In the end, Brian must choose between his duty as a cop and his loyalty to the people he has come to care about.
The race ultimately leads to a shocking revelation and a dangerous showdown between the rival gangs. The winner gets to take home Dominic’s beloved car, but the stakes are much higher than that. The climax of the movie sees Brian forced to make a difficult decision as he races against Dominic in a high-stakes quarter-mile race. Meanwhile, a rival gang led by Johnny Tran (played by Rick Yune) poses a threat to Dominic and his crew. As he spends more time with them, Brian starts to sympathize with their way of life and falls for Mia.Īs the investigation progresses, tensions rise within the gang, and Brian is torn between his loyalty to his job and his feelings for his new friends. The prime suspect is a gang of street racers led by Dominic Toretto (played by Vin Diesel).īrian infiltrates the gang by befriending Dominic and his sister Mia (played by Jordana Brewster), and becomes a part of their tight-knit community of street racers. The story of The Fast and the Furious 2001 revolves around Brian O’Conner (played by Paul Walker), an undercover LAPD cop who is tasked with investigating a series of high-speed truck hijackings in Los Angeles.