The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Action, Crime, Thriller • 1h 46m
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze, Ja Rule, Ted Levine, Thom Barry, Vyto Ruginis, Stanton Rutledge, Noel Gugliemi, R.J. de Vera, Beau Holden, Reggie Lee, David Douglas, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Neal H. Moritz, Doria Anselmo, Glenn K. Ota, F. Valentino Morales, Mike White, Delphine Pacific, Monica Tamayo, Megan Baker, Tammy Monica Gegamian, Rob Cohen, Kevin Smith, Felicia Tang
Best English-friendly release · updated 1 month ago
Overview
Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
Director: Justin Lin
Universal Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Director: James Wan
Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 7.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Director: Rob Cohen
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
comparison between the Turbine and Kino grades. The former is director-supervised.
(The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray DTS HD5.1 seems to have stronger bass, but it's yet unclear which one has the original 5.1) Also see thread.
The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray was recalled shortly after inital releases for unknown reasons.
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Box Set coming on October 20th with FiM encode
DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Director: James Whale
Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026
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