Fast & Furious (too known as Fast & Furious 4) is a 2009 action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the coordinate continuation to The Fast and the Furious (2001) and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) as well as the fourth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. It stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster. In the film, Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and FBI operator Brian O'Conner (Walker) are constrained to work together to retaliate for the murder of Toretto's lover Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez) and apprehend drug lord Arturo Braga (John Ortiz).

A fourth film was announced in July 2007, with the returns of Diesel, Walker, Rodriguez, and Brewster confirmed shortly after that. To account for the cast seeing nonattendances from either of the past two installments, the film was created to put The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as occurring beyond the events of Fast & Furious, while the brief film Los Bandoleros (2009) was produced and released. Principal photography began in February 2008 and concluded that July, with filming areas counting Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic. Lin, Morgan, and composer Brian Tyler returned in their roles from Tokyo Drift. Fast & Furious is the first theatrical release to feature D-BOX motion. It was also the first film in the establishment to be produced by Diesel.

Fast & Furious premiered at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on March 12, 2009, and was released in the United States on April 3 by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized its script but praised the activity sequences. It grossed over $360 million worldwide, exceeding expectations to become the then-highest-grossing film in the establishment. It too grossed $72.5 million worldwide amid its opening weekend, which made it the highest-grossing worldwide spring weekend opening until the release of Alice in Wonderland (2010). It was followed by Fast Five in 2011.

Plot
Dominic Toretto and his group, consisting of girlfriend Letty, Tego Leo, Rico Santos, Cara, and Han Lue are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dom suspects the police are on their path, and clears out Letty behind to ensure her from being caught. Months afterward, in Panama City, Dom gets a call from his sister Mia who tells him Letty has been killed. Dom heads to Los Angeles to go to her burial service and finds follows of nitromethane at the crash location. He coerces the nearby workman into giving the title of the buyer, David Stop, and is educated that the as it were car that employments nitromethane in the zone is a green 1972 Ford Torino Wear. Meanwhile, FBI specialist Brian O'Conner is attempting to track down Mexican sedate master, Arturo Braga, whose personality to the open is obscure; his look moreover leads him to Park.

Dom arrives at Park's flat and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before Brian arrives. Brian spares Stop, who in turn gets to be the FBI's new informant and gets Brian into a road race. Brian chooses a altered 2002 Nissan Horizon GT-R R34 from the seize parcel; Dom too appears up, in his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. Ramon Campos, Braga's second-in-command, and Gisele Yashar, Braga's contact, uncover that the champ will gotten to be the final driver on a group that traffics heroin between the Mexico–United States border. Dom wins by bumping Brian's car whereas in nitro, making him lose control. Brian employments his control as an FBI specialist to capture another driver, Dwight Mueller, and takes his put on the group. The group meets up with Braga's cohort, Fenix, and Dom takes note that Fenix drives the same Torino the workman described.

They drive over the border utilizing burrows to dodge location. Dom goes up against Fenix and learns that he murders the drivers after their work is done, and that he slaughtered Letty when she attempted to elude him. A stand-off results; Dom explodes his car with nitrous oxide to divert Braga's men, and Brian seizes a 1999 Hummer H1 with $60 million worth of heroin in it. Brian and Dom drive back to Los Angeles and cover up the heroin in a police seize parcel, where they choose up a altered 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI hatchback; they drive to Dom's house and rejoin with Mia. Dom assaults Brian when he learns he was the final individual in contact with Letty; Brian clarifies Letty was working covert, following Braga in trade for clearing Dominic's record. Brian tells his bosses that in trade for Dominic's acquit, he will draw Braga into a trap, driving him to appear up to trade cash for the heroin. At the drop location, the man who claims to be Braga is uncovered as a distraction, and Campos—the genuine Braga—escapes with Fenix to Mexico. In the following chaos, Fenix about runs over Gisele some time recently Dom spares her. The fizzled trap comes about in Brian being taken off dynamic duty.

With Gisele's offer assistance, Brian and Dom travel to Mexico to capture Braga in the Subaru and Dom's rebuilt 1970 Avoid Charger R/T, and secure him at a church. As Braga's partners in crime attempt to protect him, Brian and Dom drive through the burrows back to the Joined together States. Brian is chased by Fenix ahead of the others until he is T-boned and pushed out of the burrows. Some time recently Fenix can murder him, Dom drives out of the burrows and into Fenix, murdering him. As police and helicopters approach the crash location on the American side of the border, Brian tells Dom to take off, but Dom says he is tired of running. In spite of Brian's ask for forgiveness, the judge sentences Dom to 25 years to life without parole. Brian leaves from the FBI and Dom sheets a jail transport that will transport him to Lompoc prison. As the transport drives down the street, Brian, Mia, Leo, and Santos arrive in their cars to captured it.

Cast
Main articles: List of Fast & Furious cast members and List of Fast & Furious characters
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto: A professional road racer, criminal, and fugitive.
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner: An FBI agent and former LAPD police officer who already aided Dom in avoiding law enforcement, and was in a relationship with Mia Toretto, which afterward got fixed up again.
Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz: Dominic's sweetheart, who passes on in an car explosion caused by Fenix Calderon.
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto: Dominic's sister and Brian's ex-girlfriend, but the relationship was afterward fixed up again.
John Ortiz as Arturo Braga / Ramon Campos: A Mexican drug lord who recruits street racers to smuggle heroin over the Mexico–U.S. border.
Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar: A liaison for Braga who shows a romantic interest in Dom.
Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon: Braga's right-hand man.
Ron Yuan as David Park, Braga's right-hand man and main driver
Shea Whigham as Brian's snarky colleague Michael Stasiak
Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, Brian's colleague, an FBI agent
Jack Conley as Richard Penning, Brian's boss, a scout of street racers for Braga.
Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Braga's street racing team member.

Neil Brown Jr. as Malik Herzon, Braga's street racing team member.
Brandon T. Jackson as Alex, Braga's street racing team member.
Tego Calderón as Leo, a members of the oil heist team.
Don Omar as Santos, a members of the oil heist team.
Sung Kang as Han Lue, part in oil heist with Dom.