The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Plot

Elite street racer and ex-convict Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew: Jesse (Chad Lindberg), Leon (Johnny Strong), Vincent (Matt Schulze), and Dominic's girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), use modified 1992-95' Honda Civics to perpetrate a string of high-speed, semi-truck hijackings, stealing over $6 million in merchandise. Los Angeles Police Department officer Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is sent undercover on a joint investigation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to apprehend the gang. Brian uses his cover job at The Racer's Edge, an aftermarket parts shop, to make connections and infiltrate the local street racing scene. He enters his modified 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS into an illegal race with Dominic and two other drivers by bartering the pink slips, but loses and damages his vehicle in the process. Brian gains Dominic's respect and arrives in time to prevent Dominic from being caught by police responding to the race. As they flee, Dominic and Brian accidentally venture into southern California's "Little Saigon", encountering Dominic's rival, Johnny Tran (Rick Yune) and his gang, who open fire with submachine guns; rupturing the nitrous oxide tank and destroying the Eclipse in the resulting explosion.

The next day, Brian delivers a totaled 1995 Toyota Supra to Dominic's shop and offers his talents as a driver to repay the debt incurred from losing the race. Brian begins dating Dominic's sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) and Jesse goes to work restoring the Supra. The investigation eventually leads Brian to suspect Tran and his gang of performing the hijackings and he reports the findings to his superior, Sergeant Tanner (Ted Levine) and F.B.I. Special Agent Bilkins (Thom Barry). However, the subsequent raid of Tran's garage prove him to be innocent and Bilkins and Tanner return to their original theory that Dominic and his crew are the perpetrators. Tanner warns Brian not to let his feelings for Mia or his friendship with Dominic cloud his judgment, and Bilkin's gives Brian thirty-six hours to break the case.

With the Supra now fully prepped to race, Brian presses Dominic for information regarding his income, citing the shop alone wouldn't pay for all his racing expenditures. Dominic gives Brian an invitation to "Race Wars", a massive street racing event held in the desert, and informs him they'll talk once Brian has proven his worth on the strip. Jesse races and loses his imprisoned father's modified 1995 Volkswagen Jetta to Tran's modified 2000 Honda S2000. Jesse panics and hastily flees the track, prompting Tran to confront Dominic and demand that he retrieve the car for him. Dominic refuses and is provoked into a fight in which he brutally beats Tran. Early the next morning, Dominic and his crew leave Race Wars to commit another hijacking.

Brian confesses to Mia his status as an undercover cop and convinces her to come with him to save her brother and his friends from the armed truck drivers. He tracks Dominic's location by triangulating his cell phone signal and they arrive at the hijacking in-progress to find Vince critically wounded, having been shot by the truck driver. Brian and Mia work together with Dominic, Leon and Letty to rescue Vince. Brian then makes the difficult decision to blow his cover to the crew by phoning in for a medivac. The revelation enrages Dominic, but he contains himself and flees with Leon, Letty and Mia as the medivac arrives for Vince.

Brian follows Dominic to his house and holds him at gunpoint to prevent him from fleeing. Jesse arrives shortly afterwards, apologizing for his actions at Race Wars and pleading for Dominic's help with Tran. Moments later, Tran and his cousin Lance (Reggie Lee) perform a drive-by shooting and murder Jesse. Brian and Dominic chase them, with Dominic driving his late father's modified 1970 Dodge Charger. Dominic forces Lance's motorcycle off the road, severely injuring him, while Brian shoots and kills Tran. Afterwards, Brian and Dominic engage in an impromptu street race, narrowly avoiding a passing train. Dominic is then badly injured when he sideswipes the nose of a semi-truck; rendering the Charger unable to drive. Instead of arresting him, Brian hands over the keys to the Supra and lets Dominic escape, making good on his promise to deliver a "ten second car." Hearing the police sirens in the distance, Brian walks away from the scene as he is now a wanted fugitive. Some time later, Dominic is seen driving through Baja, Mexico in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.

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