The Fast and the Furious (2001)

The Fast and the Furious is a 2001 street racing action film starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.

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. The plot is loosely similar to Point Break. The concept was loosely inspired by a Vibe magazine article about street racing in New York City. It bears no relation to the earlier racing film of the same name. The Fast and the Furious film series was followed by 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009) (which belong after 2 Fast 2 Furious) and Fast Five (2011).

Plot of the movie is The Fast & the Furious is loosely based on an article in a magazine about street clubs that race Japanese cars late at night. Domenic Toretto is the leader of a street gang that is under suspicion of stealing expensive electronic equipment. Brian O'Connor is an undercover police officer attempts to find out who exactly is stealing the equipment, while falling for Domenic's younger sister, Mia.
The only cars to feature in both “Fast and Furious” films were Neal H. Moritz's navy-colored Ferrari F355, and Dom's RX-7. In the first film, the F355 was used in the Malibu race scene and then parked outside Verone's house in 2 Fast 2 Furious. The RX-7 was changed and used again in the second film as Orange Julius' car in the first race scene.

The film's score was composed by music producer BT, mixing Electronica with Hip-hop and Industrial influences. Two soundtracks were released for the movie. The first one features mostly hip-hop and rap music. The second one, titled More Fast and Furious: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture The Fast and the Furious, features alternative metal, Post-grunge and Nu metal songs, as well as select tracks from BT's score.

The film has spawned four sequels: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), and Fast Five (2011) with a sixth installment on the works. Paul Walker returned for 2 Fast 2 Furious, teaming up with Tyrese Gibson, but sat out for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Lucas Black starred instead, and Vin Diesel made a cameo at the end. The third sequel, Fast & Furious, featured Diesel, Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster reprising and returning to their roles from the first film. The fourth sequel, Fast Five, featured most of the major stars from the previous films, excluding Michelle Rodriguez (though a photo of her intriguingly featured in a post-credits scene) and Lucas Black.

The title rights, not the story rights, to the film The Fast and the Furious were purchased so that the title could be used on this project, another film about racing. The original film was shown in a theater owned by the grandfather of producer Neal H. Moritz. Well, viewers can watch out the movie on watch free movies online website signal9.