Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Director: Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Annapolis)
Running Time: 1 hr 47 min
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Budget: $80 million
Critics’ Thumbs Up: 34 %
“The reunion is fun and frantic…” Desson Thomson, Washington Post
“Feels about as fresh and lively as a piece of burnt rubber.” Claudia Puig, USA Today
Fast & Furious, the action-heavy fourth installment in the car fanatic franchise, is more like slow & lame with a plot that’s as empty as a flat tire. All you get here are elaborate chase scenes, flimsy dialogue, barely clothed girls, crashes and close-ups of car parts as fugitive Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and FBI agent Brian O’Conner (Walker) reunite to bust a nasty drug lord. If you’ve got a Y chromosome and you’re looking for a thrill ride watching souped-up cars perilously zoom around Los Angeles, hop in. Otherwise, here’s hoping the franchise’s creative forces break down like a bad engine before giving us Fast & Furious Five.
Fast & Furious
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana BrewsterDirector: Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Annapolis)Running Time: 1 hr 47 minRelease Date: April 3, 2009Budget: $80 millionCritics’ Thumbs Up: 34 %“The reunion is fun and frantic…” Desson Thomson, Washington Post“Feels about as fresh and lively as a piece of burnt rubber.” Claudia Puig, USA Today Fast & Furious, the action-heavy fourth installment in the car fanatic franchise, is more like slow & lame with a plot that’s as empty as a flat tire. All you get here are elaborate chase scenes, flimsy dialogue, barely clothed girls, crashes…
