Na ulicach Los Angeles każdej nocy rozgrywa się samochodowy wyścig o tytuł mistrza. Królem asfaltu jest niepokonany Dominic Toretto, który bez trudu zostawia w tyle przeciwników. Dominic i jego rywal, Johnny Tran, są najodważniejsi, najszybsi, do czasu, aż pojawia się ktoś, kto nie waha się rzucić im wyzwania. Wiedzą, że jest twardy, wiedzą, że jest szybki, ale nie zdają sobie sprawy, że jest detektywem, który gotów jest na wszystko, by stawić im czoła. "Szybcy i wściekli" to thriller sensacyjny, który łączy zawrotną akcję z zapierającymi dech w piersiach popisami kaskaderskimi. Zapnij pasy, wstrzymaj oddech, bo czeka cię szalona jazda na złamanie karku.
Fast & Furious feels like something of a reunion for the popular franchise. After neither filled out the starring roles in the third film,
Tokyo Drift, both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker returned to the franchise for this fourth, and between them managed to power it to become the most successful in the series to date.
With Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster also returning, Fast & Furious goes back to the streets where the series started, as once-rivals Diesel and Walker face, for the first time, a shared enemy. This, of course, is just the necessary groundwork before all concerned can jump into a series of impressive vehicles and drive them really, really quickly. Which, of course, they do.
It’s brilliantly shot, too, with razor-sharp editing, fast pacing and some outstanding camerawork that leaves you feeling at the very heart of the action. There’s not a great script underpinning it all, and a few more action sequences wouldn’t hurt, but the slower moments are ably carried by the returning cast. It’s hard to work out whether Fast & Furious needed Diesel and Walker the most, or whether the actors themselves needed the film, but marrying them all together really does pay dividends.
Naturally enough, there’s scope left behind for a fifth film, which given the major success that Fast & Furious deservedly enjoyed is no threat whatsoever. It might not be anywhere near the most intelligent film you’ll see in your life, but it’s a movie that knows what it wants to do, and has a great deal of fun doing it. More, please… --Jon Foster
