Review of The Fast and the Furious (2001) by Brendan C — 14 Apr 2013

This movie was like pop music. I felt like it mostly was, just a bunch of cool cars, races, hot girls, and buff guys like Vin Diesel. The film is like candy for the mind, but then again I feel that way about most action movies for some reason. I like action when there is a good plot, but this film had a bad story in my opinion, and I feel that most people like it because of the cool races, cars, and girls. Well a lot of people tell me that's why they liked it at least, so I feel there is a percentage of people who love these films just for those reasons. I will admit that the cars were pretty awesome, but this is just not my thing. I think you have to be a gear head to love these films, which I am not. I am just a movie buff that spends all of his time watching and reviewing movies. I find that movies like these don't really appeal to guys like me who look at films the way I do. I find that I like it when there is a plot and not just a lot of action, and this film I felt like had more action then it had a plot. I find that the film is hard to review because there isn't very much to review about it, because it has no themes, and it doesn't have that much of a plot to think about. I can respect why people would like it, but it just isn't my thing.

It is about underground races and an LAPD officer named Brian O'Conner (Paul walker) who has to go undercover to investigate the illegal street-racing scene. After he gets a cover job at the Racer's Edge he enters one of the races he fried the engine because he doesn't know how to race. He wins the respect of Dominic (Vin Diesel) after he saves him from being arrested. Then it just goes downhill from there.

There isn't any acting really, and when there is acting it isn't impressive in any way. I don't like Vin Diesel that much or anybody in this film. They just don't have any skills to do anything besides action. The best actors should be able to do dramas, and stuff that isn't just action. I don't think Vin Diesel has the ability to do any acting that is difficult at all, and that is why he resorts to these kinds of films.

I didn't like this movie, because it felt to thoughtless, and just like any standard action movie. Well most action movies are standard action movies, but this one is more unique though, so saying it's a standard action film I guess isn't fair to say. I just am not that much of an action guy. When I said that the film is like pop music I meant that it is like a poppy song that doesn't have any thought provoking or interesting music or lyrics. This film doesn't have anything in it that makes you think at all. The film is well done, but it is not that good. Completely overrated, and the only reason why it got a 40 is because it was entertaining, but it barely deserved that. I will see some of the sequels to see if they get better for me though.