With B. Luciano Barsuglia, Kenny Connolly, Andrew Kubasek, Andrew Roberts, Kyle Roberts.
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Before the impossible stunts, submarines, international espionage, and trips to space, The Fast and the Furious was just a bunch of street racers, undercover cops, DVD players, Corona, and FAMILY.
This week on Winners, Losers & Lovers, we’re going back to 2001 and the movie that launched one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood history. Andrew, Kenny, and Kyle are firmly in the Fast & Furious camp.
Andy has mixed emotions. Brian has one fairly significant problem: HE’S ALREADY SEEN POINT BREAK.
Swap surfing for street racing, Patrick Swayze for Vin Diesel, Keanu Reeves for Paul Walker, and bank robbers for truck hijackers, and the similarities get pretty damn hard to ignore. But does that actually make The Fast and the Furious a bad movie?
Or did it take a familiar formula, give it a completely different attitude, and create something audiences hadn’t seen before? We revisit Vin Diesel’s star-making turn as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Jordana Brewster as Mia, the gloriously early-2000s street-racing culture, the endlessly quotable dialogue, and the humble beginnings of a franchise that eventually decided the laws of physics were merely suggestions.
Is the original a WINNER, LOSER, or something we just can’t help but LOVE?
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