The Fast and the Furious (Read 802 times)

Elite street miler and ex-convict Dominic "Dom" Toretto and his crew: Jesse, Leon , Vince, and Dom's girlfriend Letty, use three modified 1995 Nike Pegasus’ to perpetrate a string of high-speed, purse hijackings, stealing over $600 in merchandise. LAPD officer Brian O’Conner is sent undercover on a joint LAPD-FBI investigation to apprehend the gang. Brian uses his cover job at The Athlete’s Foot, an aftermarket shoe store, to make connections and infiltrate the local running scene. He enters his modified 1992 Adidas Marathoner into an illegal race with Dom and two other runners by bartering the receipt, but loses to Dom's modified 1993 Nikes after going out too fast and not carbo loading the night before. Brian gains Dom's respect, however, when he arrives in time to prevent Dom from being caught by police responding to the race. As they flee, Dom and Brian accidentally venture into southern California's "Little Saigon", encountering Dom's rival, Johnny Tran and his gang, who open fire with safety pins from their race bibs; rupturing the a nearby nitrous tank and destroying the shoes in the resulting explosion.

I might watch that.

As a runner, I look at chase scenes in movies a lot differently now.  Most often, it's along the lines of, "there is no way that bad guy could run that fast for that long without stopping unless he's training for something".  Sometimes, I say it aloud and the person I'm with says something like, "movies are about suspending reality, so shhhhh!".

I always think that!  As if instead of "I live my life a quarter mile at a time" drag racing cars they're secretly out there "living their lives 26.2 miles at a time" off camera.

@h2bubbles: I think you've got a winning pitch.

h2bubbles, that is REALLY REALLY FUNNY!  Thanks for the laughs!

lady did remove her high heels.  But, she kept falling flat on her face for no apparent reason as no obstacles were in her path.

I wonder sometimes if some people (myself included) in real, crazy, life/death situations would just freak out and lose motor control and fall on my face all the time.  I've tripped plenty of times for no reason just being distracted playing soccer or basketball...to be fair I usually roll and make a decent recovery. =P  My point is, is it possible to be so scared that you forget how to move?

I wonder sometimes if some people (myself included) in real, crazy, life/death situations would just freak out and lose motor control and fall on my face all the time.  I've tripped plenty of times for no reason just being distracted playing soccer or basketball...to be fair I usually roll and make a decent recovery. =P  My point is, is it possible to be so scared that you forget how to move?

I think it's definitely possible.  I didn't mean to make light of people in those types of situations - just the movie cliche of the woman who can't seem to outrun a slow moving monster.  In this case, I would have just waited for the bug to catch up with me and stomped on 'em with my pretty high heel shoes.    And, I trip all the time, too.  My parents actually bought a one-story house because I would fall up and down the stairs so often because I was running them too fast.

I think it's definitely possible.  I didn't mean to make light of people in those types of situations - just the movie cliche of the woman who can't seem to outrun a slow moving monster.  In this case, I would have just waited for the bug to catch up with me and stomped on 'em with my pretty high heel shoes.    And, I trip all the time, too.  My parents actually bought a one-story house because I would fall up and down the stairs so often because I was running them too fast.

Oh, I know. And they lose their shoe and get their clothes stuck on everyyything. Haha. I guess I was just wondering if there was any basis to being a total hapless klutz in such a situation. Here's to never having to experience one!

And those are very good parents. :-)