Fast & Furious (2009)

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 37%, but audiences disagreed.

When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel. Wikipedia ↗

Fast & Furious is a 2009 American action film directed by Justin Lin, the fourth installment that reunited the original cast — Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez — for the first time since the 2001 original. Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Conner, now on opposite sides of the law, are forced to work together when they discover a shared connection to a cross-border drug trafficking operation run through tunnels between Mexico and the United States. Justin Lin's direction brought a grittier, more serious tone than the franchise's previous entries while introducing the increasingly elaborate vehicular action sequences that would become the series' hallmark.

The opening tanker truck heist in the Dominican Republic and the climactic tunnel chase through the U.S.-Mexico border were highlights. The reunion of the original four leads generated genuine audience enthusiasm. Fast & Furious earned $363 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, revitalizing the franchise after the underperforming Tokyo Drift and setting the stage for the series' transformation into a global action blockbuster phenomenon.