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T
he return of adrenaline spewing burn-out action hit the large screen when The Fast and The Furious made
its way to theatres in 2001. The slick rubber-burning speed chase raked in the big bucks and car movies
were back in high octane fashion. Eight years and two disconnected and none-too-popular sequels later,
the franchise is back. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker re-team for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on
speed—Fast and Furious. (That’s right. They decided to knock off the excess articles!)  Heading back to the streets
where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster of the original cast to blast muscle, tuner
and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller,
gearing up for its Indian release.Slated to be the connector or inter-quel between the second and third movies of
the series, the fourth installment has Dominic Toretto (Diesel) hijacking fuel tanks on the highways of the Dominican
Republic, after which he leaves his girlfriend Letty (Rodriguez) and his gang, as he is now an international criminal.
Subsequently when in Panama, Dominic receives a phone call from his sister Mia (Brewster), and is told that Letty
had been murdered.The story then follows the high brow return of Dominic to Los Angeles, California, to find out
who murdered his woman. Meanwhile, Brian O’Connor (Walker) - now an FBI agent, is assigned to track down a
notorious drug lord named Antonio Braga. Invariably, Dominic and Brian once again cross paths when an illegal
street racer’s name is linked between Braga’s operation and Letty’s murder. And from convoy heists to precision
tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s
possible behind the wheel. In all, it sounds like quite the potboiler that its predecessors have proven to be.

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Celluloid Rush