THE FAST- The cars. THE FURIOUS- Primarily, fuming, feisty Dorothy Malone, who doesn't take kindly to being kidnapped by desperate, on the run John Ireland.......and possibly a few irate punters demanding a refund.
Not that there is anything intrinsically WRONG with 'The Fast and the Furious'.....it's just a bit clunky and overtly derivative.
The hot topic of conversation in the opening diner scene is of a dangerous, escaped prisoner, but little interest is shown in the strong, silent, slightly shifty looking young man, maintaining a cool detachment, until a sudden explosion of flying fists leaves William Conrad lookalike, Bruno Ve Sota both decked and wrecked, whilst Ireland swiftly exits with his blonde captive.
The Hitch-Hiker link has already been alluded to, but when Ireland gives a false name, he chooses 'Myers', the moniker of William Talman's odious, sadistic character from the previous year's movie.
Ireland soon discovers that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Malone proves to be more of a handful than Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O' Brien combined and is only seconds away from rewriting The Beatles song as She Came OUT Through the Bathroom Window, when the daring Dorothy attempts to escape via the ladies' room at a gas station.
Embarking on a race for the Mexican border, a caustic chemistry develops between the couple. Malone and Ireland deserve credit for breathing new life into the corpse of The Hitch-Hiker, though the movie's climax, with its neat tying up of loose ends, evokes little more than the agreeable conviviality of a Tupperware party.
Not that there is anything intrinsically WRONG with 'The Fast and the Furious'.....it's just a bit clunky and overtly derivative.
The hot topic of conversation in the opening diner scene is of a dangerous, escaped prisoner, but little interest is shown in the strong, silent, slightly shifty looking young man, maintaining a cool detachment, until a sudden explosion of flying fists leaves William Conrad lookalike, Bruno Ve Sota both decked and wrecked, whilst Ireland swiftly exits with his blonde captive.
The Hitch-Hiker link has already been alluded to, but when Ireland gives a false name, he chooses 'Myers', the moniker of William Talman's odious, sadistic character from the previous year's movie.
Ireland soon discovers that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Malone proves to be more of a handful than Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O' Brien combined and is only seconds away from rewriting The Beatles song as She Came OUT Through the Bathroom Window, when the daring Dorothy attempts to escape via the ladies' room at a gas station.
Embarking on a race for the Mexican border, a caustic chemistry develops between the couple. Malone and Ireland deserve credit for breathing new life into the corpse of The Hitch-Hiker, though the movie's climax, with its neat tying up of loose ends, evokes little more than the agreeable conviviality of a Tupperware party.