The fast and the furious - (2001) - nice cars

No doubt about it, if you love shiny and colourful and let's not forget very very fast cars, then you'll have a lot to watch here. I still don't get, though, why nobody was annoyed that ALL characters living in that world turn out to be criminal, more or less bad, in the end. However, this first film has some kind of plot: there have been robberies, so agent Brian (Paul Walker) is sent to infiltrate this world of illegal street racers to found out the thieves. He befriends Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and starts going out with his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). For this reason he doesn't want to accept the idea that Dominic is the thieves' leader, like his bosses keep telling him.
That's it. No surprising switch, no overwhelming emotions... just a lot of nice colourful cars and Vin Diesel. There's also Michelle Rodriguez, a tough girl in love with Dominic.
The end.

Edit for a bit more plot details:

Brian is an undercover officer, there’s been lots of assaults on trucks, stealing all their stuff. Brian meets Mia, though, and he likes her. Then he acts to become friends with her brother Dom. He tells his boss that it’s not Dom (because he doesn’t want to believe it’s him) but after they make a big arrest on the Asian gang, but after they break into their houses and get them all, it turns out it’s not them, and he’s forced to accept the idea that it’s Dom. They give him only two days to find proof, so he forces his hand. He tells Dom that he knowshe has something big going on, because there’s no way he can pay for all they put in their racing cars with just his work at his garage. Dom wants to see him at RaceWars first, and he goes but has no time to compete. Letty wins, but Jesse loses, and he bet his car. 

Right after that, Dom gathers his gang (not Mia or Brian) to do another ‘job’, not listening to anything the others say. Letty has a bad feeling, Mia yells at him not to do it, but whatever anyone says he just says Shut up, and they all follow him. It’s not good, because the truck drivers have had enough, so even if there’s not any police around, this driver has a shotgun and knows how to use it. Letty’s car crashes so Leon stops to help her. Vince jumped on the truck and got shot, but Dom can’t help him because he’s out too, like Letty. Luckily Brian followed them, telling Mia that he’s a cop and asking his contacts to trace Dom’s phone. (And although they’re all racing like mad, he manages to catch up with them and get Vince out of that truck, who drives away after they stop.

Vince is badly hurt, though, so Brian calls for help, thus revealing to Dom too that he’s a cop. 

An helicopter arrives to take Vince away. Dom and Leon go away, and Mia is torn between going with Dom or staying with Brian, but family is family, and she drives away with Dom.

Jesse ran away in a panic, and Johnny wants his car. When he accused Dom of getting the cops on him, Dom hit him until people managed to get him off. Now Brian tries to stop Dom, gun in hand, but Dom insists he has to find Jesse before Johnny does. Jesse arrives then, and they start talking, Jesse asks for help, but then two bikes arrive, they shoot and they get Jesse.

Dom doesn’t get hit because he’s like Neo…

Brian drives after them. Dom too. Dom stops one, and Brian the other. This one dies, I think. 

Dom  and Brian then race each other until Dom has an accident. Brian gives him his car so he can get away.  

And it ends like this, on this scene. Dom drives away and Brian walks away.

Dom told Brian about the time he beat a guy so badly he got time in prison, and is now banned from racing. He said :”I live my life a quarter mile at a time”. 

He finally got a date with Mia, they really like each other, and sleep together. She’s quite angry when he tells her he’s a cop, but goes with him to help Dom. 

There’s another scene after all the ending credits: Dom is in Mexico, driving away, and his voice over repeats the quarter mile line, and that for those ten seconds he’s free… 

And that’s it… really? No family? No Letty or Mia? What about Vince, did they manage to save him or did he die? WWho knows…

Brian— Paul Walker

Dom—Vin Diesel

Letty—Michelle Rodriguez

Mia—Jordana Brewster

Johnny Tran—Rick Yune

Jesse—Chad Lindberg

Leon—Johnny Strong

Vince— Matt Schulze

Sgt Tanner— Ted Levine