Tagline: New model, original parts.
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the adrenaline-fueled franchise-Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets of L.A., they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars along the crowded streets of the city and across international lines in a high-octane action-thriller from director Justin Lin.
It’s been eight years since ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) drove across the Mexican border, committing himself to a fugitive existence. Now, holed up in a beach shack in the Dominican Republic, and living on the run with the sole remnant of his past, Letty (Rodriguez), he tries to piece together a new life. But he knows the authorities are always just steps behind him.
When a tragic death of someone he loves brings him back to L.A., Dom reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). As they are forced to confront a shared enemy, a sociopathic drug kingpin who is flooding the U.S. with lethal product, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him and avenge the tragedy that he caused their small de facto family to endure.
Infiltrating the underground network means earning a spot on a heist squad that moves high-grade heroin across the border from Mexico through almost unnavigable tunnels carved into the caves. Two lieutenants in the cartel, Campos (John Ortiz) and Fenix (Laz Alonso), are the only ones who can provide the access Dom and Brian need and the answers they’re after.
As Dom, his sister Mia (Brewster) and Brian rediscover the family bond that was torn apart so long ago, the unlikely allies again find themselves pitted against one another in a race that takes them to the brink. Now, from convoy heists on the mountainous countryside of the Dominican Republic to precision tunnel crawls across the floor of the Mexican desert, two men will find the best way to get revenge: Push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Returning to this chapter is a talented production crew of series favorites led by director Lin and producers Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Michael Fottrell. Chris Morgan writes from characters based on the work of Gary Scott Thompson.
Also rejoining the series is an accomplished behind-the-scenes team, including production designer Da Random, composer Brian Taylor, costume designer Sanja Milkovic Hays and executive producer Amanda Levis.
Cinematographer Amir Mokri joins Lin’s group for Fast & Furious, along with editors Christian Wagner and Fred Raskin, Samantha Vincent serves as an executive producer.
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Fast & Furious
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Laz Alonso, Gal Gadot, Shea Whigham
Directed by: Justin Lin
Screenplay by: Chris Morgan
Release Date: April 3rd, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $154,069,870 (44.6%)
Foreign: $191,583,514 (55.4%)
Total: $345,653,384 (Worldwide)