	sound effects editor
Mildred Iatrou	....	dialogue editor
Eric Justen	....	sound recordist
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Shawn Kennelly	....	sound mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lee Lemont	....	adr editor
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Howard Neiman	....	sound effects editor (as Howard S.M. Neiman)
Steve Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Jay Nierenberg	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Peach	....	sound recordist
David Pigg	....	sound editor
Aaron Rihel	....	sound recordist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Kim Secrist	....	sound effects editor
Cathie Speakman	....	sound editor
Bruce Stambler	....	supervising sound editor
John C. Stuver	....	dialogue editor
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Tim Walston	....	sound designer
Donald L. Warner Jr.	....	sound editor
Richard E. Yawn	....	sound editor
Richard Burnette	....	mix facility coordinator (uncredited)
Martin Schloemer	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Carl D. Ware	....	sound engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
G. Peter King	....	special effects
Andrew Miller	....	special effects foreman
Robert Simokovic	....	special effects supervisor
Matt Sweeney	....	special effects coordinator
George Zamora	....	special effects foreman
Jaime Galindo	....	special effects laborer (uncredited)
Christine Onesky	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	digital compositor
Thad Beier	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead
Constance Bracewell	....	CG supervisor
Pamela Choules	....	visual effects editor
Daniel Chuba	....	executive producer: Hammerhead Productions
Gregory Creaser	....	imaging/timing supervisor: Digiscope
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital artist
Chris Dawson	....	motion control camera operator
Kent Demaine	....	creative director: interactive design
Jamie Dixon	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead Productions
Theresa Ellis	....	digital artist
Elton Garcia	....	digital compositor
Justin Jones	....	visual effects
Mark Kenaston	....	digital artist
Peter Koczera	....	digital compositor
Michael Kory	....	3D animator
Keiko Koyama	....	digital effects coordinator: Digiscope
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor: Digiscope
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects
Rebecca Marie	....	art director: Hammerhead Productions
Rebecca Marie	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Fumi Mashimo	....	animator
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist
Kenneth Nakada	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Lori J. Nelson	....	visual effects producer: post production
Patrick Phillips	....	visual effects
Janet Quen	....	digital effects compositor
Jim Rygiel	....	digital effects
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	motion control technician
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects producer: Digiscope
Andy Tamandl	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts
Mike Wassel	....	visual effects supervisor
Hilda Saffari	....	assistant visual effects editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	stunts (as Tsoyoshi Abe)
Laura Albert	....	stunts
Kenny Alexander	....	stunts
Kenny Bates	....	stunts (as Ken Bates)
Jennifer Caputo	....	stunts
Jacob Chambers	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts
James Clark	....	stunts
Johnny D'Mara	....	stunts (as Johnny D´Mara)
Eddy Donno	....	stunts (as Eddy Dono)
Doc Duhame	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Annie Ellis	....	stunts
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	principal stunt player
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts
Bobby J. Foxworth	....	stunts
Gary Guercio	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jimmy Halty)
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	principal stunt player
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Tom Huff)
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Matt Johnston	....	principal stunt player
Mike Justus	....	principal stunt player
Henry Kingi	....	stunts (as Henry Kingi Sr.)
Joel Kramer	....	stunts
Shawn Lane	....	stunts
Troy Lee	....	stunts
Oakley Lehman	....	stunts
Dustin Meier	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts (as John C. Meier)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts
Chrisie Paola	....	stunts (as Christine Paola)
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Sr.)
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Robby Robinson	....	stunts (as Robbie Robinson)
Troy Robinson	....	stunt double
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt coordinator
Danny Rogers	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	principal stunt player
Amy Rydell	....	stunts
Kevin Scott	....	stunts: truck driver
Ron Stein	....	stunts
Tim Trella	....	principal stunt player
Christopher J. Tuck	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Chris Tuck)
Dirk Vahle	....	stunts
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunts (as Xuyen 'Sam' Valdivia)
Danny Wynands	....	principal stunt player
Jason Ybarra	....	stunt driver
Dick Ziker	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	driving stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez (uncredited)
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunt double: Ja Rule (uncredited)
Lance Gilbert	....	stunt double: Paul Walker (uncredited)
Shawn Lane	....	motorcycle stunts (uncredited)
Stephen Pisani	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Travis Rosario	....	scooter stunt (uncredited)
Tim Trella	....	stunt double driver: Vin Diesel, final race scene (uncredited)
Tim Trella	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Christopher J. Tuck	....	stunt double driver: Paul Walker, final race scene (uncredited)
Danny Wynands	....	stunt double: Vin Diesel (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Rich Artman	....	grip
Gary A. Beaird	....	grip (as Gary 'Bullet' Beaird Jr.)
Carl Boles	....	gaffer
Lisa Bonaccorso	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mike Bonnaud	....	assistant chief lighting technician
John Bonnin	....	libra head technician
Malcolm Brown Jr.	....	camera operator
Kyle Carden	....	grip
Richard L. Carden	....	dolly grip
Rafael 'Rafa' Castro	....	video assistant operator: second unit
Joseph V. Cicio	....	camera operator: second unit
Loren Corl	....	key grip: second unit
John Crimins	....	electrician: second unit
Donald D. Davidson	....	electrician
David E. Diano	....	camera operator: second unit
Bruce Dickson	....	camera operator
David Golia	....	additional camera operator
Oscar Gomez	....	best boy rigging grip
Rick Grover	....	grip
Paul Haagenrud	....	additional camera operator
Scott Hammer	....	key video assist operator
Loren Hillebrand	....	dolly grip: second unit
Mark Hyde	....	grip: second unit
Oscar Inzunza	....	best boy electric
Jimi Johnson	....	video assistant: second unit
Lawrence Karman	....	camera operator
April Kelley	....	camera loader
Al Lieberman	....	key rigging grip
Dave Lujan	....	electrician
Kenji Luster	....	Steadicam operator: "b" camera
Kenji Luster	....	Steadicam operator: "b" camera, second unit
Bob Marshak	....	still photographer
Darin Moran	....	additional assistant camera
Luis Moreno	....	electrician
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator (as James Muro)
J. Michael Muro	....	camera operator (as James Muro)
Pat O'Mara	....	unit grip
Dino Parks	....	gaffer: second unit
Kevin C. Potter	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Presley	....	video assist operator: second unit
Maricella Ramirez	....	assistant camera
David Richert	....	assistant camera
Michael J. Schwartz	....	electrician
Jim Shelton	....	key grip
Conrad Sigurdson	....	rigging electrician
Mike Simko	....	grip
Adam Sudtell	....	grip
Jonathan Taylor	....	director of photography: second unit
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Jeffery J. Tufano	....	camera operator
James Andrew Turpin	....	set lighting rigging best boy
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	additional camera operator
Michael D. Weldon	....	assistant camera
Peter Yauri	....	grip
Andy Young	....	rigging grip
Dan Zarlengo	....	key rigging gaffer
Alfonso Aguilar	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Michael J. Walker	....	additional camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Joel Merritt	....	animator

Casting Department
Stacie Goodman	....	casting associate
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lawrence Quon	....	set costumer
Garet Reilly	....	costume supervisor
Irena Stepic	....	set costumer
Christi Work	....	key costumer
Gregory B. Peña	....	key costumer: second unit (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Brett Carroll	....	first assistant editor
Andy Cohen	....	assistant editor
Peter Ettinger	....	assistant editor
Jonathan Lucas	....	first assistant editor
Steve Moe	....	assistant editor
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein	....	negative cutter (as Mary Nelson Duerrstein)
Staci R. Pontins	....	assistant editor
Dallas Puett	....	additional editor (as Dallas S. Puett)
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Gary Jones	....	music supervisor
Dave Jordan	....	music consultant
Randy Miller	....	conductor
Randy Miller	....	orchestrator
Happy Walters	....	music supervisor
Terry Wilson	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Characky	....	driver
Bernice Culbertson	....	transportation office coordinator
Fred Culbertson	....	transportation captain
John Feinblatt	....	picture car coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Scotty Goudreau	....	driver
Don Haggerty	....	driver
Kevin Hudis	....	driver: car hauler
Alan Kaminsky	....	transportation
William P. Lafon	....	driver: base camp generator
Craig Lietzke	....	transportation captain
David Marder	....	transportation coordinator
William R. Peck	....	driver
Ken Farnell	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alyssa Ailleo	....	office production assistant
Alex Apple	....	key assistant location manager
Gary Bechtel	....	key assistant location manager
Lisa Blackwell	....	production assistant
Sherrie Bradshaw	....	assistant production accountant
Kevin A. Canamar	....	medic: second unit
Cory Cate	....	production assistant
Mike Currie	....	set production assistant
Chic Daniel	....	police technical advisor
Claudia Eastman	....	location manager: second unit
Leann Emmert	....	assistant location manager
Louis Farah	....	set medic
Nicholas Fitzgerald	....	production assistant (as Nicholas S. Fitzgerald)
Brian Floyd	....	production assistant
Susan Gee	....	production financing
Colleen Gibbons	....	assistant location manager
Steven Hacker	....	production assistant
Josh Hernandez	....	production assistant
Ryan Hintz	....	post-production accountant
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
Jody Hummer	....	location manager
Pamela Jaeckle	....	production coordinator
Karen Johnson	....	production assistant
Michael Kehoe	....	craft service
Rachel Kerns	....	production assistant (as Rachel Fecchio)
Timber Kislan	....	payroll accountant
Gary Kurashige	....	on-set medic
Brandon Lambdin	....	set production assistant
Robert Lane	....	assistant accountant
Deborah Laub	....	location manager
Solomon J. LeFlore	....	production financing
Amanda Lewis	....	assistant: Mr. Moritz (as Amanda Cohen)
Efrain Lomeli	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Juan Jose Meza-Leon	....	on-set production assistant: Mexico
Geeta Patel	....	associate writer
Michelle Purple	....	assistant: Mr. Cohen (as Michelle Glass)
Kristin Randall	....	assistant: Mr. Claybourne
Betty Riggs	....	assistant production coordinator
Betty Riggs	....	production secretary
Michael Singer	....	unit publicist
Lucas Solomon	....	video/computer graphics
Rhys Summerhayes	....	set production assistant
Mark Swenson	....	assistant production coordinator
Vicki Thornton	....	production coordinator
Ken Twohy	....	production assistant: second unit
Paul Walker III	....	firearms consultant
Gabrielle Wallack Godfrey	....	production coordinator: second unit (as Gabrielle Wallack)
Heather Wusterbarth	....	set production assistant
H. Leah Amir	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Mark Chambers	....	production safety (uncredited)
Robert Fabra	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Angie Popko	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mollie Stallman	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Original Film
• Mediastream Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• East West (2001) (Russia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Japan) (theatrical) (Far East)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2004) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (200?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• DVD Service (200?) (Russia) (DVD)
• SBS6 (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Digiscope (additional visual effects)
• Hammerhead Productions
• Illusion Arts (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by (as Clairmont)
• Def Jam Recordings  soundtrack published by
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Howard Anderson Company, The  opticals
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  trailers
• Murder Inc. Records  soundtrack published by
• Picture Mill, The  titles (as The Picture Mill)
• RPM Group  promotion and marketing
• SoundStorm  sound editing
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  orchestra recorded at (as Todd AO Scoring Stage)
• UMG Soundtracks  soundtrack published by

Also Known As:

Racer X (USA) (working title)
Redline (USA) (working title)
Street Wars (USA) (working title)
The Fast and the Furious (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38053) | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:14 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Cha Cha Cha Restaurant, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Working titles for the movie included "Racer X", "Redline" and "Race Wars".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Brian spins his Eclipse out while testing it in the stadium parking lot. You can clearly see that the reverse lights are on while the car is spinning. Indicating that they were doing reverse donuts to film the shot.

Quotes:

Brian: What was the deal back there?
Dom: It's a long story.
Brian: We have a twenty mile hike. Humor me.
Dom: A business deal that went sour. Plus I made the mistake of sleeping with his sister.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saxondale: (#1.6)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Another One Bites the Dust

No brains, but this simple movie deserves a look.

FAST AND THE FURIOUS does not try to be something it is not. Therefore, it surprises me to no end that I will say that FURIOUS is a decent movie. For dialogue, everything is one-lined crazy nonsense. Most characters are ultimately cruel to everyone and each other. Some lame brained antics are done. But it all works out. FAST AND THE FURIOUS is definitely for these times and shows all aspects of the real world and who survives in it through cars and the people that drive them.

After losing his job to Dominic Toretto, an untouchable to some, Brian sets out to win his respect by putting his car on the line against the speed demon. Meanwhile, the cops are desperately seeking the perpetrators of several truck hijackings and believe Toretto is the man behind it.

With a built of guilt in me, I am proud of saying that FURIOUS was impressive in its execution. The editing was top notch, the camera work well laid out and some surprising acting from a script made of cardboard. There was not much you could do with FURIOUS, but then it starts to feature more on the engines than the cars themselves. It also never forgets the story. FAST AND THE FURIOUS smokes the competition in its genre, if only for the moment.