Fast & Furious

By Faijan Meman,

This article is about the 2009 film. For the film series it belongs to, see The Fast and the Furious (series). For other uses, see The Fast and the Furious.

Fast & Furious
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Justin Lin
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz Vin Diesel Michael Fottrell
Written by	Chris Morgan
Based on	Characters by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring	Vin Diesel Paul Walker Michelle Rodriguez Jordana Brewster John Ortiz Laz Alonso Gal Gadot Sung Kang
Music by	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	Amir Mokri
Editing by	Christian Wagner Fred Raskin
Studio	Relativity Media Original Film One Race Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	April 3, 2009[1]
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85 million[1]
Box office	$363,164,265[1]

Fast & Furious is a 2009 American street racing action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the fourth installment in The Fast and the Furious film series.

The plot connects with the franchise's original film from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker,Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster reprise their roles.^[2][3] Despite being the fourth episode of the series, it is set before its third installment, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Cast[edit source]

Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters

• Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, an auto mechanic, ex-convict, elite street racer and a street smart hijacker from the United States. Dominic is wanted for committing numerous semi-truck hijackings. At the beginning of the film, he is living in the Dominican Republic and drives a black Buick Grand National to hijack fuel trucks.^[4]
• Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former police officer, auto mechanic and elite street racer. Brian is now an F.B.I. agent on the trail of the Mexican drug lord Arturo Braga. He drives a Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, and then switches to Subaru Impreza STI Hatchback.
• Michelle Rodríguez as Leticia Ortiz, Dominic's girlfriend who lives with him in the Dominican Republic. She drives a silver Plymouth Satellite (with Road Runner lights).
• Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dominic's younger sister and Brian's former girlfriend. She drives a Honda NSX-R (although she also owns a white Honda Integra Type R).
• John Ortiz as Arturo Braga / Ramon Campos, a drug lord who wants drivers to smuggle heroin across the USA / Mexico Border.
• Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon, Arturo Braga's main henchman. He is Letty's murderer and he drives a green 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport.
• Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar, a liaison for Braga.
• Sung Kang as Han, a street racer and member of Dominic's crew, who also appeared in Tokyo Drift (setting this film as a prequel).
• Jack Conley as Penning, head of F.B.I.
• Shea Whigham as Ben Stasiak, F.B.I. agent.
• Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, F.B.I. agent.
• Tego Calderón as Leo Tego, a member of Dominic's crew.
• Don Omar as Rico Santos, a member of Dominic's crew.
• Mirtha Michelle as Cara Mirtha, a member of Dominic's crew and Han's girlfriend.
• Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Braga's Camaro driver.
• Ron Yuan as David Park.