Fast and Furious is the fourth installment in the successful The Fast and the Furious film series. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, the main characters from the original The Fast and the Furious, reprise their roles and join Sung Kang from who played "Han" in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift for the 2009 film.

The story follows Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel), a fugitive on the run, and former rival Brian O'Conner ( Paul Walker) as they team up with Han to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers.

Vin Diesel directed a short prequel to Fast and Furious featuring Michelle Rodriguez. The film discussed some of the events in the life of Diesel's character between the first and fourth films in the franchise, in which Diesel did not appear.ComingSoon.net: Vin Diesel Directing Fast and Furious Prequel (August 19, 2008)

• "Though the original quartet is back for the fourth outing, Fast & Furious feels about as fresh and lively as a piece of burnt rubber. Even Vin Diesel's character seems incredulous: 'How long have we been doing this?' he asks seemingly rhetorically. Perhaps the answer is: Too long."—USA Today;USA Today: Fast & Furious Puts Franchise in Neutral (April 2, 2009)

• "The latest movie, which brings back Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster as the main-squeeze contingent, is fun and frantic -- like the original on double nitro. The new flick brings us back to the Los Angeles street-racing subculture that started everything. But gone is the young-boy innocence of the first, in which guys (and some driving gals) flirted with the Grim Reaper at high velocity like towheaded surfers."—Washington Post Washington Post: Fast & Furious: Limitless Thrills (April 2, 2009)

• Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
• Paul Walker as Brian O'Connor
• Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Marciano
• Laz Alonso as Fenix Rise
• Gal Gadot as Gisele Harabo
• Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
• John Ortiz as Antonio Braga