<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the docks outside Los Angeles, a semi-trailer truck is loaded with electronics . As the truck leaves, a dockside worker notifies an unknown caller about the shipment . On the road, it is hijacked by three heavily modified black Honda Civics with green underglow . The Honda drivers fire a grappling hook into the truck's windshield, incapacitate the driver, and corral the semi allowing them to heist the electronics and escape . </P> <P> The next day, undercover LAPD officer Brian O'Conner is assigned to find the gang responsible for the crimes . Brian uses his cover job at an auto parts shop to infiltrate the L.A. street racing scene . While visiting Toretto's Market, a local diner, he flirts with the shop's owner, Mia Toretto, who is the younger sister of a well - known street racer, Dominic Toretto . Vince, one of Dominic's henchmen and who has a crush on her, starts a fight with Brian, which Dominic is forced to break up . </P>

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