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Universal Drives Fast and Furious to Blu-ray Disc

By brenden ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve got to say, I’m not a big fan of cars on film when they’re not being driven by Steve McQueen or transforming to fight Decepticons but I’ll gladly watch this new installment in the Fast and the Furious racing series when it turns up on Blu-ray disc. The original cast from the 2001 film returned for Fast and Furious and the reviews ended up being fairly positive across the board. Imagining my future Blu-ray viewing I’ll admit to going in quite blind, with little knowledge of the previous films and having painfully low expectations. I’ll also admit that I’m secretly hoping that the climax turns out to be a giant power-suit battle featuring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, using their cars as robotic armour!

I should add here that it looks like we’ll be getting another Fast and Furious box set in the new Franchise Collection, which will feature all four films bundled together. In addition, this will be the first time that the previous three entries in the series will be available as individual discs. Autobots, transform!

FAST AND FURIOUS
(July 28, 2009, MSRP $39.96)
Video: 2.35:1 1080p
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

Special Features Include:

• Digital copy of the film
• Under the Hood: Muscle Cars & Imports
• High Octane Action: The Stunts
• Shooting the Big Rig Heist
• Driving School with Vin Diesel
• Original short film ‘Los bandoleros’: the never-before-seen short film that reveals the events leading up to the explosive beginning of ‘Fast & Furious’
• U-Control:

◦ Paul Walker and director Justin Lin take control of your player to reveal exciting behind-the-scenes details
◦ Virtual Car Garage: look closely at the hot cars, then create your own custom vehicle and share it with your friends

• BD-Live:

◦ Create your own Fast & Furious Video Mashup featuring action and music from the film, then share it via BD-Live
◦ BD-Live Center

Tags: Fast and Furious, Universal