Sunday, April 29, 2012

Fast & Furious (2009)

Fast & Furious (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 4) is a 2009 American street racing action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the fourth film in The Fast and the Furious film series and the third installment in terms of chronology. The plot connects with the original film of the series from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster reprise their roles.

Plot

Five years after the events of The Fast and the Furious, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his new crew: Leticia "Letty" Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez),Tego "TEDDY" (Tego Calderón), Omar Santos (Don Omar), Cara Mirtha (Mirtha Michelle) and Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang), are hijacking fuel tankers of the road train in the Dominican Republic due to his old crew with Leon disappearing, Jesse (killed by Johnny Tran), Vince (got wounded and escaped in South America, now in Rio), already disbanded from the first movie. After the successful heist, Dominic talks to Han, saying that they had a good business, but he should find his way. He also talks to Letty, saying that the trail is too hot, and that he doesn't want her to be with him when they "catch up with him". Letty tells thim that she won't abandon him, and reminds him on their old oath"Ride or die". They rekindle their relationship, but in the middle of the night, he packs his things and leaves her.

Some time later, In Panama City, Dominic is fixing his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle and he gets a call from his sister, Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster), who tells him that Letty had a car accident, and that she has been murdered. Dominic heads back to Los Angeles to examine Letty's crash and finds traces of nitromethane. He then goes to the only car mechanic that uses nitromethane and coerces him into giving him the name David Park (Ron Yuan), the man who ordered the fuel.

Meanwhile, F.B.I. agent Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is trying to track down a drug dealer named Arturo Braga. He chases one of his contacts through city streets, capturing him, and forcing him to tell the name. Ironically, it's David Park. Due to his street racing rep and knowledge, he seizes the search on the cars of all of David Parks, and he finds the person with a Nissan Silvia S15. Knowing that this is the right one, he drives to the block of apartments to find him, but Dominic arrives at Park's apartment first and hangs him out of the window by his ankles to force him to tell the name before letting go. Brian saves Park, but Dominic escapes. Park becomes the FBI's new informant in exchange for the immunity. Park gets Brian into a street race through Los Angeles organized by Ramon Campos (John Ortiz) Braga's right hand. The winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the United States-Mexico border. Brian selects a Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 modified for better drifts due to RWD using from the Impound Lot. Dominic also shows up to race in his modified 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. Dominic wins by bumping Brian's car, making him lose control. Brian uses his position as an FBI agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller (Greg Cipes), and takes his place on the team.

The following day, the team meets with Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot) one of Braga's men. They drive across the border using underground tunnels to avoid detection, where they meet Fenix Calderon (Laz Alonzo), one of Braga's henchmen. Brian had prior knowledge from the last sent agents that after the heroin was delivered, Braga ordered the drivers to be killed. However it was revealed to Dominic from Fenix that he killed Letty and after a tense stand-off, Dominic detonates his car with nitrous to distract Braga's men, and Brian grabs an assault rifle and shoots few of Braga's henchmen, while Fenix and Campos manage to escape. Dom attacks several henchmen, and Brian hijacks a Hummer H1. Both Dominic and Brian drive back to Los Angeles, and stop just outside of freeway. Brian notices that Dom has a gunshot wound from the distract. Dom opens the back of the Hummer and discover that the truck is full of with US$60 million worth of heroin. Brian and Dom take and hide the heroin in a police impound lot where Brian picks up a modified Subaru Impreza WRX STI. They leave the compound and arrive at Dom's hideout just outside the city. Brian calls Mia to the compound due to Dom's gunshot wound.

Later on, Dominic searches Letty's belongings in the box and discovers her phone. He recalls the last number, revealed to be Brian's number. He realises Brian was the last person to contact her and that he placed her for Braga's driver. This angers Dominic, and attacks him before he could explain to him until he learns Brian put Letty undercover for tracking down Braga so she could clear Dominic's name, so he could return back to Los Angeles, and so they could settle up. Brian tells his superiors that in exchange for Dominic's pardon, he will lure Braga into a trap, forcing him to personally show up to exchange money for the heroin. At the drop site, however, is revealed that the man who claims to be Braga (Robert Miano) is a decoy and Campos is the real Braga, who escapes and flees to Mexico. Dominic saves Gisele from a car hit and escapes with Brian's car. Later on,Dominic fixes his 1970 Dodge Charger and Brian upgrades his Subaru. Brian visits Dom and tells him he is going with him, but Dom warns him that if Brian leaves with him, he cannot return to his life as a cop anymore. He replies "I know.". He spots Mia returning from the store, and follows her. They rekindle their relationship. That night, Dom and Brian leave to Mexico to catch Braga.

Gisele meets with Dom and gives him information about Braga in exchange for saving her life. While Braga's henchmen are outside waiting for him, Brian and Dom surround him with guns drawn at a church. Braga mocks Dom that he will shoot him in a church and says that the two of them are alike, implying that their status as law-breakers makes them bound by a criminal honor code. Dom rejects this then decides that instead of killing him he will take him back to US so he can be arrested. Fenix gets nervous, goes into the church to see his boss, sees Dom and Brian, then starts chasing them. As Braga's henchmen come down to rescue their leader, Brian and Dominic drive through the underground tunnels back to the United States. When some of Braga's men are killed, Brian crashes his car and is injured after being T-boned by Fenix at the end of the tunnel. Before Fenix can kill Brian, Dominic, who survived the explosion and exchanged his car with a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro, charges towards them. Fenix shoots at Dominic and tries to run, but Brian holds him at his leg and Dominic crashes the car into him, killing him. As police and helicopters start streaming to the crash site on the U.S. side, Brian tells Dominic that he must leave, but Dominic refuses, saying he's tired of running. Despite Brian's request for clemency, the judge sentences Dominic to 25 years to life in the Lompoc penitentiary rather than pardoning him and also causes Brian to quit as a federal agent.

Dom is shown on the prison bus, which then cuts to a shot of Brian, Mia, Leo and Santos driving in a formation to intercept the bus.

Cast
* Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former police officer, auto mechanic and elite street racer. Brian is now an FBI agent on the trail of the Mexican drug lord Arturo Braga. He drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
* Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, an auto mechanic, ex-convict, and elite street racer 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]
* Michelle Rodriguez as Leticia Ortiz, Dominic's girlfriend who lives with him in the Dominican Republic.
* Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dominic's younger sister and Brian's former girlfriend.
* Sung Kang as Han Seoul-Oh, a street racer and member of Dominic's crew, who also appeared in Tokyo Drift.
* John Ortiz as Arturo Braga, a power drug lord who wants drivers to smuggle heroin across the USA/Mexico Border and also as Campos.
* Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon, Arturo Braga's henchman, drives a 1972 Ford Gran Torino.
* Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar, a liaison for Braga.
* Robert Miano as Ramon Campos, Braga's double.
* Neil Brown Jr. as Malik Herzon.
* Jack Conley as Penning, head of FBI.
* Don Omar as Omar Santos, a member of Dominic's crew.
* Tego Calderón as Leo Tego, a member of Dominic's crew.
* Mirtha Michelle as Cara Mirtha, a member of Dominic's crew and Han's girlfriend.
* Ron Yuan as David Park.
* Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Braga's Camaro driver.
* Brandon T. Jackson as Braga's BMW driver.
* Mousa Kraish as Braga's Silvia driver.
* Shea Whigham as Ben Stasiak, FBI agent.
* Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, FBI agent.

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