Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15320 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-02-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 102 minutes

Synopsis
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire, he can't cough up the cash to race, but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts, Dom, Brian, and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments, he loses the race and his car. Brian's debt is quickly cleared, however, when he saves Dom both from the cops and from a potentially violent encounter with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune), a rival gang lord. Dom takes Brian under his wing--a decision that disgusts his gang but delights his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). The gang never suspects that Brian is not who he seems: he is actually an undercover cop, and though he wishes otherwise, he's there to bust Dom for committing the armed truck robbery witnessed in the opening scenes.

Customer Reviews

WOW
Ok, so the film isnt the most intellectual (I had to look up the spelling of that so I guess I'm not either) but its great ride. However the quality of this film is stunning. Its my first HD-DVD and it looks fantastic, the only image quality I've ever seen that gets near was when I saw Finding Nemo at the Odeon in Leister Square when it was being shown digitally.

Worth buying just to show off your new system. Just need to convince my partner we need a new 46 inch 1080p TV in the front room and I'll be sorted.

Fast and furiously good on HD DVD!
Fast and the Furious for me is one of those really enjoyable Saturday night movies, where you can site in and watch fast cars and fast paced action, its almost like watching a video game, although it is basically like watching a remake of Point Break (surfing movie with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze) except with cars. Vin Diesel is pretty good in it too, and while the acting isn't always the greatest its not bad from the rest of the cast. I was hoping when I got this HD DVD disc that it would have a really good transfer as the original DVD version looked great with incredible colours and very sharp vivid detail. I'm happy to say that this version is even better as the colorus really stand out and the detail is pretty stunning, especially the scenes at Race Wars in the desert as colours are so intense and the image just stands out.

Also this is one of the most reasonably priced HD DVDs out at the moment (£14.99) and it also features the same range of extras as the original DVD so if you want to choose a film to show off the HD format, I'd recommend this one.