Brian Spilner is an car parts salesman by day and a wannabe street racer by night. This latter ambition brings him into the circle of Dominic Toretto, a tough, gravelly-voiced racer with a knack for winning. The two have already crossed paths due to Brian's interest in Dom's sister, Mia, and before long Brian seems to be well-ingratiated with all the Toretto family. But is Brian who he appears to be?
I very much doubt that the makers of The Fast and the Furious expected to launch a multi-billion dollar phenomenon that nearly two decades later would have eight films in the main franchise and multiple spin-offs in the works. And yes, since you ask, I am looking forward to Hobbs & Shaw. And yet that's exactly what they did with this combination of fast cars, manly men, and women in short shorts.
The epochal excess of later films in the franchise is not yet in effect here, though. The stunts are more grounded (though still impressive) and the plot is fairly standard cops and robbers stuff in the same town, with none of the international espionage antics (and increasingly star-stuffed cast) that later entries feature.
But hey, if you want to see where it all began ... or just enjoy a swaggeringly silly bit of car chase silliness ... then this might be the film for you.
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