The Fast and the Furious (2001 film) Totally Explained

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The Fast and the Furious (known as Wild Speed in Japan) is a 2001 car film starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, and directed by Rob Cohen. The Fast and the Furious was the first mainstream film to feature the Asian automotive import scene in North America. It is the first film in The Fast and the Furious film series.

Plot

The film begins as we see an elaborate truck hijacking involving three souped up Honda Civics and a semi carrying electronic equipment. One of the Honda's races in front of the truck, pops off its sunroof and launches a grappling hook of some kind into the truck's windshield. The windshield is pulled off and another hook is fired inside the cab where the hijackers climb inside and overtake the truck driver (all this while still going 70 mph down the road).
   We then cut to the empty parking lot of Dodger Stadium where Brian O'Conner is testing out his high performance car. He's not happy with it and decides he needs more NOS (nitrous oxide). We next see him at an old diner where he's been going everyday for the last few weeks for lunch. He is slowly befriending the waitress Mia whose brother is Dominic Toretto, head of the local street racers.
   Some of Dom's street racing gang members don't like Brian hanging around the diner so he gets beat up. Dom stops the beating but tells Brian to stay away.
   That night there's a major street race about to happen. Everyone is waiting for the local hero, Dom to show up and when he does, the race is ready. Brian shows up too with his now NOS'ed up car and offers Dom his car title if he loses.
   Dom accepts and the race begins between four cars. Brian slowly takes the lead but at the last second, Dom hits his nitrous and overtakes him. He has just won Brian's car. Suddenly Leon hears on his scanner that the police are coming and everyone drives off in different directions.
   Eventually, the police catch up with Dom who is now on foot but out of nowhere, Brian shows up, tells Dom to get in and races away from the police. In all the confusion, they end up in a rival Asian racer Johnny Tran and his gang's turf, who show up on motorcycles. Dom and Brian agree to leave but just before they do Johnny Tran's gang shoots up Brian's car, destroying it.
   We then learn all about the "Race Wars" coming up in a few days. This is a legitimate race where street racers from all over the country compete. We also discover that Brian is an undercover cop, trying to solve the truck hijacking spree in southern California.
   Brian sneaks into Johnny Tran's gang garage and discovers cases and cases of electronic equipment. The swat team storm the house of Johnny Tran only to find non-stolen property. Brian is given 36 hours to solve the case The Race War begins but the only real excitement is when Dom's somewhat brilliant yet mentally challenged mechanic, Jesse, takes his dad's souped up Jetta and challenges Johnny Tran to a race for car titles. Johnny Tran wins and the panicked Jesse, instead of giving up his dad's car, drives away.
   Meanwhile, we learn for sure that Dom and his gang are involved in the hijackings and in fact, are headed off for another one that night. Brian confesses to Dom's sister that he's falling in love with her and that he's a cop. Brian has become close friends now with Dom and wants to stop the hijacking . Brian heads out with Dom's sister to try to find Dom and use Dom's cell phone to trace his whereabouts. They discover where he's and will get there in about 40 minutes. The hijacking isn't going so well. Seems the truckers are onto the gang now so the truck that they picked out, unfortunately has a driver with a shotgun. He starts shooting at the Honda's and the drivers and in fact, has Dom's main henchman, Vince, stuck on the side of the truck, while barreling down the freeway.
   Brian arrives just in time, frees Vince and crashes onto the side of the road. Vince needs instant medical assistance so Brian calls in a medi-vac, using his police credentials.
   Dom sees that Brian is actually a cop and drives off in disgust. Brian heads to Dom's house but when he arrives, Dom is about to leave to find Jesse who drive off during the race war. Just before he leaves, Jesse shows up and apologizes. Too late as the Johnny Tran and his cousin, Lance, show up on motorcycles and fire machine guns into Jesse's Jetta, killing Jesse.
   Dom and Brian take off after the motorcycles and a small chase begins. It finally ends with the gang crashing their bikes as Brian makes sure someone calls 911 to help him. He's still after Dom.
   They finally meet up with each other at a stop light. Dom explains to Brian that this is where he raced as a kid. A quarter mile down the road are train tracks which make a perfect finish line.
   The race is on...

A train is coming and now the race isn't between each other but between the two of them and the train. They cross the tracks just a split second before the train. As Dom looks over to Brian, he doesn't see a truck and crashes his car into it. Brian pulls him out of the accident but hears the police coming. Brian gives Dom the keys to his car so Dom can escape from the police, (after all, Dom won his car earlier in the movie).
The movie ends as we see Dom tearing out of the scene with the sound of police sirens approaching. Brian walks away.

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 - Vincent
Ted Levine - Sgt. Tanner
Ja Rule - Edwin
Thom Barry - Agent Bilkins
Vyto Ruginis - Harry

Box office

The film was an unexpected summer hit. It grossed $40,089,015 on its opening weekend, surpassing the film's $38 million budget. A trailer for the movie was included in the 2001 PlayStation 2 game Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero which is part of the influential long running Shutokou Battle series itself inspired by the Freeway Speedway 1980s movies.

Featured cars

Various modified and upgraded cars are featured in the movie, including the following:

Car	Color	Year	Driven by	Condition/Fate in Film
Dodge Charger (B-body)	Black	1970	Dominic Toretto.	Wrecked after colliding with the front-end of a semi-truck after narrowly missing a train; racing with Brian's Toyota Supra.
Chevrolet Chevelle SS	Red/Black Stripes	1970	Dominic Toretto	Shown at the end of the credits when Dominic is in Baja, Mexico
Mitsubishi Eclipse (Either RS)	Neon Green	1995	Brian O'Conner	Shot at by Johnny Tran; destroyed after ruptured nitrous tanks explode; equipped with 4G63 motor
Honda Civic 2dr Coupe	Black (with green underglow)	1995	Dominic Toretto	Sustains critical engine damage from semi-trailer driver's shotgun blows.
Honda Civic 2dr Coupe	Black (with green underglow)	1995	Leon
Honda Civic 2dr Coupe	Black (with green underglow)	1995	Letty	Critical physical and cosmetic damage after being side-swiped by a semi-trailer
Honda S2000 (AP1)	Black (with Asian graphics)	2000	Johnny Tran
Honda Civic	White	1993	Danny Yamato
Mazda RX-7 FD3S	Red	1993	Dominic Toretto	Stashed away in a parking garage. Last seen driven to Dominic's house to see the Dodge Charger in his garage and at racewars.
Nissan Maxima SE EX	Blue	1999	Vince	Seen in the beginning of the movie when they pull in and Vince askes Jesse about the Supercharger. Last seen doing a smoke show when Vince leaves in anger because Brian was at the team's cookout.
Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R	Yellow	1995	Leon
Toyota Supra (2JZ-GE)	Orange	1994	Brian's second car	Dom fled with it after crashing his Dodge Charger R/T, Brian handed his car keys to him. In the movie Jesse referred to spending $10,000-$15,000 on this car. In reality there was over $150,000 dollars invested in the Supra.
Volkswagen Jetta (A3 Type 1H)	White	1995	Jesse	Shot at by Johnny Tran's gang in a drive-by at Toretto's home. Jesse is also shot during the incident.Unknown if Jesse dies or not
Acura Integra GS-R	Turquoise	1993	Mia Toretto
Ferrari F355 F1 Spyder	Black	1999	Neal Moritz (the film's producer)
Nissan 240SX (S14 Silvia) 2dr Coupe	Purple	1997	Letty
Ford F-150 SVT Lightning	Red	1999	Harry (Company car—driven by Brian)
Acura Integra	Red/Yellow	1996	Edwin
Honda Civic	Gold	1992	Hector

Sequels

The film spawned 2 sequels; 2 Fast 2 Furious and . Walker returned for the first sequel, teaming up with Tyrese Gibson, but sat out for the second. Lucas Black starred in the second sequel. There is a third sequel in the works titled "Fast and Furious", with Diesel, Walker and Rodriquez reprising their roles from the first film.

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