{{Short description|2009 film by Justin Lin}} {{Redirect|Furious 4|the cancelled video game|Brothers in Arms: Furious 4{{!}}''Brothers in Arms: Furious 4''}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox film | image = Fast and Furious Poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Justin Lin | writer = Chris Morgan | based_on = {{Based on|Characters|Gary Scott Thompson}} | producer = {{Plainlist| * Neal H. Moritz * Vin Diesel * Michael Fottrell }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Vin Diesel * Paul Walker * Michelle Rodriguez * Jordana Brewster * John Ortiz * Laz Alonso <!-- Per billing block --> }} | cinematography = Amir Mokri | editing = {{Plainlist| * Christian Wagner * Fred Raskin }} | music = Brian Tyler | studio = {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures<ref name="AFI">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64883-FAST-FURIOUS|title=Fast & Furious|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name="DNEG">{{Cite web |title=Fast & Furious |url=https://www.dneg.com/our-work/fast-and-furious |website=DNEG |access-date=November 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{Cite web |title=Fast & Furious (2009) |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150738582 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=January 10, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204203800/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150738582 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Relativity Media<ref name="DNEG"/><ref name="BFI"/> * Original Film<ref name="DNEG"/><ref name="BFI"/> * One Race Films<ref name="DNEG"/><ref name="BFI"/> }} | distributor = Universal Pictures<ref name="BFI"/><ref name="AFI"/> | released = {{Film date|2009|03|12|Gibson Amphitheatre|2009|04|3|United States}} | runtime = 107 minutes<ref name="BBFC">{{Cite web |title=''Fast & Furious'' (12A) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fast-furious-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00otg2ntg |website=British Board of Film Classification |access-date=January 10, 2026}}</ref><!--Theatrical running time: 1:46:34--> | country = United States<ref name="BFI"/><ref name="AFI"/> | language = English | budget = $85 million<ref name="Reuters"/><ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo|id=1013752|title=Fast & Furious|access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="NUM">{{Cite The Numbers |id=Fast-and-Furious-(2009) |access-date=January 10, 2026}}</ref> | gross = $360.4 million<ref name="BOM"/> }} '''''Fast & Furious''''' (also known as '''''Fast & Furious 4''''') is a 2009 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the direct sequel to ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001) and ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003) as well as the fourth installment in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. It stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster. In the film, Dominic Toretto and FBI agent Brian O'Conner are forced to work together to avenge the murder of Toretto's lover Letty Ortiz and apprehend drug lord Arturo Braga.
A fourth film was announced in July 2007, with the returns of Diesel, Walker, Rodriguez, and Brewster confirmed shortly after that.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35874 |title=Another Familiar Face Is Returning For The New FAST AND THE FURIOUS Film!! |date=March 6, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |author=Merrick |publisher=AintItCool.com}}</ref> To account for the cast seeing absences from either of the previous two installments, the film was developed to place ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006) as occurring beyond the events of ''Fast & Furious'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/michelle-rodriguez-joins-walker-and-diesel-for-the-fast-and-the-furious-4.php |title=Michelle Rodriguez Joins Walker and Diesel for The Fast and the Furious 4 |date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |author=Chris Beaumont |publisher=FilmSchoolRejects.com |archive-date=November 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112194223/http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/michelle-rodriguez-joins-walker-and-diesel-for-the-fast-and-the-furious-4.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> while the short film ''Los Bandoleros'' (2009) was produced and released. Principal photography began in early February 2008 and wrapped up in August 2008, with filming locations including Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic. Lin, Morgan, and composer Brian Tyler returned in their roles from ''Tokyo Drift''. ''Fast & Furious'' is the first theatrical release to feature D-BOX motion. It was also the first film in the franchise to be produced by Diesel.
''Fast & Furious'' premiered at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on March 12, 2009, and was released in the United States on April 3 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews and was a box-office success, grossing $360 million worldwide, exceeding expectations to become the then-highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also grossed $72.5 million worldwide during its opening weekend, which made it the highest-grossing worldwide spring weekend opening until the release of ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010). It was followed by ''Fast Five'' in 2011.
== Plot == <!-- Per WP:FILMPLOT, plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 to 700 words. Please check the word count before making any additions. --> Five years after escaping Los Angeles,{{efn|As depicted in ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001)}} Dominic Toretto and his crew, consisting of his girlfriend Letty, Tego Leo, Rico Santos, Cara, and Han Lue, are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dom suspects the police are on their trail, and leaves Letty behind to protect her from being caught. Months later, in Panama City, Dom gets a call from his sister Mia who tells him Letty has been murdered. Dom heads to Los Angeles to attend her funeral and finds traces of nitromethane at the crash site. He coerces the local mechanic into giving the name of the buyer, David Park, and is informed that the only car that uses nitromethane in the area is a green 1972 Ford Torino Sport. Meanwhile, reinstated FBI agent Brian O'Conner{{efn|Brian rejoined law enforcement after clearing his record in ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003)}} is trying to track down Mexican drug lord, Arturo Braga, whose identity to the public is unknown; his search also leads him to Park.
Dom arrives at Park's apartment and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before Brian arrives. Brian saves Park, who in turn becomes the FBI's new informant and gets Brian into a street race. Brian selects a modified 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 from the impound lot; Dom also shows up, in his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. Ramon Campos, Braga's second-in-command, and Gisele Yashar, Braga's liaison, reveal that the winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the Mexico–United States border. Dom wins by bumping Brian's car while in nitro, making him lose control. Brian uses his power as an FBI agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller, and takes his place on the team. The team meets up with Braga's henchman, Fenix, and Dom notices that Fenix drives the same Torino the mechanic described.
They drive across the border using tunnels to avoid detection. Dom confronts Fenix and learns that he kills the drivers after their work is done, and that he killed Letty when she tried to escape him. A stand-off ensues; Dom detonates his car with nitrous oxide to distract Braga's men, and Brian hijacks a 1999 Hummer H1 with $60 million worth of heroin in it. Brian and Dom drive back to Los Angeles and hide the heroin in a police impound lot, where they pick up a modified 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI hatchback; they drive to Dom's house and reunite with Mia. Dom attacks Brian when he discovers that Brian was the last person in contact with Letty; Brian explains Letty was working undercover, tracking Braga in exchange for clearing Dominic's record. Brian tells his superiors that in exchange for Dominic's pardon, he will lure Braga into a trap, forcing him to show up to exchange money for the heroin. At the drop site, the man who claims to be Braga is revealed as a decoy, and Campos—the real Braga—escapes with Fenix to Mexico. In the ensuing chaos, Fenix nearly runs over Gisele before Dom saves her. The failed trap results in Brian being taken off active duty.
With Gisele's help, Brian and Dom travel to Mexico to catch Braga in the Subaru and Dom's rebuilt 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, and apprehend him at a church. As Braga's henchmen try to rescue him, Brian and Dom drive through the tunnels back to the United States. Brian is pursued by Fenix ahead of the others until he is T-boned and pushed out of the tunnels. Before Fenix can kill him, Dom drives out of the tunnels and into Fenix, killing him. As police and helicopters approach the crash site on the American side of the border, Brian tells Dom to leave, but Dom says he is tired of running. Despite Brian's request for clemency, the judge sentences Dom to 25 years to life without parole. Brian resigns from the FBI and Dom boards a prison bus that will transport him to Lompoc penitentiary. As the bus drives down the road, Brian, Mia, Leo, and Santos arrive in their cars to intercept it.
== Cast == {{Main|List of Fast & Furious cast members{{!}}List of ''Fast & Furious'' cast members|List of Fast & Furious characters{{!}}List of ''Fast & Furious'' characters}}
* Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto: A professional street racer, criminal, and fugitive. * Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner: An FBI agent and former LAPD police officer who previously aided Dom in avoiding law enforcement, and was in a relationship with Mia Toretto, which later got patched up again. * Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz: Dominic's girlfriend, who "dies" in an automobile explosion caused by Fenix Calderon. * Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto: Dominic's sister and Brian's ex-girlfriend, but the relationship was later patched up again. * John Ortiz as Arturo Braga / Ramon Campos: A Mexican drug lord who recruits street racers to smuggle heroin across the Mexico–U.S. border. *Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon, Braga's right-hand man. * Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar: A liaison for Braga who shows a romantic interest in Dom. The central cast is rounded out by Sung Kang as Han Lue, part in oil heist with Dom, Don Omar and Tego Calderon as Santos and Tego, members of the oil heist team, Shea Whigham as Brian's snarky colleague Michael Stasiak, Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, Brian's colleague, an FBI agent, Jack Conley as Richard Penning, Brian's boss. Braga's street racing members are played by Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Neil Brown Jr. as Malik Herzon and Brandon T. Jackson as Alex.
== Production ==
=== Development === After positive reception from audiences to Vin Diesel's cameo in ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), Universal was confident in effectively reinventing the series with its original stars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2013-05-22 |title=How an Extreme Movie Makeover Saved 'Fast & Furious' From Going Direct to DVD |url=https://www.thewrap.com/fast-furious-6-franchise-vin-diesel-the-rock-dwayne-johnson-paul-walker-michelle-rodriquez-93061/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427141020/https://www.thewrap.com/fast-furious-6-franchise-vin-diesel-the-rock-dwayne-johnson-paul-walker-michelle-rodriquez-93061/ |archive-date=2017-04-27 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=TheWrap}}</ref> The film was announced in July 2007, with Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster of ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001) returning and reprising their roles.
=== Filming === Principal photography began in early February 2008 and wrapped in August 2008, with filming locations including Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic. Around 240 cars were built in Southern California's San Fernando Valley for the film.<ref name="pedaltothefloor.com">[http://www.pedaltothefloor.com/fast-and-furious-2009-the-two-big-car-stars/ More Cars and More Action in Fast & Furious] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122627/http://www.pedaltothefloor.com/fast-and-furious-2009-the-two-big-car-stars/ |date=April 2, 2015 }} pedal to the floor March 20, 2015</ref> However, the replica vehicles do not match the specifications they were supposed to represent. For example, the replica version of ''F-Bomb'', a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro built by Tom Nelson of NRE and David Freiburger of ''Hot Rod'' magazine, included a 300 hp crate V8 engine with a 3-speed automatic transmission, whereas the actual car included a twin-turbo 1,500 hp engine and a 5-speed transmission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The F-Bomb Drops on ''Fast & Furious'' |url=http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/fast-furious-cars-1973-f-bomb-camaro.html |website=Edmunds Insideline |access-date=March 13, 2009}}</ref>
The original Dodge Charger 426 Hemi R/T that was used in the original movie was a 1970, but the car in this movie was a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi with a slightly modified front grill and rear tail lights to appear as a 1970 car; the original 1970 Dodge Charger was in pieces, being totally disassembled for restoration.
The original red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS seen in the end credits of the first ''Fast & Furious'' movie, also makes an appearance, but is later highly modified for a street race.
The most radical vehicles built for the film were the Chevy trucks constructed for the fuel heist. Powered by 502ci GM big-block motors, the '67 had a giant ladder-bar suspension with airbags, a massive 10-ton semi rear axle, and the biggest and widest truck tires they could find. The '88 Chevy Crew Cab was built with twin full-floating GM 1-ton axles equipped with Detroit Lockers and a transfer case directing power to both axles and capable of four-wheel burnouts.<ref>[http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0905_fast_furious_movie_cars/musclecars_destruction.html Fast & Furious Movie Cars – Faster And More Furious] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928155603/http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0905_fast_furious_movie_cars/musclecars_destruction.html |date=September 28, 2011 }} Hod Rod Magazine, May 2009</ref>
Another vehicle built for the film was the blue Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 owned by an uncredited owner, which brought a 241-mile per hour top speed at the Bayshore Route Highway in Japan. It was a hard car to build by the production, so they made clones by acquiring Nissan Skyline 25GT's and made them look like the original car. The Skyline that was also used in the desert was actually a dune buggy using a Skyline R34's shell.
=== Visual effects and animation === Double Negative<ref name="DNEG">{{Cite web |title=Fast & Furious |url=https://www.dneg.com/our-work/fast-and-furious |website=DNEG |access-date=November 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H)<ref name="r&h">{{Cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |title=Faster and Even More Furious |url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/faster_and_even_more_furious/ |access-date=November 14, 2025 |website=Fxguide}}</ref> provided the visual effects and animation for the film. At Double Negative, Frazer Churchill served as the visual effects supervisor, and Moriah Etherington-Sparks served as the visual effects producer. Double Negative's role was to primarily work on the tunnel sequences of the film, which says, "The main action took place in the tunnels of an abandoned mine shaft used by a gang of drug smugglers." Churchill said, "Car chases in abandoned mine shafts are not easy to come up with! There aren't any shafts where you can film this kind of thing, so an environment was needed. As you would expect, the cars are the real stars of the film, so rather than doing the whole sequence in CGI, it was decided to shoot the cars as live-action and simulate the tunnel environment around them, so the environment was recreated in CGI."<ref name="DNEG" />
Rhythm & Hues worked on the opening tanker explosion sequence. In a discussion with Ian Failes of ''Fxguide'', Bob Mercier, the company's visual effects supervisor, commented that "[they] were involved before principal photography with the guys at Universal Pictures, Thad Beier, visual effects supervisor, and the director, Justin Lin, to try to figure out how we were going to shoot the plates." Concept work was done with ZBrush, and the final modeling was done with Maya. Mercier also said that the tanker crash sequence was primarily inspired by ''Twister'' (1996), the ''James Bond'' film ''Licence to Kill'' (1989), and searches on YouTube.<ref name="r&h" />
Hydraulx also provided visual effects for the film. Bill Kunin and company co-founder Colin Strause were the visual effects supervisors for the company on the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fast and Furious {{!}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>hy*drau:lx<nowiki>]</nowiki> |url=https://www.hydraulx.com/work/fast-and-furious/ |website=Hydraulx |access-date=November 14, 2025}}</ref>
=== Music === {{Main|Fast & Furious (soundtrack){{!}}''Fast & Furious'' (soundtrack)}}
The score to ''Fast & Furious'' was composed by Brian Tyler, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.<ref name="scoring">{{cite news | author=Dan Goldwasser | url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/178/ | title=Brian Tyler scores fast and furious with ''Fast & Furious''| publisher=ScoringSessions.com | date=February 24, 2009 | access-date=February 24, 2009 }}</ref> The score album was released on CD by Varèse Sarabande Records with over 78 minutes' worth of music.
The trailers for the film feature the track "We Are Rockstars" by Does It Offend You, Yeah? and a Travis Barker-remixed version of "Crank That" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.
The official soundtrack was released on March 31, 2009, on Star Trak, with production handled primarily by The Neptunes. Singles include "Blanco" and "Krazy" by Pitbull and "Bad Girls" by Robin Thicke.<ref name="scoring"/> The soundtrack also features the song "G-Stro" by Busta Rhymes featuring Pharrell Williams, a leftover track from Busta Rhymes' album ''Back on My B.S.'' Star Trak and Interscope Records released the soundtrack for the film with "Crank That" not included. Another song omitted was "Rising Sun" by South Korean group TVXQ.
The Japanese version of the movie features the song "Before I Decay" by Japanese rock group The Gazette.
== Release ==
=== Theatrical === It was originally set to release on June 5, 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/14/fast-and-furious-details|title=Fast and Furious Details|work=IGN|last=Linder|first=Brian|date=April 14, 2008|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> but pushed back a week later to June 12, due to another Universal film ''Land of the Lost''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/land-of-the-lost-to-hit-theaters-earlier/|title=Land of the Lost to Hit Theaters Earlier|work=MovieWeb|last=Gallagher|first=Brian|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> The date was rescheduled for two months earlier on April 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/land-of-the-lost-to-hit-theaters-earlier/|title=Wolfman Delayed|work=IGN|last=Parfitt|first=Orlando|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref> It was the first motion-enhanced theatrical film to feature D-BOX motion feedback technology in selected theaters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmofilia.com/2009/04/02/fast-furious-4-to-be-first-theatrical-d-box-release/ |title=Fast & Furious 4 To Be First Theatrical D-BOX Release |first=Allan |last=Ford |date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2009 |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507004003/http://www.filmofilia.com/2009/04/02/fast-furious-4-to-be-first-theatrical-d-box-release/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Home media === ''Fast & Furious'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 28, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blu-ray.com – Fast & Furious Blu-ray |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=5606}}</ref> The DVD is a two-disc set that includes: * Digital copy of the film * Under the Hood: Muscle Cars & Imports * High Octane Action: The Stunts * Shooting the Big Rig Heist * Driving School with Vin Diesel * Original short film ''Los Bandoleros'', the never-before-seen short film that reveals the events leading up to the explosive beginning of ''Fast & Furious''. It is written and directed by Vin Diesel and was produced in the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vin Diesel "adores" Dominicans, presents 'Los Bandoleros'|url=http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2009/7/30/32762/Vin-Diesel-adores-Dominicans-presents-Los-Bandoleros|publisher=dominicantoday.com|access-date=May 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907065016/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2009/7/30/32762/Vin-Diesel-adores-Dominicans-presents-Los-Bandoleros|archive-date=September 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This was released on the iTunes Store as a free download.
{{As of|June 2021}}, the DVD and Blu-ray sales have sold 4,616,164 copies generating $77,846,318 in sales revenue.<ref name="numbers">{{Cite The Numbers|id=Fast-and-Furious-(2009)|title=Fast & Furious|access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> It was re-released in Australia on Blu-ray including a digital copy and re-titled ''Fast & Furious 4'' on March 30, 2011.
== Reception ==
=== Box office === On its first day of release ''Fast & Furious'' grossed $30.6 million, and peaked at the top spot of the weekend box office with $72.5 million, more than ''Tokyo Drift'' earned in its entire domestic run.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2009-04-03&p=.htm |title= Daily Box Office for Friday, 3 April 2009 | work = Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2009/apr/05/fast-furious-accelerates-725-million-opening/214615/|title='Fast & Furious' accelerates to $72.5 million opening}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film had the sixth-biggest opening weekend of 2009 and was double what most industry observers expected. Additionally, it surpassed ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park''{{'}}s record for having the largest opening weekend for any Universal film.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Joshua |last=Rich |title=''Fast & Furious'' shatters box office records |url= http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/05/boxoffice.ew/index.html?section=cnn_latest |publisher= Time Inc. <!-- republished at CNN.com --> | magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date=April 5, 2009 |access-date=April 5, 2009 }}</ref>
It also held the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in April<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/walker-diesel-will-return-furious-sequel-wbna30172616 |title=Walker, Diesel will return for 'Furious' sequel – Access Hollywood |publisher=Today.com |date=April 12, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2010}}</ref> and of any car-oriented film, the record having been previously held by ''Cars'', which grossed $60.1 million. Both of these records were broken two years later by ''Fast Five'', which grossed $86.2 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3152&p=.htm |title=Weekend Report: 'Fast Five' Packs Heat |first=Brandon |last=Gray |work=Box Office Mojo |date=May 1, 2011 |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705152207/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3152&p=.htm |archive-date=July 5, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Fast & Furious'' also held the record for the highest opening weekend for a spring release, until it was broken by Tim Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland''. Its worldwide gross on its opening weekend stands at $102.6 million<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE53424X20090405/ |title=Fast & Furious speeds to No. 1 worldwide |publisher=Reuters |date= April 5, 2009 |quote=cost about $85 million to make, the studio said. |access-date=April 29, 2020 }}</ref> with $7.2 million coming from the UK, $8.6 million from Russia, $6 million in France and $3 million from Germany.<ref>[http://www.pedaltothefloor.com/fast-and-furious-2009-the-two-big-car-stars/ The “Fast & Furious” international cume stands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122627/http://www.pedaltothefloor.com/fast-and-furious-2009-the-two-big-car-stars/ |date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>
The film ended its theatrical release on July 2, 2009, with a gross of $155.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $205.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $360.4 million,<ref name="BOM"/> making it the 17th highest-grossing film of 2009.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2009/ 2009 Worldwide Box Office]. Box Office Mojo</ref>
=== Critical response === {{Anchor|Critics}} {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|{{RT data|score}}|4.6|{{RT data|count}}|While ''Fast and Furious'' features the requisite action and stunts, the filmmakers have failed to provide a competent story or compelling characters.|ref=yes|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} {{Metacritic film prose|score=46|count=28|ref=yes}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 6, 2009 |author=Brandon Gray |title=Weekend Report: 'Fast and Furious' Power Slides to Record Debut |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3933864964/ |website=Box Office Mojo |quote=Hispanics were Fast and Furious' most represented ethnicity at 46 percent, followed by Caucasians (28 percent), and the grade from moviegoer-tracker CinemaScore was an "A-," which was better than the "B" of the first movie.}}</ref>
Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the film a B+ and wrote, "''Fast & Furious'' is still no ''Point Break''. But it's perfectly aware of its limited dramatic mission ... it offers an attractive getaway route from self-importance, snark, and chatty comedies about male bonding."<ref name="Schwarzbaum">{{cite magazine | url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269298,00.html | title= Fast & Furious (2009) | first= Lisa | last= Schwarzbaum | date= April 1, 2009 | magazine= Entertainment Weekly | access-date= 2020-04-25 | archive-date= July 22, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100722013725/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269298,00.html | url-status= dead }}</ref> Writing for ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Kirk Honeycutt called it "the first true sequel of the bunch. By reuniting the two male stars from the original and ... continuing the story from the first film, this new film should re-ignite the franchise."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/fast-amp-furious-film-review-93021 | title= Film Review: Fast & Furious | first= Kirk |last= Honeycutt | date=April 2, 2009 | work = The Hollywood Reporter | access-date = 2020-04-25 }}</ref> Betsy Sharkey of the ''Los Angeles Times'' considered it a "strange piece of nostalgia, where, without apology, fast cars still rule and fuel is burned with abandon."<ref>{{cite news | first= Betsy | last= Sharkey | title= Video review: ''Fast & Furious'' | url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-fastfurious3-2009apr03,0,4338270.story | work = Los Angeles Times | date = April 3, 2009 | access-date = 2020-04-25 }}</ref> Roger Ebert, who had given positive reviews to the previous films, considered the story, dialogue, and acting to all be perfunctory: "I admire the craft involved, but the movie leaves me profoundly indifferent. After three earlier movies in the series, which have been transmuted into video games, why do we need a fourth one? Oh. I just answered my own question."<ref>{{cite news |date = April 1, 2009 | author = Roger Ebert | author-link = Roger Ebert |title= Fast & Furious |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fast-and-furious-2009 | work= Chicago Sun-Times |access-date = 2020-04-02 }}</ref>
=== Accolades === {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Award ! Category ! Nominee ! Result |- |rowspan=3| Teen Choice Awards<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|title=Teen Choice Awards 2009 nominees|date=June 15, 2009|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/06/teen-choice-awards-2009-nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721013004/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/06/teen-choice-awards-2009-nominees.html|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=2012-07-21|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> || Choice Movie: Action || ''Fast & Furious'' || {{Nominated}} |- | Choice Movie Actor: Action || Paul Walker || {{Nominated}} |- | Choice Movie Actress: Action || Jordana Brewster || {{Won}} |- | MTV Movie Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-04 |title=2009 MTV Movie Awards nominees |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/main/slideshow/2009-MTV-Movie-Awards-nominees-21869.php |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://movieweb.com/the-2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |title= The 2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners! |first= Cat |last= Parker |work= MovieWeb |date= June 1, 2009 |access-date= November 26, 2023 |archive-date= November 26, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231126125147/https://movieweb.com/the-2009-mtv-movie-awards-winners/ |url-status=live}}</ref> || Best Male Performance || Vin Diesel || {{Nominated}} |}
== Sequel == {{Further|Fast Five{{!}}''Fast Five''}} This film was the last film of the franchise to feature street racing, before transitioning into "more accessible action elements" with heist films in ''Fast Five'' (2011). It received praise and surpassed the box-office take of this film. They were followed by ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013) and ''Furious 7'' (2015),<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2011 |title=''Fast Five'' Will Transition Franchise From Street Racing To Future Full Of Heist Action |url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/fast-five-will-transition-franchise-from-street-racing-to-heist-action-125552/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630222119/http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/fast-five-will-transition-franchise-from-street-racing-to-heist-action/#more-125552 |archive-date=June 30, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=St. James |first=Emily |date=April 12, 2017 |title=11 questions you were too embarrassed to ask about the Fast & Furious movies |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/15213852/fast-furious-movies-franchise-ranked-explained |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416063218/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/15213852/fast-furious-movies-franchise-ranked-explained |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Alisdair |date=September 6, 2021 |title=The Marvel Cinematic Universe has radically reshaped the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise |url=https://www.polygon.com/22659793/marvel-cinematic-universe-vs-fast-and-furious |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906193618/https://www.polygon.com/22659793/marvel-cinematic-universe-vs-fast-and-furious |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Polygon}}</ref> with ''The Fate of the Furious'' (2017) serving as the start of a next trilogy of films that includes ''F9'' (2021) and ''Fast X'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khatchatourian |first=Maane |date=September 28, 2015 |title=Vin Diesel Confirms Final ''Fast & Furious'' Trilogy |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/fast-and-furious-trilogy-vin-diesel-1201603871/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929173702/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/fast-and-furious-trilogy-vin-diesel-1201603871/ |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Variety}}</ref> An eleventh and final mainline film, ''Fast Forever'' (2028), is in production.<ref name="FastXI">{{Cite web |last=Gajewskj |first=Ryan |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Vin Diesel Moving Forward with Next ''Fast'' Installment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/vin-diesel-next-fast-and-furious-movie-lawsuit-1235834343/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072037/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/vin-diesel-next-fast-and-furious-movie-lawsuit-1235834343/ |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
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