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The Fast and the Furious
Fast and the furious poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Rob Cohen
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Screenplay by
Gary Scott Thompson
Erik Bergquist
David Ayer
 
Starring
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Michelle Rodriguez
Jordana Brewster
Rick Yune
Chad Lindberg
Johnny Strong
Ted Levine
 
Music by
BT
Cinematography
Ericson Core
Edited by
Peter Honess

Production
 company
 
Original Film
Mediastream Film
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

June 22, 2001
 

Running time
 106 minutes[1]
Country
United States
 Germany[2]
Language
English
Budget
$38 million[1]
Box office
$207.3 million[1]
The Fast and the Furious is a 2001 American street racing action film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.[3] This is the first installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise and was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film follows undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) who must stop semi-truck hijackers led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) from stealing expensive electronic equipment. The film's concept was inspired by a Vibe magazine article about street racing in New York City.[3]
Filming locations include Los Angeles and parts of southern California. The Fast and the Furious was released on June 22, 2001 to financial success. The film's budget was an estimated $38 million, grossing $207,283,925 worldwide. Critical reaction was mostly mixed, according to review aggregators Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, though both Diesel and Walker were praised in their roles and became household names both in the U.S. and internationally. The film became the original of a franchise series when it was followed by 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Furious 7 (2015).


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development and filming
3.2 Music
4 Release 4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reception
4.3 Home video
5 Merchandising 5.1 Video game
5.2 Toys and model kits
6 Sequels
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Outside Los Angeles, a semi-truck loaded with electronics is approached by three heavily modified Honda Civics. The occupants of the Civics immobilize the truck driver, hijack the truck and escape.
The next day, undercover LAPD officer, Brian O'Conner, is assigned to find the gang responsible for those crimes. Brian uses his cover job at a mechanics shop to infiltrate the local street racing scene. While visiting Toretto's Market, he flirts with the shop's patron, Mia Toretto, the sister of street racer, Dominic Toretto. Dominic's team consists of Vincent, Jesse, Leon and Dominic's girlfriend Letty Ortiz. Vince gets in a fight with Brian over Mia, but Dominic breaks it up. Dominic warns Brian not to come back to the shop while he scolds Vincent for starting the fight.
Brian enters a race with his Mitsubishi Eclipse RS against Dominic with his Mazda RX-7 and wagers pink slips for his car. During the race, Brian gains an advantage by using a nitrous boost, but loses it when Dominic uses his nitrous to catch up to Brian. Brian races too fast and blows his engine, handing the victory to Dominic. Afterwards, Dominic mocks Brian in front of the crowd.
The LAPD arrives, forcing everyone to flee. Dominic is spotted by a police cruiser, but Brian saves him from being arrested, gaining his respect. They venture into the territory of Dominic's old racing rival, Johnny Tran and his cousin, Lance Nguyen, who later blow up Brian's car. Afterwards, Dominic informs Brian that he owes him a "ten second car" (a car that can drive a quarter mile in under 10 seconds, from a standstill).
Brian brings a totaled Toyota Supra to Dominic's safehouse, where he offers his skills as a driver and a mechanic. As the crew settles to repair the car, Brian starts dating Mia. Brian investigates Hector and Tran, convinced that Tran is responsible for the truck hijackings. After investigating a suspicious purchase from Hector at the parts shop, Brian discovers electronics, similar to the ones stolen, at Tran's property. Brian informs his handlers, and the F.B.I. organizes a raid on Tran. However, the electronics on Tran's property were legally bought; it now seems that Dominic and his friends are the true culprit.
Dominic invites Brian to a street racing event, Race Wars, and says that they'll talk once Brian has proven his worth. At the race, Jesse loses his father's Volkswagen Jetta to Tran, fleeing after the loss. Tran confronts Dominic, demanding that he must retrieve the car for him. It is then revealed that Dominic and his friends are responsible for the truck hijackings. Dominic and his friends decided to commit another hijacking the next day, one that Dominic states will be the team's last one before they can all take a vacation, claiming the contents inside the truck are the mother lode.
When Mia divulges the crew's plan to Brian, they rush over to stop them as Brian is aware that the trucks will be heavily defended. Vince is injured by the truck driver's shotgun, but the team manages to rescue him. Brian blows his cover when he telephones for an ambulance as a police officer.
Brian heads over to Dominic's house to arrest him, but Jesse arrives and pleads for Dominic's help to protect him from Tran. Moments later, Jesse is killed in a drive-by shooting by Tran and Lance, prompting Dominic and Brian to pursue them, which results in Dominic injuring Lance and Brian killing Tran. Brian and Dominic then engage in an impromptu street race, narrowly avoiding a train; Dominic is injured after his car clips a truck. Instead of arresting him, Brian gives him the keys to his own car, making good on his earlier wager to deliver a ten-second car and Dominic is able to escape the police.
In the post-credits scene, Dominic is seen driving through Baja, Mexico.
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a professional street racer and leader of the hijackers. He lives alone with his sister Mia. His father was a professional stock car racer, who was killed on a race by a fellow racer named Kenny Linder. His car crashed in the wall and burned. He beat up Linder, and for that he was banished from the track for life and Linder is a janitor at a school who has to take the bus to work everyday. After that, he became a street racer and started hijacking with his crew, and he serves as a driver. He drives a red 1993 Mazda RX-7, and has a custom-built 1970 Dodge Charger in his garage.
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a Los Angeles Police Department detective who is sent undercover by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to locate and apprehend the crew of truck hijackers. He works part-time at chop shop The Racer's Edge owned by Harry, to connect with the street racing scene and find out more about crews, and connects with Dom after he prevents Dom from being arrested. He also saves Vince at the end by getting him off the truck and blowing his cover calling a medivac as a police officer. He first drives a green Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G RS 420A, a red Ford Lightning and later on, an orange 1995 Toyota Supra Mk IV. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Eminem were considered for the role of Brian.
Michelle Rodriguez as Leticia "Letty" Ortiz, Dom's girlfriend and a part of the crew. Living on the streets and always into cars. Dom was her love interest, and she became his when she turned 16. She is street-smart and a skilled mechanic and driver, using her skills as one of the drivers in hijackings. She drives a dark-faded red 1998 Nissan 240SX S14.
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's sister. Although she is well aware of Dom's hijackings, she is not the part of the crew. She is also Brian's love interest, but unaware that he is a cop. She runs a little grocery store where the crew usually meets, and Vince also has a crush on her, establishing his rivalry with Brian. She is sad that her brother is a criminal, and wishes that he could become better. She is also a very skilled driver and drives an aqua-blue 1997 Acura Integra GSR 4DR.
Rick Yune as Johnny Tran, Dominic's main rival and leader of the Little Saigon crew. He is initially the prime suspect in the case by Brian as a hijacker, but it is found out that he was wrong. He usually drives bikes with his cousin Lance, but he also has a custom black 2000 Honda S2000. He comes from a very wealthy family and he has minor offenses (parking tickets, speeding etc.). He also kills Jesse at the very end, and he is shot by Brian.
Chad Lindberg as Jesse, Dominic's friend and part of the crew. He grew on the streets and he was brought in the crew by Leon. He is an old friend of Dom's who is serving time in jail, and he races in his' white 1995 Volkswagen Jetta A3. He serves as a computer genius, as he is brilliant in math and algebra, but he is suffering from ADD, which resulted with him dropping out of high school. Although a computer expert, he also participates in the hijackings as a driver. He was killed by Johnny Tran when he escaped after losing a pink slip race to him.
Johnny Strong as Leon, Dominic's friend and part of the crew. He grew up with Vince and he is then part of the crew. He also brought Jesse along. In the hijackings, he serves as an attacker and he usually pulls out the windshields of the trucks to get a safe passage for Vince. He drives a yellow 1998 Nissan R33 Skyline GTR. After the hijack, it is unknown what happened to him, but it's suggested that he left L.A. In the heist, he serves as a backup, destroying truck's windshields.
Matt Schulze as Vince, Dominic's childhood friend and part of the crew. He grew up with Dom and Leon and they knew each other since they were kids. He has a crush on his sister Mia and dislikes Brian, as he suspects that he is a cop. His theories are proven right later on. He drives a blue 1999 Nissan Maxima. On the last failed hijack, he was shot by a truck driver and Brian blew his cover to save his life. It is implied that he escaped from the hospital and fled to South America, settling in Rio. In the hijackings, he serves as an enforcer, attaching himself to the truck and immobilizing the drivers.
Ted Levine as Tanner, an L.A.P.D. sergeant and Brian's supervisor. He organized the investigation with the F.B.I., placing Brian undercover.
Thom Barry as Bilkins, the F.B.I. agent who organized the joint operation with Tanner.
Ja Rule as Edwin, a fellow driver at the drag race who drives a red 1997 Acura Integra.
Vyto Ruginis as Harry, owner of The Racer's Edge chop shop. He is an informant for the L.A.P.D., being under Brian's supervision to avoid serving 5 years in prison for selling stolen car parts.
Stanton Rutledge as Muse a L.A.P.D. officer who works with Brian, Bilkins, and Tanner.
Noel Gugliemi as Hector, the organizer of the race in which Dom and Brian participated. He works for Tran.
RJ De Vera as Danny Yamato a fellow driver at the drag race who drives a white Honda Civic.
Beau Holden as Ted Gassner A car part owner who is tortured by Tran to give him engines for his cars.
Reggie Lee as Lance Nguyen, Johnny Tran's cousin, who was knocked down by Dominic. It is implied that he was later arrested and sentenced.
David Douglas as Rasta Racer who races Letty at Race Wars with an RX-7 but loses.
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo as Samoan Guard, a security guard at Race Wars. He and Vince break up Dom and Tran after they fight.
Neal H. Moritz as Ferrari Driver (film producer) who races Brian.
F. Valentino Morales as Dispatcher
Rob Cohen as Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (film director) during the first race scene.
Bob Brackman as head coach for a Pop Warner football team in SoCal.
Production[edit]
Development and filming[edit]
Director Rob Cohen was inspired to make this film after reading a Vibe magazine article about street racing in New York City and watching an actual illegal street race at night in Los Angeles.[4] The plot is essentially the same as that of the 1991 film Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Some critics have noted that it is essentially an unofficial remake of the film and that it swaps surfing for street racing. The film title rights (but not the story rights) of the 1955 film The Fast and the Furious were purchased so that the title could be used on this project, another film about racing.
The film was shot in various locations within Los Angeles and parts of southern California. Key locations included Dodger Stadium (on the opening scene where Brian tests his Eclipse on the parking lot), Angelino Heights, Silver Lake and Echo Park (the neighborhoods around Toretto's home), as well as Little Saigon (where Tran destroys the Eclipse) and the San Bernardino International Airport (the venue for Race Wars, which attracted over 1,500 import car owners and enthusiasts).[5] The entire last rig heist scene was filmed along Domenigoni Parkway on the southern side of San Jacinto/Hemet in the San Jacinto Valley near Diamond Valley Lake.
Prior to filming, both Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez did not have driver's licenses, so they took driving lessons during production. For the climactic race scene between Brian and Toretto, separate shots of both cars crossing the railroad and the train crossing the street were filmed, then composited together to give the illusion of the train narrowly missing the cars. A long steel rod was used as a ramp for Toretto's car to crash through the semi-truck and fly in mid-air.
Music[edit]
Main articles: The Fast and the Furious (soundtrack) and More Fast and Furious
The film's score was composed by music producer BT, mixing electronica with hip-hop and industrial influences. Two soundtracks were released for the film. The first one features mostly hip-hop and rap music. The second one, titled More Fast and Furious, features alternative metal, post-grunge and nu metal songs, as well as select tracks from BT's score.
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
The Fast and the Furious was released on June 22, 2001 in North America and ranked #1 at the box office, earning $40,089,015 during its opening weekend. Its widest release was 2,889 theaters. During its run, the film has made a domestic total of $144,533,925 along with a foreign total of $62,750,000 bringing its worldwide total of $207,283,925 on a budget of $38 million, making it a financial success.[6]
Critical reception[edit]
The Fast and The Furious received generally mixed reviews from critics, earning a score of 53% based on 146 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes,[7] as well as a metascore of 58 on Metacritic from 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[8] Todd McCarthy of Variety called the film "a gritty and gratifying cheap thrill, Rob Cohen's high-octane hot-car meller is a true rarity these days, a really good exploitationer, the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed."[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "an action picture that's surprising in the complexity of its key characters and portents of tragedy."[10] Vin Diesel's portrayal of Dominic Torretto won praise In particular with Reece Pendleton of the Chicago Reader writing "Diesel carries the movie with his unsettling mix of Zen-like tranquillity and barely controlled rage." [11]
Other reviews were more mixed. Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today gave the film 21⁄2 out of 4 stars, saying that Cohen "at least knows how to keep matters moving and the action sequences exciting."[12] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C, saying it "works hard to be exciting, but the movie scarcely lives up to its title."[13] Rita Kempley of The Washington Post gave the film a scathing review, calling it "Rebel Without a Cause without a cause. The Young and the Restless with gas fumes. The Quick and the Dead with skid marks."[14] Paul Clinton of CNN wrote that Cohen "created a high-octane, rubber-burning extravaganza" but he criticized the film for "plot holes you could drive the proverbial truck through" and an idiotic ending.[15]
Home video[edit]
The Fast and the Furious was released on DVD on January 2, 2002. A second print known as the "Tricked Out Edition", released on June 3, 2003, featured Turbo-Charged Prelude, a short film that set the tone to the film's sequel. An abridged version of the short film is also on the sequel's DVD release.
The film was released on HD DVD along with 2 Fast 2 Furious on September 26, 2006, along with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift on DVD, and on Blu-ray Disc on July 28, 2009 along with Fast & Furious on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. In 2011, for the release of Fast Five, the five films were released in a series box set. In 2013 after the release of Fast & Furious 6, all six were released on DVD and Blu-ray in a complete series box set.
Merchandising[edit]
Video game[edit]

 

 The Fast and the Furious (video game).
The film series has spawned several racing video games for arcade, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.
The Fast and the Furious arcade video game was released by Raw Thrills in 2004.[16] In 2006, The Fast and The Furious (ファスト・アンド・フュリアス) was released for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.
Toys and model kits[edit]
Racing Champions released diecast metal replicas of the film's cars in different scales from 1/18 to 1/64.[17] RadioShack sold ZipZaps micro RC versions of the cars in 2002.[18] 1/24 scale plastic model kits of the hero cars were manufactured by AMT Ertl.[19]

Sequels[edit]
Main article: The Fast and the Furious
The film has spawned six sequels: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Furious 7 (2015).
See also[edit]
No Man's Land
Point Break
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c "The Fast and the Furious (2001)".
2.Jump up ^ "The Fast and the Furious". British Film Institute. London. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Elvis Mitchell (2001-06-22). "Getaway Drivers, Take Note: This One's Made for You". The New York Times.
4.Jump up ^ Interview found on the original DVD release
5.Jump up ^ Cinema.com - The Fast and the Furious Production Notes
6.Jump up ^ "The Fast and the Furious-Box Office Mojo".
7.Jump up ^ "The Fast and the Furious". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
8.Jump up ^ "The Fast and the Furious Reviews-Metacritic".
9.Jump up ^ McCarthy, Todd (June 21, 2001). "The Fast and the Furious". Variety.
10.Jump up ^ Los Angeles Times - The Fast and the Furious Review
11.Jump up ^ "The Fast and the Furious" by Reece Pendleton - Chicago Reader
12.Jump up ^ USA Today - Car Hoods Rev Up in The Fast and the Furious
13.Jump up ^ Entertainment Weekly - The Fast and the Furious
14.Jump up ^ The Washington Post - Fast Leaving Logic in the Dust
15.Jump up ^ CNN - Review: The Fast and the Furious Runs on Empty
16.Jump up ^ The Fast and The Furious arcade video game official website
17.Jump up ^ Racing Champions Ertl Company Press Release
18.Jump up ^ Micro RC Cars - RadioShack ZipZaps
19.Jump up ^ AMT Ertl - The Fast and the Furious
External links[edit]
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2 Fast 2 Furious

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2 Fast 2 Furious
Two fast two furious ver5.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
John Singleton
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Screenplay by
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
 
Story by
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Gary Scott Thompson
 
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Paul Walker
Tyrese Gibson
Eva Mendes
Cole Hauser
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
James Remar
 
Music by
David Arnold
Cinematography
Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by
Bruce Cannon
Dallas Puett
 

Production
 company

Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

June 6, 2003
 

Running time
 107 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$76 million[1]
Box office
$236.4 million[1]
2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 American street racing action film directed by John Singleton. It is the second installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise. Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and works with undercover U.S. Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) to bring Miami-based drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) down.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot 1.1 Turbo-Charged Prelude
1.2 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Music
5 Reception 5.1 Critical response
5.2 Box office
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
Turbo-Charged Prelude[edit]
Main article: Turbo-Charged Prelude
After allowing fugitive Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) to evade arrest, former LAPD officer Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) finds himself on the run from the FBI and leaves Los Angeles to start a new life. He travels across the U.S. in a red 2001 Mitsubishi 3000GT, entering various drag races and winning large amounts of money. The FBI issues a country-wide manhunt against Brian and one day, the police locate him and repossess his car, forcing him to leave on foot. A girl (Minka Kelly) picks him up after he hitches a ride, and she drops him off at the local car lot, where he buys a 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 with the money he won. After winning several more races, he decides to settle in Miami.
While in Miami, he meets Tej Parker (Ludacris), an ex-street racer/organizer who leads a top racing garage, as well as Jimmy (Jin Auyeung), a well-known car tuner who works with Tej, and Suki (Devon Aoki), another street racer, and now lives in a small cot near Tej's garage. After taking his Skyline to the streets of Miami and winning in races organized by Tej, he establishes a name for himself as one of Miami's top drivers, earning the nickname Bullitt.
Plot[edit]
After settling in Miami, Brian, now going by the street name 'Bullitt', makes a living by racing for money. Tej organizes a local street race, involving Suki, Orange Julius (Amaury Nolasco) and Slap Jack (Michael Ealy), and calls Brian who agrees to be the fourth driver for the race. Brian wins the race and receives the prize, although he gives a few thousand to Tej to show his gratitude. The police arrive at the scene, forcing all of the racers to flee.
While driving away, Brian is caught by U.S. Customs Service agents after his car is disabled by the grappling hook-like ESD (Electronic Disruption Device) deployed by U.S. Customs Service Agent Markham (James Remar). While in custody, his former boss, F.B.I. Agent Bilkins (Thom Barry), makes a deal with him: should he take part in a joint F.B.I.-Customs Service mission to bring down Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) a ruthless drug lord, his criminal record will be wiped clean. Brian accepts on the condition that he can choose a co-driver.
Brian and Bilkins travel to Barstow, California, where he persuades his childhood friend and ex-convict Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), to help him, in return for his record being cleaned and his house arrest being depleted. Their mission involves working undercover as street racers for Verone, with help from Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes), an undercover U.S. Customs Service agent who Brian takes a liking to. Pearce and Brian win an "audition" race and are selected for Verone's job, a money laundering run.
After witnessing Verone torture Detective Whitworth of the Miami P.D. into giving them a window of opportunity to make their getaway, Brian and Rome are warned by Fuentes that they will be killed once the drop is made. Markham refuses, claiming that this is a one time opportunity to catch Verone and threatens them with jail time if they refuse. Brian, knowing that the gung-ho Markham will blow their cover, makes a backup plan. The team challenges a pair of muscle drivers they raced earlier for pink slips. Despite the engine and power output handicaps, Brian and Rome manage to win the cars, while patching up their differences.
Once Brian and Rome embark on the mission with Verone's money in their cars' trunks, and two of Verone's henchmen riding along, Whitworth calls in his units. Brian and Pearce lead the police in a high speed chase to a warehouse complex, which is surrounded by police. A scramble ensues, in which many other street racers, led by Julius and Slap Jack distract the police, allowing Brian and Pearce to sneak away. Two cars are cornered, only it is revealed that Tej and Suki were the ones driving. In reality, Brian and Rome are driving to the drop in the cars they won, to show the henchmen that they were not with the police.
Brian finds out that the drop is not the airstrip, which Markham and his men have stormed, but the Tarpon point exit. Verone, waiting for them there, reveals that he knew Fuentes was an undercover U.S. Customs Service agent and gave her the false info. Rome saves Brian from being killed by Verone's henchmen and the duo drive the car to rescue Monica, launching it onto the yacht and injuring themselves in the process. Brian shoots Verone, disabling him and leaving him to be arrested, and the duffel bags carrying his drug money are recovered. With their records clean, Brian and Rome inform each other that they have swiped some money from the bags, much to their glee.
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who ends up a fugitive after letting Dominic Toretto escape in the previous film who has now settled in Miami, Florida.
Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Brian's childhood friend who is on home confinement after serving time in prison and is still upset at Brian just because Brian became a cop and was a cop whilst Roman was arrested.
Eva Mendes as Monica Fuentes, a U.S. Customs Service agent working undercover as Carter Verone's aide.
Cole Hauser as Carter Verone, a ruthless Argentine drug lord whose organization the U.S. Customs Service sent Monica and later Brian and Roman to infiltrate.
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges as Tej Parker, an ex-street racer, a race host and a friend of Brian's. He arranges high-stakes street racing events in which Brian often races and wins.
Devon Aoki as Suki, a friend of Brian, Tej and Jimmy. She is the only named female racer in the film and her crew is made up entirely of women. She drives a pink custom Honda S2000.
James Remar as Markham, a U.S. Customs Service agent in charge of the operation against Verone and Monica's superior.
Thom Barry as Bilkins, who Brian first met during his undercover work in the first film, who has come to Miami to oversee the situation. As before, he holds a grudging respect for Brian's driving and street racing skills.
Amaury Nolasco as Orange Julius, one of the street racers from the beginning of the film. He drives a red-orange Mazda RX-7. He is amongst the street racers who escape from the warehouse scramble. His name is a reference to DQ's joint restaurant Orange Julius.
Michael Ealy as Slap Jack, one of the street racers from the beginning of the film. He drives a bronze Toyota Supra 2JZ. Although he crashed his car, he restored it and we see him amongst the scramble of street racers who escape from the warehouse.
Jin Auyeung as Jimmy, a mechanic who works for Tej and is a close friend of Brian.
Mark Boone, Jr. as Whitworth, a corrupt Miami Police Department detective who is forced by Verone to give Roman and Brian a window to deliver his package.
Mo Gallini as Enrique, Verone's bald henchman. Roman saves Brian from Enrique and beats him up.
Roberto Sanchez as Roberto, Verone's henchman and Enrique's partner. Who gets thrown out of Roman's car by an ejector seat.
Eric Etebari as Darden, Korpi's friend who drives an orange 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T. He loses his car to Brian and Roman.
John Cenatiempo as Korpi, a street racer who drives a blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko S/C. He loses his car to Brian and Roman.
Producer Neal H. Moritz makes a cameo appearance as a police officer during the freeway chase scene prior to Brian and Roman secretly sneaking off in the two muscle cars.
Production[edit]
Neither Vin Diesel nor director Rob Cohen returned for this film, as they worked on xXx at the time. Ja Rule, who also appeared in the first film, turned down negotiations to appear on this film to pursue other projects. Originally, Tej was to be played by Redman, however, because of schedule conflicts, the part was given to Ludacris.

 

Nissan Skyline GT-R used in 2 Fast 2 Furious.
The Skyline GT-R driven by Brian was actually Paul Walker's personal car, which he himself customized for the film. It sustained a ruptured oil pan and severe damage on all four rims from the bridge jump, but in a matter of hours, the car was in good running condition with the parts replaced. He had personally chosen all the racing cars in the film. The stunt when Brian powerslided toward the crowd after winning the first race was actually performed by Paul Walker after convincing the producers that he could do the stunt himself and several days of practice before shooting.

 

 Suki's Custom Honda S2000 at the Petersen Automotive Museum with a Veilside bodykit
Some of the cars in the film were reused from the first film, most notably Slap Jack's Toyota Supra and Orange Julius' Mazda RX-7 (the latter was seen again in Rob Cohen's The Last Ride) which were repainted versions of the first film's cars fitted with new body kits. For Slap Jack's Supra, the hood was fitted with a Lexan panel to show the engine underneath. To cut down on costs, stunt doubles of the car had photographs of the engine pasted under the Lexan panels of their hoods.
For the bridge jump, all of the cars except Suki's Honda S2000 were fitted with roll cages. As the S2000 is a convertible, it was fitted with a remote control and a dummy in the driver's seat.
As the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII was not available in the U.S. at the time (VII was not sold in the U.S. until February 2003), the stunt doubles of the car consisted of regular Mitsubishi Lancers fitted with EVO body kits and the engines to look like an EVO, while the original production car was shipped to the U.S from Japan.
The yellow Dodge Viper SRT-10 seen during the audition race was originally painted red and was among the first batch of the Vipers of that generation produced. Four were lent to the production crew on condition that they mustn't crash. They were repainted back to red before they were returned to the factory.
The Saleen Mustang that crashed during the audition race scene under a Semi was actually a Ford Mustang V6 fitted with a Saleen body kit (because the Saleen version cost over $60,000). The subsequent crash involving the dark-grey Chevrolet Corvette C5 was not originally planned in the script.
The house in Miami used as Verone's personal mansion was owned by Sylvester Stallone at the time, and it was just used for the shots of both the exterior and the interior of the house, as the mansion was borrowed for only two days.
Devon Aoki did not have a driver's license (just a driver's permit) or any driving experience prior to the film's production (except driving a golf cart), so she took driving lessons during filming from the professional teachers, first learning pure driving, then stunt driving.[2]
The scene in which the Camaro was launched on the yacht was pre-recorded. With the shot of the blast shoot on dry using a crane, the yacht was rented, and because the yacht's value was over $5,000,000, they removed the parts of the yacht, replacing them with plastic parts. The car was also filled with foam and launched from an improvised pad into the lake as the shot of the jump, and the actors were filmed on green screen.
Music[edit]
Main article: 2 Fast 2 Furious (soundtrack)
The musical score was composed by David Arnold. The hip-hop-oriented soundtrack was released on May 20, 2003 on the Def Jam record label.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
 Reaction to 2 Fast 2 Furious was generally negative. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of "Rotten" 36% based on 157 reviews.[3] Metacritic gives the film a score of 38 based on reviews from 35 critics.[4]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, however, gave the film a positive review, remarking: "It doesn't have a brain in its head, but it's made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious."[5]
The movie received two Razzie Award nominations including Worst Remake or Sequel and Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content).
Box office[edit]
2 Fast 2 Furious earned $50,472,480 in its U.S. opening in 3,408 theaters, ranking first for the weekend. In its 133 days in release, the film reached a peak release of 3,418 theaters in the U.S. and earned $127,154,901 domestically. The film had the 15th largest domestic gross of 2003 and the 16th largest worldwide gross of 2003; combined with the foreign gross of $109,195,760, the film earned $236,350,661 worldwide.[1]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c "2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
2.Jump up ^ Barker, Lynn (2003-06-06). "Devon Aoki: Racer Chick". http://www.teenhollywood.com/.
3.Jump up ^ "2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes.
4.Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/2-fast-2-furious
5.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert. "2 Fast 2 Furious". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
External links[edit]
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Poster - Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Justin Lin
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Written by
Chris Morgan
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Lucas Black
Bow Wow
Music by
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Stephen F. Windon
Edited by
Kelly Matsumoto
 Dallas Puett
Fred Raskin

Production
 company

Relativity Media
Original Film
 Munich Pape Filmproductions
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

June 4, 2006 (Universal City, California)
June 15, 2006 (Australia)
June 16, 2006 (United States and United Kingdom)
 

Running time
 104 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$85 million[1]
Box office
$158.5 million[2]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a 2006 American action film directed by Justin Lin, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Chris Morgan. It is the third installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise though in terms of series chronology, it takes place after the events of the fourth, fifth, and sixth films. The film stars Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee and Sung Kang. The film was shot in Tokyo and parts of Los Angeles, the latter often covered with props and lights to create the illusion of the Tokyo style.
While the rest of the actors from the previous films are not in the film, Vin Diesel reprises his role as Dominic Toretto in a cameo at the end of the film. Although this is the third film of the franchise, it takes place after Fast & Furious 6.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Technical
4 Reception 4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reaction
5 Music 5.1 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 5.1.1 Charts
5.2 Original Motion Picture Score
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In Arizona, 17-year old high school student Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) and Clay (Zachery Ty Bryan) race their cars to win Clay's girlfriend Cindy. When Sean cuts through a structure and catches up to Clay, Clay hits Sean's car repeatedly until a high speed turn which causes the pair to both crash; Clay's wealthy family helps him escape punishment, but Sean's numerous past racing activities causes his mother to send him to live with his father in Tokyo, who is stationed there for the U.S. Navy.
At his new school, Sean meets a fellow American named Twinkie (Bow Wow), who introduces Sean to Tokyo's drift racing scene. Sean has a confrontation with Takashi (Brian Tee)—aka DK (Drift King)—over Sean talking to DK's girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelley), resulting in Sean challenging DK to a race. Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang), a friend & business partner to DK, lends Sean his car for the race. DK easily beats Sean due to Sean's inexperience at drifting, and Sean wrecks Han's car. The following day, Han tells Sean that he must work for him. Sean and Han become friends, with Han teaching Sean how to drift and lending him another car for future races. Han explains that he is helping Sean because Sean is the only person willing to stand up to DK. Sean later moves in with Han and soon masters drifting, gaining some reputation after defeating DK's right-hand man, Morimoto. Sean soon asks Neela out on a date, and learns that after her mother died she moved in with DK's grandmother resulting in her hooking up with DK. DK beats up Sean the next day, telling him to stay away from Neela; Neela leaves DK and moves in with Sean and Han.
DK's uncle Kamata (Sonny Chiba) (the head of the Yakuza), informs DK that their business is not meeting expectations, and DK realizes that Han has been stealing from him. DK and Morimoto confront Han, Sean, and Neela about the thefts. Twinkie causes a distraction allowing Han, Sean, and Neela to flee, pursued by Morimoto and DK; Morimoto is killed in a crash, and Han is rammed by an oncoming car and dies when it fatally explodes.
Sean and Neela escape to his father's home, followed by DK. Neela leaves with DK to avoid a gun fight between Sean, his father and DK. Sean's father demands that Sean return to the United States; Sean insists on staying. Sean returns the stolen money to Kamata and proposes a race against DK to determine who will leave Tokyo. Kamata agrees and sets the race to take place on DK's mountain. The following morning, Sean finds that the police have confiscated all of Han's cars. Sean and Han's friends quickly build a new car using Sean's father's old car and the engine from Han's beat-up car.
That night, on the mountain, crowds gather to see the race; After the race starts, DK takes the lead, but Sean's training allows him to catch up to DK. DK resorts to ramming Sean's car, eventually missing and driving off the mountain while Sean crosses the finish line. Kamata keeps his word and lets Sean remain in Tokyo.
The next night, Sean, now the Drift King, is challenged by a new driver who knew Han: Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel).
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, a 17 year old social outcast interested in illegal street racing.
Sung Kang as Han-Seoul-Oh, Takashi's friend & business partner (and old friend of Dominic Toretto) who becomes friends with Sean and teaches him how to drift. After gaining his share of the Rio heist and also cleaning his record and losing Gisele, he settled in Tokyo and owns a tuning shop. He works with Takashi mainly since his garage is on the turf of Takashi's uncle Kamata, who is the head of the Yakuza.
Bow Wow as Twinkie. He is Sean's first friend who he meets in Tokyo and who introduces Sean to the drift world. He himself drives a 2005 Volkswagen Touran with Hulk theme, and he himself dislikes racing, making a living by selling stolen American goods to classmates and drivers.
Nathalie Kelley as Neela, an Australian who is Takashi's girlfriend, but later on falls for Sean. She is an outsider due to her background, since her mother died when she was 10 and she was a hostess. Takashi's family took her in and raised her. She drives a 2004 Mazda RX-8.
Brian Tee as Takashi/DK (Drift King). He is a professional street racer and is crowned as Drift King (or DK) but in reality, he is only known since his uncle is the head of the Yakuza and he uses it as a leverage.
Leonardo Nam as Morimoto, Takashi's closest friend and right-hand man. He drives a yellow-black 2003 Nissan 350Z. He is a typical high-school bully, but in reality, he is not very smart.
Brian Goodman as Lieutenant Boswell, Sean's father who works as a US naval officer and is stationed in Tokyo. He owns a 1967 Ford Mustang GT, but he is now fixing it in his garage since he found it scrapped of parts one day.
Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay, the football quarterback of Sean's school whom Sean challenges for a race. He is a typical rich kid and owns a 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10.
Nikki Griffin as Cindy, Clay's girlfriend, who suggests that Clay and Sean compete to win her.
Jason Tobin as Earl, one of Han's friends.
Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko, Earl's friend.
Lynda Boyd as Ms. Boswell, Sean's mother, who was fed up with moving her and Sean around, sends him to Tokyo, to live with his dad.
Justina Cashman as extra in the race that took place down through the hillside. She was a friend and crew member of Takashi/DK, expert driftor.
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto. He is Han's old friend, and arrived in Tokyo when he heard the news about Han's death.
Sonny Chiba as Kamata, Takashi's uncle. He is the head of the Yakuza who also manages business on his turf.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]



"After I'd seen Better Luck Tomorrow, I knew Justin was a director I wanted to do business with. He was the first we approached, and…he loved the idea of filming it. This movie needed enthusiasm, and he was the director to do it. Absolutely tireless."
Neal H. Moritz [3]
Neal H. Moritz, who had produced the two previous installments, began working on the film in 2005. On June 8, 2005, Moritz hired Justin Lin to direct The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.[4] Lin, who wasn't intimately familiar with drifting when he was approached to helm the project, recalled: "I was in film school when The Fast and the Furious came out, and I saw it along with a sold-out crowd who just ate it up. What really excited me about directing this film was the chance to harness that energy—create a whole new chapter and up the ante by bringing something new to the table for the audience who loves action and speed."[3] Vin Diesel agreed to make his cameo in the film in exchange for Universal's ownership to rights of the The Chronicles of Riddick franchise and character, in lieu of financial payment.[5]
Technical[edit]
The S15 Silvia which Black's character trashes in his first race in Japan is depicted as having an RB26DETT engine swap which itself is donated to the Mustang. However, the car in the movie was actually powered by the S15's original SR20DE engine.[6] The Veilside Fortune body-kitted RX-7 driven by Sung Kang's character was originally built by Veilside for the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon but was later bought by Universal and repainted (the original was dark red, not orange and black like in the film).[7]
The car in which Vin Diesel's character appears at the end of the film is a highly customized 1970 Plymouth Satellite, Steven Strope's "Hammer", built for the SEMA show. It started life as a Satellite, but now is a GTX clone.[citation needed]
SCC tested the cars of the film, and noted that the cars in Tokyo Drift were slightly faster in an acceleration match up with the cars from 2 Fast 2 Furious.[8]
Notable drifting personalities Keiichi Tsuchiya, Rhys Millen, and Samuel Hubinette were consulted and employed by the movie to provide and execute the drifting and driving stunts in the film.[9] Tanner Foust, Rich Rutherford, Calvin Wan, and Alex Pfeiffer were also brought in when it was revealed that none of Universal's own stunt drivers could drift.[10] Some racing events were filmed within the Hawthorne Mall parking lot in Los Angeles.[11]
Toshi Hayama was also brought in to keep elements of the film portrayed correctly after being contacted by Roger Fan, an old high school friend who starred in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow, the organizers of the Japanese series, and his former boss at A'PEXi. Among them were keeping certain references in check (the usage of nitrous oxide in straights but not in turns, keeping the usage of references from sponsors to a minimum, etc.).[12] Hayama also joked that a prop car was "stolen" by some of the action stars who took the car for an impromptu "drift session" from which the car never returned.[10]
Reception[edit]


Box office[edit]
Despite mixed reviews, Tokyo Drift brought in over $24 million on its opening weekend. The movie itself was in limited release in Japan (released under the name Wild Speed 3). As of January 28, 2007, the domestic box office take totalled $62,514,415 with another $95,953,877 from the foreign box office, resulting in total receipts of $158,468,292.[2] Tokyo Drift grossed lower than its predecessor films. However, it was considered successful enough to justify continuing the series with a fourth film, as long as Vin Diesel returned to the main cast. His cameo at the end of this film was originally meant to foreshadow his appearance in a chronological sequel, before it was instead decided to set the fourth film before this one.
Critical reaction[edit]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. The film holds a rating of 36% on Rotten Tomatoes[13] and a score of 46 out of 100 on Metacritic.[14]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the film, giving it three out of four stars, saying that director Justin Lin "takes an established franchise and makes it surprisingly fresh and intriguing," adding that Tokyo Drift is "more observant than we expect" and that "the story [is] about something more than fast cars".[15] Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun felt that "the opening half-hour may prove to be a disreputable classic of pedal-to-the-metal filmmaking."[16] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said that "it's not much of a movie, but a hell of a ride".[17]
Michael Medved gave Tokyo Drift one and a half stars out of four, saying: "There's no discernible plot [...] or emotion or humor."[18] James Berardinelli from ReelViews also gave it one and a half stars out of four, saying: "I expect a racing film to be derivative. That goes with the territory. No one is seeing a Fast and the Furious movie for the plot. When it comes to eye candy, the film is on solid ground—it offers plenty of babes and cars (with the latter being more lovingly photographed than the former). However, it is unacceptable that the movie's action scenes (races and chases) are boring and incoherent. If the movie can't deliver on its most important asset, what's the point?"[19]
Richard Roeper strongly criticized the film, saying, "The whole thing is preposterous. The acting is so awful, some of the worst performances I've seen in a long, long time."[20] Similarly, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said that Tokyo Drift "suffers from blurred vision, motor drag and a plot that's running on fumes. Look out for a star cameo—it's the only surprise you'll get from this heap."[21] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said: "[The main character] has no plan and no direction, just a blind desire to smash up automobiles and steal a mobster's girlfriend. [...] As for the racing scenes, who cares about the finesse move of drifting, compared to going fast? And who wants to watch guys race in a parking lot? For that matter, who wants to watch guys race down a mountain, with lots of turns?"[22]
Rob Cohen, who directed the first film of the series, said: "If you were to just watch 'Tokyo Drift,' you'd say 'I never want to see anything related to Fast and Furious again." [23]
Music[edit]
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on June 20, 2006. AllMusic rated it three stars out of five.[24] RapReviews rated it two out of ten.[25] Another album, the Original Score, has 30 tracks, most composed by Brian Tyler and one track "Welcome to Tokyo" composed by Tyler and the musician Slash. The album was released by Varèse Sarabande on June 27, 2006, with 64 minutes and 10 seconds worth of music.[26] Tyler partnered with music producers Pharrell and Dr. Dre for the 2006 film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[edit]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
 
Soundtrack album by Various Artists

The Fast and the Furious soundtrack chronology

2 Fast 2 Furious
 (2003) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
 (2006) Fast & Furious
 (2009)
 

No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1. "Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)"   Teriyaki Boyz 4:15
2. "Six Days" (Remix) (featuring Mos Def) DJ Shadow 3:52
3. "The Barracuda"   The 5.6.7.8's 2:28
4. "Restless"   Evil Nine 4:54
5. "Round Round"   Far East Movement 3:20
6. "She Wants to Move" (DFA Remix) N.E.R.D 3:34
7. "Cho Large" (featuring Pharrell) Teriyaki Boyz 5:14
8. "Resound" (without intro) Dragon Ash 4:45
9. "Speed"   Atari Teenage Riot 2:50
10. "Bandoleros" (featuring Tego Calderón) Don Omar 3:18
11. "Conteo"   Don Omar 2:23
12. "Mustang Nismo" (featuring Slash) Brian Tyler 2:25
Songs featured in the film, but not in the soundtrack"My Life Be Like (Ooh Ahh)" by GRITS featuring TobyMac (3:53)
"Rising Sun by DBSK (4:42)
"Rock Star" by N.E.R.D (4:29)
"Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock (4:27)
"Chaos Step" by The Mad Capsule Markets (3:20)
"You'll Be Under My Wheels" by The Prodigy (3:59)
"There It Go (The Whistle Song)" by Juelz Santana (3:04)
"I Got It from the Town" by MC Hammer (3:51)
"Top of The World" by Shonen Knife (3:55)
"Mamacita" by Pharrell featuring Daddy Yankee (5:08)
Charts[edit]

Chart (2006)
Peak
 position


Australian Albums (ARIA)[27]
77
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28]
8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29]
51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30]
72
French Albums (SNEP)[31]
79
German Albums (Official Top 100)[32]
25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33]
14

Original Motion Picture Score[edit]
All music composed by Brian Tyler except where noted.

No.
Title
Length

1. "Touge"   0:46
2. "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"   7:05
3. "Saucin'"   4:28
4. "Neela Drifts"   3:27
5. "Preparation"   1:10
6. "N2O"   0:49
7. "Mustang Nismo"   2:21
8. "Underground"   1:33
9. "Hot Fuji"   1:55
10. "This Is My Mexico"   1:23
11. "Welcome to Tokyo" (written by Slash and Brian Tyler) 1:54
12. "DK vs. Han"   3:32
13. "Downtown Tokyo Chase"   2:33
14. "Aftermath"   1:22
15. "Empty Garage"   1:01
16. "DK's Revenge"   1:09
17. "Journey Backwards"   0:58
18. "Sumo"   1:37
19. "Shaun's Crazy Idea"   2:24
20. "Dejection"   1:12
21. "Kamata"   1:32
22. "Two Guns"   1:29
23. "I Gotta Do This"   1:14
24. "Megaton"   2:16
25. "Neela Confronts DK"   1:47
26. "Winner ... Gets ... Me"   1:21
27. "War Theory"   1:54
28. "I Don't Need You to Save Me"   0:57
29. "Neela"   1:44
30. "Symphonic Touge"   6:50
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21.Jump up ^ Review, Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
22.Jump up ^ Review, Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
23.Jump up ^ Rob Cohen Hated The First Two 'Fast & Furious' Sequels Because They Were Just Done For The Money
24.Jump up ^ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift at AllMusic
25.Jump up ^ RapReviews review
26.Jump up ^ "Brian Tyler - Fast Five - Original Motion Picture Score". BrianTyler.com. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
27.Jump up ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 26 June 2006" (PDF) (851). Pandora Archive. July 20, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
28.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
29.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
30.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
31.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
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33.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
External links[edit]

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Fast & Furious (2009 film)

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Fast & Furious
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Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Justin Lin
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
 
Written by
Chris Morgan
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Michelle Rodriguez
Jordana Brewster
John Ortiz
Laz Alonso
 
Music by
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Amir Mokri
Edited by
Christian Wagner
Fred Raskin
 

Production
 companies
 
Original Film
Relativity Media
One Race Films
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

March 12, 2009 (Universal CityWalk)
April 3, 2009 (North America)
 

Running time
 107 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$85 million[2]
Box office
$363.2 million[2]
Fast & Furious (also known as Fast & Furious 4) is a 2009 American street racing action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise.
The plot connects the first film from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster reprise their roles.[3][4] The film serves as a sequel/prequel to the series as it is set after the second installment 2 Fast 2 Furious and set before the third installment, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Originally released on April 3, 2009, the film received negative reviews upon release, but was a success grossing $363 million worldwide.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Music
5 Release
6 Reception 6.1 Critical response
6.2 Box office
6.3 Home video
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Five years after leaving Los Angeles, Dominic Toretto and his new crew, consisting of his girlfriend, Letty, Leo Tego, Rico Santos, Cara Mirtha, and Han Seoul-Oh, are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dominic begins to suspect that the police are hot on their trail, after Han informs him that one of his garages have been raided, forcing the crew to disband and go their separate ways. Realizing that he must move, he packs his things in the middle of the night and leaves Letty behind in order to protect her from harm.
Three months later, Dominic is now residing in Panama City. While there, he gets a call from his sister, Mia Toretto , who tells him that Letty has been murdered after getting into a car crash. Heartbroken, Dominic heads back to Los Angeles in his red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle to her funeral to examine Letty's crash and finds traces of nitromethane on the ground. He then goes to the only car mechanic that sells nitromethane and coerces him into giving him the name David Park, the man who ordered the fuel, and informs him that the only car that uses nitromethane is a green 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport.
Meanwhile, F.B.I. agent Brian O'Conner is trying to track down a drug lord named Arturo Braga. His search leads him to David Park, and he tracks him down using an illegal modification record on his car. Dominic arrives at Park's apartment first and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before letting go. Brian, who was on his way to Park's place, saves Park and Park becomes the F.B.I.'s new informant. Park gets Brian into a street race through Los Angeles. Brian selects a modified 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34[5] from the Impound Lot. Dominic also shows up to race in his modified Chevelle. Gisele Yashar, the liaison for Braga, reveals that the winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the Mexico–United States border. Dominic wins by bumping Brian's car while it is in nitro, making him lose control. Brian uses his power as an F.B.I. agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller, and takes his place on the team.
The following day, the team meets one of Braga's men, named Fenix, and Dominic notices that Fenix drives the same Torino the mechanic described. They drive across the border using underground tunnels to avoid detection. Brian has prior knowledge that, after the heroin was delivered, Braga ordered the drivers to be killed. However, it is revealed to Dominic from Fenix that he killed Letty personally, and after a tense stand-off, Dominic detonates his car with nitrous to distract Braga's men, and Brian hijacks a 1999 Hummer H1 with $60 million worth of heroin in it. Both Dominic and Brian drive back to L.A. and hide the heroin in a police impound lot, where Brian picks up a modified 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Hatchback, and they drive to Dominic's hideout.
Later, Dominic finds out Brian was the last person to contact Letty, which results in Dominic attacking Brian until Brian explains that Letty was working undercover for him, tracking down Braga in exchange for clearing Dominic's record. Brian tells his superiors that in exchange for Dominic's pardon, he will lure Braga into a trap, forcing him to personally show up to exchange money for the heroin. At the drop site, the man who claims to be "Braga", is revealed as a decoy, and "Campos", the real Braga, escapes and flees to Mexico.
Brian and Dominic travel to Mexico on their own to catch Braga. They find him at a church and apprehend him. As Braga's henchmen try to rescue him, Brian and Dominic drive through the underground tunnels back to the United States. Brian crashes his car after taking fire from Braga's men. He is then injured after being T-boned by Fenix at the end of the tunnel. Before Fenix can kill Brian, Dominic drives into and kills Fenix. As police and helicopters start approaching the crash site on the American side of the border, Brian tells Dominic to leave, but Dominic refuses, saying that he is tired of running. Despite Brian's request for clemency, the judge sentences Dominic to 25 years to life while Brian resigns from the F.B.I. Dominic boards a prison bus that will transport him to Lompoc penitentiary. As the bus drives down the road, Brian, Mia, Leo and Santos arrive in their cars to intercept it.
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
##Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, an auto mechanic, ex-convict, elite street racer and a street smart hijacker from the United States. Dominic is wanted for committing numerous semi-truck hijackings. At the beginning of the film, he is living in the Dominican Republic and drives a black Buick Grand National to hijack fuel trucks.[6]
##Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former police officer, auto mechanic and elite street racer. Brian is now an F.B.I. agent on the trail of the Mexican drug lord Arturo Braga. He drives a Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, and then switches to Subaru Impreza STI Hatchback.
##Michelle Rodríguez as Leticia "Letty" Ortiz, Dominic's girlfriend who lives with him in the Dominican Republic. She drives a silver Plymouth Satellite (with Road Runner lights).
##Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dominic's younger sister and Brian's former girlfriend. She drives a Honda NSX-R (although she also owns a white Honda Integra Type R).
##John Ortiz as Arturo Braga / Ramon Campos, a drug lord who wants drivers to smuggle heroin across the U.S.-Mexico Border.
##Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon, Arturo Braga's main henchman. He is Letty's murderer and he drives a green 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport.
##Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar, a liaison for Braga.
##Sung Kang as Han, a street racer and member of Dominic's crew, who also appeared in Tokyo Drift (setting this film as a prequel).
##Tego Calderón as Leo Tego, a member of Dominic's crew.
##Don Omar as Rico Santos, a member of Dominic's crew.
##Jack Conley as Penning, head of the Los Angeles F.B.I. office
##Shea Whigham as Ben Stasiak, an F.B.I. agent and Brian's colleague.
##Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, an F.B.I. agent and Brian's colleague.
##Mirtha Michelle as Cara Mirtha, a member of Dominic's crew and Han's girlfriend.
##Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Braga's Camaro driver.
##Ron Yuan as David Park.
Production[edit]
Filming began in 2008. The movie cars were built in Southern California's San Fernando Valley. Around 240 cars were built for the film.[7] However, the replica vehicles do not match the specifications they were supposed to represent. For example, the replica version of F-Bomb, a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro built by Tom Nelson of NRE and David Freiburger of Hot Rod magazine, included a 300 hp crate V8 engine with a 3-speed automatic transmission, whereas the actual car included a twin-turbo 1,500 hp engine and a 5-speed transmission.[8]
The original Dodge Charger 426 Hemi R/T that was used in the original movie was a 1970, but the car in this movie was a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi with a slightly modified front grill to appear as a 1970 car; the original 1970 Dodge Charger was in pieces, being totally disassembled for restoration.
The most radical vehicles built for the film were the Chevy trucks constructed for the fuel heist. Powered by 502ci GM big block motors, the '67 had a giant ladder-bar suspension with airbags using a massive 10-ton semi rear axle with the biggest and widest truck tires they could find. The '88 Chevy Crew Cab was built with twin full-floating GM 1-ton axles equipped with Detroit Lockers and a transfer case directing power to both axles and capable of four-wheel burnouts.[9]
Another vehicle built for the film was the blue Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 owned by an uncredited owner which brought a 241-mile per hour top speed at the Bayshore Route Highway in Japan. It was a hard car to build by the production so they made clones by acquiring Nissan Skyline 25GT's and made them look like the original car. The Skyline that was also used at the desert was actually a dune buggy using a Skyline R34's shell.
Music[edit]
Main articles: Fast & Furious (soundtrack) and Fast & Furious (Original Motion Picture Score)
The score to Fast & Furious was composed by Brian Tyler, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[10] The score album was released on CD by Varèse Sarabande Records with over 78 minutes worth of music.
The trailers for the film feature the track "We Are Rockstars" by Does It Offend You, Yeah? and a Travis Barker-remixed version of "Crank That" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.
The official soundtrack was released on March 31, 2009 on Star Trak. The first single from the soundtrack was titled "Blanco" and is by Pitbull featuring Pharrell Williams and is produced by The Neptunes.[10] The second single from the album is "Krazy" by Pitbull featuring Lil Jon. The track is also featured on Pitbull's album Rebelution. The third and final single from the album is "Bad Girls" by Robin Thicke. The soundtrack will also feature the song "G-Stro" by Busta Rhymes featuring Pharrell Williams and also produced by The Neptunes. The track is a leftover track from Busta Rhymes' album Back on My B.S. Amazon gave the album an average score of 3.5 out of 5, calling it a Spanish-themed rap soundtrack with mostly average tracks. Interscope and Star Trak Records released the soundtrack for the film with "Crank That" not included.
Another song that was omitted from the album was song "Rising Sun" by South Korean group TVXQ.
The Japanese version of the movie features the song "Before I Decay" by Japanese rock group The GazettE.
Also featured in the background under a club scene which was omitted from the album, was song "Ride" written by Kervins Joseph and Travis Baker, published by InDigi Avenue Music Publishing (ASCAP), courtesy InDigi Music, and Virtual Diva performed by Don Omar.[citation needed]
Release[edit]
The film was released in the United States on April 3, 2009. It was originally set to release on June 12, 2009, but moved it up to April 3, 2009 instead. It was the first motion-enhanced theatrical film to feature D-BOX motion feedback technology in selected theaters.[11]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
 Fast & Furious received generally mixed to negative reviews from professional critics. The film is rated at 27% based on 172 reviews collected on the Rotten Tomatoes website[12] and 45 on Metacritic based on 27 reviews.[13]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gives the film a B+, saying, "Fast & Furious is still no Point Break. But it's perfectly aware of its limited dramatic mission...and...it offers an attractive getaway route from self-importance, snark, and chatty comedies about male bonding."[14] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter thought this movie was the first real sequel to the first and also gave it a positive review, writing, "Fast & Furious is the first true sequel of the bunch. By reuniting the two male stars from the original and...continuing the story from the first film, this new film should re-ignite the franchise."[15] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave it a positive review, providing viewers were car fans, writing, "If you're a lover of stomach-clenching speed that turns the world into a neon blur...then Fast & Furious, the fourth edition of that metal-twisting series, should leave you exhausted and satiated for a very long time."[16]
Roger Ebert, who gave positive reviews to the previous films, gave an unfavorable review of the film, writing, "I admire the craft involved, but the movie leaves me profoundly indifferent. After three earlier movies in the series, which have been transmuted into video games, why do we need a fourth one? Oh. I just answered my own question."[17]
Box office[edit]
On its first day of release the movie grossed $30.5 million, and peaked at the top spot of the weekend box office with $70,950,500, more than Tokyo Drift earned in its entire domestic run.[18] The film had the sixth-biggest opening weekend of 2009 and was double what most industry observers expected.[19]
It also held the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in April[20] and of any car-oriented film, the record having been previously held by Cars, which grossed $60.1 million. Both of these records were broken two years later by Fast Five, which grossed $86.2 million.[21] Fast & Furious also held the record for the highest opening weekend for a Spring release, until it was broken by Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Its worldwide gross on its opening weekend stands at $102.6 million[22] with $7.2 million coming from the UK, $8.6 million from Russia, $6 million in France and $3 million from Germany.[23]
As of July 27, 2011 the film had grossed a total of $155,064,265 in the United States and $363,164,265 worldwide (making it the fourth most successful film in the franchise behind Furious 7, Fast & Furious 6 and Fast Five) and is the fifth highest-grossing film in the car genre, behind Furious 7, Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five, and Cars.[2]
Home video[edit]
 Fast & Furious was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 28, 2009.[24] The DVD is a two-disc set that includes:
##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. It is written and directed by Vin Diesel and was produced in the Dominican Republic.[25] This has been released on the iTunes Store as a free download.
As of July 29, 2011 the DVD has sold 3,324,117 copies generating $53,879,547 in sales revenue for a combined total of $417,043,812 including worldwide movie ticket sales.[26]
It was re-released in Australia on Blu-ray including a digital copy and re-titled Fast & Furious 4 on March 30, 2011.
Sequel[edit]
Main article: Fast Five
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reunited for a Fast & Furious sequel, entitled Fast Five. Justin Lin directed, while Chris Morgan wrote the screenplay. It was released in April 2011.[27]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Fast & Furious". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c "Fast and Furious (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
3.Jump up ^ Merrick (March 6, 2008). "Another Familiar Face Is Returning For The New FAST AND THE FURIOUS Film!!". AintItCool.com. Retrieved March 9, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ Chris Beaumont (March 7, 2008). "Michelle Rodriguez Joins Walker and Diesel for The Fast and the Furious 4". FilmSchoolRejects.com. Retrieved March 9, 2008.
5.Jump up ^ 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R [R34]
6.Jump up ^ [1], http://jalopnik.com/5151136/fast-and-furious-1987-buick-grand-national-gnx, later on he switches to a silver 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 424, then finally to his old 1971 Dodge Charger R/T B-body (which Letty restored).
7.Jump up ^ More Cars and More Action in Fast & Furious pedal to the floor March 20, 2015
8.Jump up ^ The F-Bomb Drops on Fast & Furious Edmunds Insideline March 13, 2009
9.Jump up ^ Fast & Furious Movie Cars – Faster And More Furious Hod Rod Magazine, May 2009
10.^ Jump up to: a b Dan Goldwasser (February 24, 2009). "Brian Tyler scores fast and furious with Fast & Furious". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
11.Jump up ^ Ford, Allan (April 2, 2009). "Fast & Furious 4 To Be First Theatrical D-BOX Release". Retrieved December 22, 2009.
12.Jump up ^ "Fast & Furious". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
13.Jump up ^ "Fast & Furious". Metacritic. CBS.
14.Jump up ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (April 1, 2009). "Fast & Furious (2009)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
15.Jump up ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (April 2, 2009). "Film Review: Fast & Furious". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
16.Jump up ^ Sharkey, Betsy (April 3, 2009). "Video review: Fast & Furious". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert (April 1, 2009). "Fast & Furious". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 25, 2001.
18.Jump up ^ "Daily Box Office for Friday, 3 April 2009". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com.
19.Jump up ^ Rich, Joshua (April 5, 2009). "Fast & Furious shatters box office records". Entertainment Weekly (Time Inc.). Retrieved April 5, 2009.
20.Jump up ^ "Walker, Diesel will return for ‘Furious’ sequel – Access Hollywood". MSNBC. April 12, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
21.Jump up ^ Weekend Report: 'Fast Five' Packs Record Heat
22.Jump up ^ "Fast & Furious speeds to No. 1 worldwide". Reuters. April 5, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
23.Jump up ^ The “Fast & Furious” international cume stands
24.Jump up ^ "Blu-ray.com – Fast & Furious Blu-ray".
25.Jump up ^ "Vin Diesel "adores" Dominicans, presents ‘Los Bandoleros’". dominicantoday.com. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
26.Jump up ^ "Fast & Furious – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
27.Jump up ^ Reynolds, Simon (February 4, 2010). "Universal greenlights fifth Fast And Furious". Digital Spy. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
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Fast Five
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Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Justin Lin
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
 
Written by
Chris Morgan
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Jordana Brewster
Tyrese Gibson
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Matt Schulze
Sung Kang
Dwayne Johnson
 
Music by
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Stephen F. Windon
Edited by
Christian Wagner
Kelly Matsumoto
Fred Raskin
 

Production
 companies
 
Original Film
One Race Films
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

April 15, 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)
April 29, 2011 (United States)
 

Running time
 130 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$125 million[2]
Box office
$626.1 million[3]
Fast Five (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 5[1] or Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist[4]) is a 2011 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the fifth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. It was released first in Australia on April 20, 2011, and then in the United States on April 29, 2011. Fast Five follows Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) as they plan a heist to steal $100 million from corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) while being pursued for arrest by U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).
When developing Fast Five, Universal Studios deliberately departed from the street racing theme prevalent in previous films in the series, to transform the franchise into a heist action series involving cars. By doing so, they hoped to attract wider audiences that might otherwise be put off by a heavy emphasis on cars and car culture. Fast Five is considered the transitional film in the series, featuring only one car race and giving more attention to action set pieces such as gun fights, brawls, and the heist of $100 million. The production mounted a comprehensive marketing campaign, marketing the film through social media, virtual games, cinema chains, automobile manufacturers, and at NASCAR races.
Fast Five achieved financial success, breaking box office records for the highest-grossing April opening weekend and the second-highest spring opening weekend, and surpassing Fast & Furious (2009) to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Fast Five has grossed over $625 million worldwide, making it number 66 on the all-time worldwide list of highest-grossing films, in unadjusted dollars, and the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2011.
The film was praised by critics, who liked the combination of comedy and "action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics";[5] some labeled the film the best of the series.[6] Johnson was singled out for his performance, critics calling him "the best thing, by far, in Fast Five"[7] and remarking that scenes shared by Johnson and Diesel were often the "best moments".[6] Despite the positive response, many were critical of the film's running time, considering it too long, and others criticized the treatment of women, stating "[Females] cameo strikingly in buttock form. Others actually have first names."[8] South American reviewers were critical of the film's portrayal of Rio de Janeiro as a haven for drug trafficking and corruption, labeling it a "stereotype".[9] A sequel, Fast & Furious 6, was released in May 2013 to box office success, surpassing Fast Five as the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Another sequel, Furious 7, released in April 2015, soon surpassed Fast & Furious 6, grossing over $1 billion worldwide.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production  3.1 Development
3.2 Writing
3.3 Filming
3.4 Vehicle stunts
4 Marketing
5 Release 5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical reception
5.3 Brazilian critics
5.4 Accolades and recognition
5.5 Home media
6 Soundtracks
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
When Dominic "Dom" Toretto is being transported to Lompoc Prison by bus, his sister Mia Toretto and friend Brian O'Conner lead an assault on the bus, causing it to crash and freeing Dom. While the authorities search for them, the trio escape to Rio de Janeiro. Awaiting Dom's arrival, Mia and Brian join their friend Vince and other participants on a job to steal three cars from a train. Brian and Mia discover that agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are also on the train and that the cars are seized property. When Dom arrives with the rest of the participants, he realizes that one of them, Zizi, is only interested in stealing one car, a Ford GT40. Dom has Mia steal the car herself before he and Brian fight Zizi and his henchmen, during which Zizi kills the DEA agents assigned to the vehicles. Dom and Brian are captured and brought to crime lord Hernan Reyes, the owner of the cars and Zizi's boss. Reyes orders the pair be interrogated to discover the location of the car, but they manage to escape and retreat to their safehouse.
While Brian, Dom, and Mia examine the car to discover its importance, Vince arrives and is caught trying to remove a computer chip from it. He admits he was planning to sell the chip to Reyes on his own, and Dom forces him to leave. Brian investigates the chip and discovers it contains details of Reyes' criminal empire, including the locations of US$100 million in cash.
Following the murder of the DEA agents aboard the train, blamed on Dom and his team, DSS agent Luke Hobbs and his team arrive in Rio to arrest Dom and Brian. With the help of local officer Elena Neves, they travel to Dom's safehouse, but find it under assault by Reyes' men. Brian, Dom and Mia escape, and Dom suggests they split up and leave Rio, but Mia announces she is pregnant with Brian's child. Dom agrees to stick together and suggests they steal Reyes' money to start a new life. The trio organizes a team to perform the heist, recruiting Han Seoul-Oh, Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, Gisele Yashar, Leo, and Santos. Vince later joins the team after saving Mia from being captured by Reyes' men, earning Dom's trust once more.
Hobbs and his team eventually find and arrest Dom, Mia, Brian, and Vince. While transporting them to the airport for extradition to the United States, the convoy is attacked by Reyes' men, who kill Hobbs' team. Hobbs and Elena are saved by Dom, Brian, Mia, and Vince as they fight back against Reyes' men and escape, but Vince is shot in the process and dies. Wanting to avenge his murdered team, Hobbs and Elena agree to help with the heist. The gang breaks into the police station where Reyes' money is kept and tear the vault from the building using their cars, dragging it through the city with police in pursuit. Believing they cannot outrun the police, Dom makes Brian continue without him while he attacks the police and the pursuing Reyes, using the vault attached to his car to smash their vehicles. Brian returns and kills Zizi while Reyes is badly injured by Dom's assault. Hobbs arrives on the scene and kills Reyes. Hobbs refuses to let Dom and Brian go free but, unwilling to arrest them, agrees to give them a 24-hour head start to escape. The gang splits Reyes' money, leaving Vince's share to his family, before the members go their separate ways.
On a tropical beach, Brian and a visibly pregnant Mia relax. They are met by Dom and Elena. Brian challenges Dom to a final, no-stakes race to prove who is the better driver.
In a post-credits scene, Hobbs is given a file by Monica Fuentes concerning the hijack of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Dom's former girlfriend Letty Ortiz, who had been presumed dead.
Cast[edit]












Top to bottom: Diesel, Walker and Brewster reprised their roles from the original The Fast and the Furious (2001).
For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
##Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
A professional criminal, street racer, and fugitive. Diesel was reportedly paid $15 million to star in and produce the film.[10]##Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
A former FBI agent turned criminal. He is in a relationship with Mia Toretto. Walker did many of his own stunts for the film, training with parkour professional Paul Darnell to improve his movement.[11]##Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto[12]
Dominic's sister and the girlfriend of Brian O'Conner.##Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce
Brian's childhood friend. Gibson's involvement was confirmed on June 30, 2010.[13] Gibson was committed to Transformers: Dark of the Moon at the time he signed on to Fast Five. He was forced to fly between Puerto Rico and Atlanta to accommodate both films.[14]##Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Tej Parker
Brian's and Roman's friend from Miami. Ludacris confirmed his involvement in the film on July 12, 2010, when he stated he had arrived in Puerto Rico to begin filming.[15]##Matt Schulze as Vince
Dominic's childhood friend. Schulze had appeared in the first film, and it was confirmed on July 16, 2010, that he would be returning.[16]##Sung Kang as Han Seoul-Oh[17]
A street racer, Dominic's business partner in the Dominican Republic, and Gisele's love interest.##Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs
A Diplomatic Security Service agent. According to producer Vin Diesel, the role of Hobbs was originally developed with Tommy Lee Jones in mind. However, when reading feedback on his Facebook page, Diesel noted a fan stating a desire to see Diesel and Johnson in a film together. Diesel and Lin then redesigned the role for Johnson.[18] Johnson wanted to work with Universal Studios, citing their support for him during his transition from wrestling to acting.[19] He described the role as a former bounty hunter turned US Marshal[20] and as "the government's version of the best bounty hunter on the planet".[19] He undertook an extensive daily workout regime to enlarge his physique, wanting his character to appear as a "hunter" and to be formidable enough to present a credible threat to the protagonists.[19]##Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar
A former Mossad agent and love interest of Han. Although Gadot had prior experience handling motorbikes, she was required to learn how to ride the larger, more powerful Ducati Streetfighter for the film.[21]##Joaquim de Almeida as Hernan Reyes
A ruthless drug lord posing as a legitimate business man. It was confirmed on July 16, 2010, that Almeida would play antagonist Hernan Reyes.[16] Having previously played several antagonists, he hesitated to take this role, but accepted it after speaking with Lin and hearing his take on the character.[22]##Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves
A Rio police officer who works with Hobbs' team and becomes Dominic's love interest. It was confirmed on July 16, 2010, that Pataky would take this role.[16] She underwent several days of tactical training with a police/military technical advisor and was required to learn how to handle her gun in a variety of situations to portray Elena believably.[22]
The central cast is rounded out by Puerto Rican singers Tego Calderón and Don Omar as Leo and Santos respectively, members of the heist team. Michael Irby plays Reyes' right-hand man Zizi.[23] Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, and Geoff Meedy portray Hobbs' team members Fusco, Wilkes, Chato, and Macroy. Michelle Rodriguez appears in photographs as Letty Ortiz, Dominic's former girlfriend, who is presumed dead following the events of Fast & Furious.[24][25] Eva Mendes appears in an uncredited cameo as agent Monica Fuentes, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.[24]
Production [edit]
Development[edit]
By February 3, 2010, it was confirmed that a fifth film, referred to as Fast Five, was going into production in the Fast and Furious series, and that a sixth film was being planned. It was also confirmed that Diesel, Walker, writer Chris Morgan and producer Neal H. Moritz would all return to their roles for the new installment.[26][27] Moritz said that, following the success of Fast & Furious (2009), which had reunited Diesel, Brewster, Walker and Rodriguez from the original film, the production wanted to bring them back again for the next one. Diesel felt that the story between the characters portrayed by himself and Walker should continue, envisioning it as three chapters, of which Fast Five would be the last. Diesel also wanted to bring back a variety of characters that had been in previous films without interacting, put them together and "have a lot of fun".[28]
The production had originally intended to film on location in Rio de Janeiro. However, the Puerto Rican government offered tax incentives totaling nearly $11 million, influencing the decision to film there, using Puerto Rico to represent Rio de Janeiro.[19][29]
Universal intended to transform the series from street-racing action into a series of heist films with car chases in the vein of The Italian Job (1969) and The French Connection (1971), with Fast Five as the transitional movie.[30] In April 2011, Universal chairman Adam Fogelson said:[30]

The question putting Fast Five and Fast Six together for us was: Can we take it out of being a pure car culture movie and into being a true action franchise in the spirit of those great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago?
Fogelson said that the racing aspect had put a "ceiling" on the number of people willing to see films in the series, and that, by turning it into a series where car driving ability is just one aspect of the film, he hoped to increase the series' audience.[30]
Writing[edit]



"For me, each chapter in this franchise is an extension of the first one, and they each get bigger. It is always a privilege to be able to revisit a good character-driven story. This franchise is more than street racing and tuner cars; it really is about this larger family and community of racers."
— Morgan on his approach to writing the film.[28]
Lin wanted to explore the elements of "freedom and family" in the film and collaborated with Morgan towards that ideal, both having worked together on previous installments of the franchise. Morgan worked with Diesel to produce a story arc that would further explore and develop Diesel's character.[31] An idea involving heisting a large safe had been conceived by Morgan during the production of Fast & Furious, but that film's premise did not work with how Morgan envisioned it. He later incorporated it into Fast Five.[32]
Filming[edit]
On a budget of $125 million,[2] the shooting of Fast Five was scheduled for July and August 2010.[33] Shooting had started by July 14, 2010,[34] but it took longer than forecast: the film was still being shot in early November 2010.[35]
Three film units worked simultaneously. The main cast were required to travel to Rio at the behest of Lin, who felt it important to understand the area and its culture to give the film a good sense of place.[36] Diesel agreed that it was important to shoot key scenes in Brazil, commenting "we were able to shoot where other productions might not be able to shoot because our franchise has such good street cred."[37]
The Rio film unit captured aerial shots of the city including Sugarloaf Mountain, Fort Copacabana, Ipanema Beach, the Dona Marta lookout point and the Christ the Redeemer statue. Establishing shots of the heist team members were taken as each arrived in Rio. Gibson was filmed arriving in character at Galeão International Airport but, when it became publicly known that a scene was being shot at the airport, the cast and crew were mobbed. A similar situation occurred while Ludacris was shooting a scene in which his character buys a car to drive around the city.[36] A scene where the completed heist team walk down a beach was filmed in Copacabana.[36]
The rooftop chase across favelas was filmed in Puerto Rico, where the production could have more control over the area. The main and second filming units began filming in and around the capital, San Juan. The island's mixture of tropical greenery and wide streets allowed the production to re-create the densely populated favelas of Rio while completing the larger action and external scenes without incident. Production designer Peter Wenham had the task of transforming Puerto Rico and Atlanta into the previously scouted Rio locations in four weeks, as the production deemed Rio unsuitable for filming many of the larger scenes. Wenham had to reinforce buildings to support the heavy camera equipment, and to alter the colors of more than 30 buildings in the city to make them suitable for filming. His team needed to alter the buildings and strew debris to make the area look disheveled and appear as a Rio shantytown. Wenham remarked that, though the development was difficult, in part due to the heat, it was "a walk in the park" compared with filming in the Rio favelas themselves.[11] Wenham aimed to maintain a monochromatic color scheme for the film, with muted blacks and grays, including his choice of colors for the cars used. He only chose to add a multitude of colors in the favela set.[38] The Teodoro Moscosco bridge connecting San Juan to neighboring Isla Verde was used to film the final showdown between Dom and Reyes, while a U.S. Navy base pier 60 miles outside San Juan stood in for the bridge for scenes involving the vault smashing cars.[39][29] Action scenes were also filmed in the Hato Rey and Río Piedras districts of San Juan.[39]
A foot pursuit in which Diesel, Brewster and Walker are chased across favela rooftops by Johnson and his team was filmed over the course of a week in the small hillside town of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. The scene was considered difficult to shoot, as pathways were slippery from moist tropical heat and the scene involved actors and stunt doubles running while avoiding dogs, chickens and other stray animals loose in the area. To capture the scene, a 420-foot cable-camera rig was used to allow for a fast moving, birds-eye view of the action, and cameras on cranes were set up on rooftops and in alleyways.[40] Walker and Brewster made multiple takes of the conclusion of the scene, requiring them to jump nearly 30 feet from a building onto a waiting safety mat.[11] In total the production employed 236 technicians, 13,145 extras, and generated 16,824 room nights at hotels, contributing $27 million to the Puerto Rican community.[29]
Filming moved to Atlanta, Georgia for the final phase.[38] Wenham and his team transformed a defunct train yard into an abandoned auto plant used by the protagonists as their headquarters.[41] Redesigning the train yard took place over several months. It was required to allow enough space for stunt drivers to drive into the building, and it had to include an integrated lighting system. The design team removed walls, hauled out old railway cars, suspended rusted car parts and auto-plant car rails, and constructed smaller buildings within the main building to transform the site. With twenty-five pages of script to shoot in a limited time, cinematographer Stephen Windon and his team spent three weeks setting up a series of high-powered, motorized lights in the rafters of the building, that could be controlled remotely to allow lighting to be altered quickly while fully illuminating the set.[42] An exterior scene involving Diesel and Walker attending a car party, involving several high-performance cars, was filmed near the Georgia Dome.[42] The train heist scene was filmed in Rice, California over three weeks.[43]
A brawl scene between Johnson's and Diesel's characters was considered difficult to choreograph. The characters were written to be equally formidable, so the fight was punctuated with moments of character development, as Moritz felt this made the fight more exciting. The scene required several weeks of rehearsal and more than a week of filming by the actors and their stunt doubles, who incurred several minor injuries.[44]
Vehicle stunts[edit]

 

 Most of the climatic scenes were filmed in the Milla de Oro district in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
The climatic vault heist required four weeks of preparation with every scene and camera angle determined in advance.[45] The filmmakers hired stunt director Spiro Razatos and stunt coordinator Jack Gill to direct the second-unit action filming.[46] The pair initially began research for the stunt by testing the capabilities of the prop vaults and the Dodge Chargers driven by Diesel and Walker. Filmed on the streets of Hato Rey,[47] the chaotic scene demanded specific timing that had to be synchronized with the various character interactions also occurring during the scene. Razatos chose to use a series of camera cars including a crane-mounted camera atop a Porsche Cayenne, which allowed him to film from a variety of angles and heights while the vehicles were in motion, and a Subaru STI with a steel cage built around it that allowed for tracking shots.[46] The Subaru's driver Allen Padelford would occasionally accidentally collide with the vault creating a shower of sparks that inadvertently became useful footage. Padelford also developed a top-mount dual-drive system for the Chargers that allowed a stunt driver to control the vehicle from the roof, while the actor focused on their performance inside the car.[46]
Six versions of the 8-foot high vault were built, each with specific uses. One of the vaults was a façade built onto the front of a semitruck and was used for filming close shots of the vault destroying street cars. Another vault was a reinforced, four-wheel self-drive vehicle that was connected to 30-foot cables and dragged through the streets of San Juan by the two stunt Dodge Chargers.[48] The four-ton vault was driven by stunt driver Henry Kingi, who had to wear a temperature controlled suit to compensate for the temperatures within that could exceed 100 degrees.[39] A scene where the vault tumbled as the cars rounded a corner was a practical effect, and the result was more violent than the filmmakers had anticipated.[45] Over 200 vehicles were destroyed by the vault during filming.[47] Several stunts had to be cut including a final scene that would have seen the vault hanging over the edge of the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge. This stunt was abandoned when it was determined that even the powerful Chargers would not be able to support the vault's weight.[45]
The train heist presented several challenges. The filmmakers were required to effectively purchase a length of working railroad for filming and the trains necessary to ride the tracks. Then trucks had to be built that could race the train and meet the needs of the heist itself. Lin also required that the cars being carried on the train be able to jump out of the train at full speed. The scene took precise execution.[47] The filmmakers chose to use cars they could cheaply replicate for the train heist—a 1972 De Tomaso Pantera, a 2007 Corvette GS Roadster, and a Ford GT40—to avoid the expense of replacing a genuine $2 million Ford GT40.[47]
Marketing[edit]

 

 An example of Fast Five's cross-media marketing. A Regal Entertainment Group-branded, virtual drive-in theater in Car Town, shows the trailer for Fast Five.
The first trailer for Fast Five was released on Diesel's Facebook page on December 14, 2010, in what was believed to be the first ever use of this marketing approach.[49][50] At the time, Diesel's page had over 20 million subscribers (one of the top five personal sites of celebrities), providing a wide audience for the trailer. Following this debut, other members of the cast with personal social media platforms released the teaser trailer to their own fans.[49][50]
The Facebook game Car Town by Cie Games and the theater chain Regal Entertainment Group (REG) collaborated with Universal in a cross-media marketing promotion. Car Town allowed players to view the trailer for the film in an REG-branded, in-game drive-in theater and race around a virtual Rio de Janeiro. The game also featured missions and locations based on the plot of the film, while allowing players to race against Fast Five characters and take part in a bank heist. REG offered players of Car Town the ability to purchase tickets in-game via Fandango for films at REG theaters. By buying these tickets in-game, players were given promotional codes which in turn allowed them to unlock a virtual 1970s Dodge Charger, used by Diesel's character in the original film. REG promoted the partnership between the film and the game in their theaters across 37 states, online and through social media, while Universal promoted it via their own Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites.[51][52] In October 2011, it was claimed that over 200 million races had taken place within the virtual Rio de Janeiro environment in the six months since the campaign's April launch.[53]
Automobile manufacturer Dodge collaborated with Universal in marketing the film, supplying several Dodge Chargers to use in it.[54] The partnership with Dodge included the "Fast Five" Dodge Charger driven by Robby Gordon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series throughout April 2011 – the opening month of Fast Five. Dodge also sponsored the world premiere of the film in Rio de Janeiro.[54]
Release[edit]
The premiere of Fast Five took place on April 15, 2011, at the Cinépolis Lagoon theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[55] It was hosted by actress Susie Castillo and sponsored by car manufacturer Dodge.[54][56]
Box office[edit]
Fast Five accrued $209,837,675 (33.5%) in the United States and Canada and a further $416,300,000 (66.5%) elsewhere – a total of $626,137,675.[3] Worldwide, it is the seventy-first highest-grossing film,[57] the seventh highest-grossing 2011 film,[58] the second highest-grossing film in the Fast & Furious series (behind Fast Six),[59] and the fifth highest-grossing Universal film.[60] It achieved a worldwide opening weekend of $109.6 million.[61] The film reached a peak of number 55 on the list of all-time highest-grossing films worldwide in October 2011.[57] It became the highest-grossing film of the series in worldwide grosses (as well as separately in the US and Canada, and outside the US and Canada)[62] but was out-grossed in all three cases by Fast & Furious 6.[63]
Outside the United States and Canada
Fast Five is the ninth highest-grossing 2011 film,[64] the second highest-grossing film of the Fast and Furious franchise (behind Fast 6)[59] and the fifth highest-grossing Universal film.[65] It was initially released in Australia on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 – nine days before the release date in North America – followed by releases in the UK, South Korea and New Zealand. The earlier start in these countries was timed to coincide with their Easter holidays[66] and avoided competition from forthcoming summer films,[67] although this placed it in direct competition with Thor in some countries. By the end of its opening weekend, the film had accrued a total of $23.4 million from these countries.[68][69] On its second weekend, Fast Five earned $46.3 million across 3,139 theaters in 14 countries, ranking first at the box office in each of its ten new markets. For the overall weekend, it ranked second behind Thor.[70] In the third weekend of release, Fast Five topped the box office in a further 44 countries, playing in a total of 6,979 theaters across 58 countries. It ranked first during the weekend with $85.8 million.[71][72] It set an opening-weekend record in the United Arab Emirates ($1.65 million), holding this record for two weeks before being out-grossed by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($2.24 million).[73]
Across all markets, the film scored Universal's highest-grossing opening weekend in Russia, Spain, Turkey,[74] Argentina, Brazil,[75] Chile, France,[75] India, Italy,[75] Malaysia, Mexico,[75] the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.[71]
United States and Canada
Fast Five is the second highest-grossing film in the Fast and Furious franchise (behind Fast 6),[59] the sixteenth highest-grossing Universal film,[76] the sixth highest-grossing 2011 film,[77] the second highest-grossing heist/caper film, behind Inception,[78] and the second highest-grossing car-racing film, behind Cars.[79] According to Box Office Mojo, Fast Five is one of the most successful sequels of 2011, when taking into account that it is one of few to have outperformed the immediately-preceding instalment of its franchise in the US and Canada.[80]
Fast Five opened on April 29, 2011, in 3,644 theaters,[3] It took $3.8 million in midnight showings, setting new records for the Fast and the Furious series and Universal[81] (both records overtaken by Fast 6).[82] By the end of its opening day, it had accrued a total of $34.4 million (including midnight earnings), setting an April opening-day record, replacing Fast & Furious ($30.1 million),[83] and marking the third largest Friday outside of the summer and holiday period, behind The Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland.[84][85] In total, Fast Five earned $86.2 million during its opening weekend, an average of $23,655 per theater,[2] with IMAX showings contributing over $8 million.[86] It thus set an opening-weekend record for the Fast and Furious series, for Universal,[87] (both records overtaken by Fast 6)[88] and for films released in April[87] (the record was surpassed in 2014 by Captain America: The Winter Soldier[89]). It also achieved the third-largest spring opening, behind The Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland.[90][91] The film also set an opening-weekend record among films starring Diesel, Walker, Brewster, Johnson, Moritz and Lin,[87] records overtaken in all cases by Fast 6.[88]
The film opened dropped 62% on its second weekend, earning $32.4 million,[92] and ranking second behind Thor.[93] This result was partially attributed to the reduction in IMAX and large-format screens showing the film (reduced from 244[86] to 20[94]), since IMAX only contributed $510,000 to the film's second-weekend gross.[71] On June 4, 2011, 37 days after release in the US, the film became the first of 2011 to accrue more than $200 million.[95] The film received a one-week re-release in IMAX theaters on September 30, 2011.[96]

Release date(s)
Budget
Box office revenue
Box office ranking (current/peak)

US & Canada
International
Worldwide
Release year
All time US
All time worldwide

April 20, 2011 (Australia)
April 29, 2011 (United States)
 $125,000,000[2] $209,837,675[3] $416,300,000[3] $626,137,675[3] #7 / #1[97][98] #116 / #103[3][99] #66 / #55[3][57]
Note(s)
##Box office ranking accurate as of February 2013.
 
Critical reception[edit]

 

Dwayne Johnson received praise from several critics for his performance.
Fast Five received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 78%, based on 192 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sleek, loud, and over the top, Fast Five proudly embraces its brainless action thrills and injects new life into the franchise."[100] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[101]
Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, praising it as "a skillfully assembled 130 minutes at the movies, with actors capable of doing absurd things with straight faces, and action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics",[5] while Richard Corliss of Time considered it "maybe the first great film of the post-human era".[102] The New York Times said it deftly combined action and humor, stating "The only time you won't be watching the screen is when your eyes have squeezed shut because you're laughing so hard."[103] The Telegraph appreciated the presence of Johnson and Diesel together, calling it a "cosmic event", and added that director Lin had revitalized the series, saying "the start and finish here, defying every imaginable law of physics, are series highs."[104] Empire also heaped praise on Johnson, saying "How to re-ignite an ageing franchise? Drop [Johnson] on it. The best thing, by far, in Fast Five ... Dwayne Johnson hulks through the movie leaving testosterone trails in his wake." However, Empire took the view that the film itself was "not, by any normal criteria, a good film", arguing that it was too long, although conceding that the action scenes, in particular the final car chase, made the film "the most entertaining in the series."[7] Anna Smith of Time Out London also commented that the film was too long and criticized the simplistic characters and dialog, but she called the film "slick" and stated that these criticisms could be overlooked because "it doesn't take itself too seriously."[105] Variety focused on the roles of Johnson and Diesel, lamenting the current lack of 1980s-style "brawny" leading men and of the "manly men" typical of the 1950s and 1960s, and calling their pairing "a welcome injection of tough-guy vigor". Variety commented that, based on Fast Five, a "sixth entry could be something worth waiting for".[106] The New Yorker called the action scenes "spectacular", praising director Lin by saying his "direction and the sharp editing never confuse or lose momentum", but also found the film too long and criticized the dialog, labeling it "subpar Ocean's Eleven-style banter".[107] On the characters, The New Yorker considered Walker and Diesel "serviceable", but singled out Johnson for praise for bringing a "hip, comic knowingness to his role ... his enjoyment is infectious and keeps the movie speeding along."[107]
Total Film welcomed the return of Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson to "[inject] the film with much-needed laughs" and felt that Johnson fit into the established cast with ease, though it believed the film itself was "no mould-breaker."[108] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, who disliked the previous movies, gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, praising the transformation of the series into a heist film ("Damn it, it works"), commenting favorably on scenes between Johnson and Diesel, and judging that "Fast Five will push all your action buttons, and some you haven't thought of."[109] The Los Angeles Times felt that scenes shared by Diesel and Johnson were the "best moments" and appreciated the humor, but considered the pacing a "strange mix", switching between exposition, comedy scenes and then sudden action.[6] The reviewer echoed other critics' sentiments concerning the running time of the film, but concluded that "the sheer audacity of "Fast Five" is kind of breathtaking in a metal-twisting, death-defying, mission-implausible, B-movie-on-steroids kind of way", labeling it the "best" of the series.[6]
Both Empire and Variety noted that the final chase scene of Fast Five contained allusions to Bad Boys II (2003): Variety stated that the scene "seems inspired in part by a similarly spectacular scene in Bad Boys II";[106] Empire said that it "nearly out-Bad-Boys-2s Bad Boys 2".[7]
Not all reviews were positive, however. Film4 criticized both the film's long running time and its treatment of female characters, remarking "[Females] cameo strikingly in buttock form. Others actually have first names". But Film4 praised Johnson's role as DSS agent Luke Hobbs, saying he "provides a more credible anti-antagonist to our anti-heroes than the straight up villains can manage".[8] The Boston Herald gave a more mixed reaction: it derided the lack of realism as removing any sense of threat to the protagonists, but conceded that "these films may be robustly anti-intellectual and deplorably commercialized, but they are the envy of the rest of the world."[110] Despite giving the film a positive review and praising the action, The Hollywood Reporter was critical of its stars, saying "it's clear the budget wasn't used on acting lessons for the cast."[111] The New York Post‍ '​s Kyle Smith gave the film a negative review, criticizing the shortage of car-related action before the finale and calling it less a "vroomer" and more a "knucklehead Ocean's Eleven".[112] Smith went on to call the film's villain Reyes (Almeida) "unforgivably dull" and considered the long running time a result of taking "that long to read every item in the cliché dictionary."[112] Time Out New York stated that "The Fast and the Furious movies haven't exactly gotten better as they've gone along" but gave the director a backhanded compliment, saying "Justin Lin, taking his third turn behind the franchise's wheel, is at least a competent hack."[113] Ebert was more complimentary, saying "Justin Lin is emerging as a first-rate director in this second-rate genre"[5] and Rolling Stone managed "Justin Lin, who misdirected the last two sequels, finds his pace this time, staging dynamite action."
Brazilian critics[edit]

 

Fast Five cast in Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian reviewers criticized the use of Rio de Janeiro in the film, claiming it was stereotyped as "dominated by heavily armed drug traffickers, corrupt police, and sexy women".[9] O Globo accused the producers of using "aerial shots and quick editing" to "deceive the viewer" into believing that the criminal acts take place in Rio. Globo also reacted negatively to the use of "foreigners" to represent Brazilians, "speaking Portuguese with laughable accents".[9] Veja agreed with O Globo, saying, "The city of Rio and the Rio Film Commission supported the production. But the image that will spread across the world is exactly what the city doesn't want."[114]
Accolades and recognition[edit]
Tyler's score for Fast Five earned him an award at the 2011 BMI Film Music Awards.[115] The marketing components of Fast Five were nominated for three Golden Trailer Awards, winning one for Best Summer Blockbuster 2011 TV Spot.[116] For the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, Fast Five received five nominations, including Choice Action Movie and Choice Action Movie Actress.[117] Three of the five available nomination slots for Choice Action Movie Actor were taken by actors from Fast Five: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Paul Walker.[117] The film ultimately received one Teen Choice Award, for Choice Action Movie.[118] The film received two nominations for the 2011 People's Choice Awards for Favorite Action Movie, and Favorite Action Movie Star for Diesel.[119] Diesel was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.[120] The film's sound and music editing was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film by the Motion Picture Sound Editors society.[121] The film also received two Saturn Award nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Action/Adventure Film and Best Editing for Kelly Matsumoto, Fred Raskin, and Christian Watner.[122]
In December, 2011, Richard Corliss ranked the film number 10 on his list of the Top 10 Best Movies of 2011, saying, "A carnival of roguish heroes and pretty girls, car chases and cliffhangers, Fast Five is as much a tribute as The Artist or Hugo to the cinema's primal thrills."[123] Empire placed the film number 20 on its list of the Top 20 Films of 2011,[124] while IGN named it the "Best Action Movie" of 2011.[125] Fast Five was listed as the number 1 most illegally downloaded film of 2011 on BitTorrent with approximately 9.3 million downloads.[126][127]

Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
Ref.
2011 BMI Film Music Award Film Music Brian Tyler Won [115][128]
Golden Trailer Awards Best Action TV Spot "Fast Women" – Universal Pictures, AV Squad Nominated [116]
Best Summer 2011 Blockbuster Poster "Fast Five" – Universal Pictures, Cold Open Nominated
Best Summer Blockbuster 2011 TV Spot "Superbowl" – Universal Pictures, AV Squad Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie – Action Fast Five Won [117][118]
Choice Movie Actor – Action Vin Diesel Nominated [117]
Dwayne Johnson Nominated
Paul Walker Nominated
Choice Movie Actress – Action Jordana Brewster Nominated
2012 People's Choice Awards Favorite Action Movie Fast Five Nominated [119][129]
Favorite Action Movie Star Vin Diesel Nominated
Critic's Choice Awards Best Action Movie Fast Five Nominated [130]
NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Vin Diesel Nominated [120]
Golden Reel Awards Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Fast Five Nominated [121]
Saturn Awards Best Action/Adventure Film Fast Five Nominated [122]
Best Editing Kelly Matsumoto, Fred Raskin, and Christian Watner Nominated
Home media[edit]
On August 2, 2011, USA Network purchased the rights to the United States network premiere of Fast Five.[131] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011,[132] and in the United States on October 4, 2011,[133] in 2.35:1 aspect ratio with DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 sound. A triple pack was also released containing a Blu-ray, DVD, and digital copy of the film in either Blu-ray or DVD packaging.[134][135] The Blu-ray versions contains several exclusive additional features, including behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, a "virtual car garage" that provides further details on the vehicles used in the production, and music tracks from the film. Both the DVD and the Blu-ray contain a theatrical and extended cut of the film,[133] director commentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel and features on the three central characters.[135] Commenting on the extended cut, Lin said "this is the version that I prefer."[133] During first week sales in the United States the DVD was the number 1 selling DVD, the number 1 rental DVD,[136] and the number 2 selling Blu-ray disc behind the Blu-ray re-release of The Lion King.[137] 57% of the total first week disc sales of Fast Five were the Blu-ray disc version.[137]
To promote the release of the DVD and Blu-ray, Universal Studios Home Entertainment sponsored the first race of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, at the Chicagoland Speedway. The event, renamed as the "Fast Five 225", took place on September 16, 2011, with Gibson and Brewster as Grand Marshals; Gibson sang the American national anthem for the event and Brewster acted as honorary starter. The event served as the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and was won by Austin Dillon.[138] The deal marked the first time that a film promotion had been allowed to take over a NASCAR race as a title sponsor.[139] Continuing the partnership with Car Town, the game was used as the exclusive means of pre-ordering the Blu-ray/DVD combo release at Walmart, via players clicking on a Walmart-themed truck, which in turn provided the player with Fast Five branded in-game rewards.[53]
Soundtracks[edit]
Main articles: Fast Five (soundtrack) and Fast Five (score)
Fast Five (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) was released on iTunes on April 25, 2011, and on CD on May 3, 2011, by ABKCO Records. It features many reggaeton and rhythmic latin tracks, including songs by Don Omar, Busta Rhymes and many others, with three pieces from Tyler's original score for the film: "Assembling the Team", "Mad Skills" and "Fast Five Suite".[140] Music guide AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars out of 5, commenting that "The goal here is to accompany a picture that, as usual, is packed with driving sequences involving flashy cars, beautiful, scantily clad women, and muscled men. That goal is accomplished with this beat-heavy music and the gruff, aggressive Latin rapping."[140] Ludacris collaborated with Slaughterhouse and Claret Jai for the soundtrack's lead single, "Furiously Dangerous".[141]
The film score was released on May 3, 2011, by Varèse Sarabande. The release has 25 tracks and plays for 78 minutes.[142] The score spent four weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking as high as number 60 and reaching number 24 on the digital albums chart and number 5 on the soundtrack-only chart.[142]
Sequel[edit]
Main article: Fast & Furious 6
A sixth film in The Fast and the Furious series was planned in February 2010 as development on Fast Five began, and in April 2011, it was confirmed that Morgan had begun work on a script for the potential sixth film.[27][30] Diesel and Moritz returned as producers for the film and Lin would return to direct. Fast & Furious 6 was released on May 24, 2013.[143]
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Fast & Furious 6
FastandFurious6-teaserposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Justin Lin
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Clayton Townsend
 
Written by
Chris Morgan
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Dwayne Johnson
Michelle Rodriguez
Jordana Brewster
Tyrese Gibson
Chris Bridges
Sung Kang
Luke Evans
Gina Carano
John Ortiz
 
Music by
Lucas Vidal
Cinematography
Stephen F. Windon
Edited by
Christian Wagner
Kelly Matsumoto
Dylan Highsmith
 

Production
 company
 
Original Film
One Race Films
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

May 7, 2013 (Premiere, London)
May 17, 2013 (United Kingdom)
May 24, 2013 (International)
 

Running time
 130 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Spain[2]
 
Language
English
Budget
$160 million[3]
Box office
$788.7 million[3]
Fast & Furious 6 (alternatively known as Furious 6 or Fast Six)[4] is a 2013 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sixth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, and John Ortiz. Fast & Furious 6 follows a professional criminal gang led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) who have retired following their successful heist in Fast Five (2011), but remain wanted fugitives. U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) offers to clear the group's criminal records and allow them to return home in exchange for helping him to take down a skilled mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw (Evans), one member of which is Toretto's presumed-dead lover Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez).
Fast & Furious 6 was in development by February 2010 as the first film in the series to move away from the underground car-racing theme of the series' previous films which was considered to have placed a barrier on audience numbers. Pre-production had begun by April 2011, and principal photography began in London, England in July 2012. Filming locations also included the Canary Islands, Glasgow, and Los Angeles. The film was first released in the United Kingdom, on May 17, 2013, followed by an international release on May 24, 2013. The film has grossed over $780 million worldwide, making it number 50 on the all-time worldwide list of highest-grossing films, in unadjusted dollars, and the 6th highest-grossing film of 2013. A sequel was released on April 3, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Principal photography
3.3 Stunts
4 Marketing
5 Release 5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical reception
5.3 Accolades
5.4 Home media
6 Music
7 Video games
8 Sequel
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
Following their successful Rio heist, Dominic "Dom" Toretto and his professional criminal crew have fled around the world: Dom lives with Elena; his sister Mia lives with Brian O'Conner and their son, Jack; Gisele and Han live in Hong Kong; and Roman and Tej live in luxury.
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agents Luke Hobbs and partner Riley Hicks investigate the destruction of a Russian military convoy by former British Special Forces soldier Owen Shaw’s crew. Hobbs persuades Dom to help capture Shaw by showing him a photo of the supposedly long-dead Letty Ortiz, Dom's former lover. Dom and his crew accept the mission in exchange for amnesty, allowing them to return home to the United States.
In London, Shaw's hideout is found, but this is revealed to be a trap, distracting them and the police while Shaw's crew performs a heist at an Interpol building. Shaw flees by car, detonating his hideout behind him and disabling most of the police, leaving Dom, Brian, Tej, Han, Gisele, Hobbs, and Riley to pursue him. Letty arrives to help Shaw, shooting Dom without hesitation before escaping. Back at their headquarters, Hobbs tells Dom's crew that Shaw is stealing components to create a deadly device, intending to sell it to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, Shaw's investigation into the opposing crew reveals Letty's relationship with Dom, but she is revealed to be suffering from amnesia.
Dominic's crew learns that Shaw is connected to a drug lord imprisoned by Brian, Arturo Braga. Brian returns to the United States as a prisoner to question Braga, who says Letty survived the explosion that was thought to have killed her; Shaw took her in after discovering her amnesia. With FBI help, Brian is released from prison, regrouping with the team in London. Dom challenges Letty in a street racing competition; afterwards, he returns her cross necklace he had kept. After Letty leaves, Shaw offers Dom a chance to walk away, threatening to otherwise hurt his family; Dom refuses.
Tej tracks Shaw's next attack to a Spanish NATO base. Shaw's crew assaults a highway military convoy carrying a computer chip to complete his deadly device. Dom's crew interferes while Shaw, accompanied by Letty, commandeers a tank, destroying cars en route. Brian and Roman manage to flip the tank before it causes further damage, resulting in Letty being thrown from the vehicle and Dom risking his life to save her. Shaw and his crew are captured, but reveal Mia has been kidnapped by Shaw. Hobbs is forced to release Shaw, and Riley, Shaw's covert accomplice, leaves with him; Letty chooses to remain with Dom.
Shaw's group board a large moving aircraft on a runway as Dom's crew gives chase. Dom, Letty, and Brian board the craft; Brian rescues Mia, escaping in an onboard car. The plane attempts take-off, but is held down by excess weight as the rest of the team tether the plane to their vehicles. Gisele sacrifices herself to save Han from a henchman; Letty kills Riley and escapes to safety, but Dom pursues Shaw and the computer chip. As the plane crashes into the ground, Shaw is thrown from it, and Dom drives a car inside through the exploding plane, reuniting with his crew, and giving the chip to Hobbs to secure their pardons.
In the aftermath, Dom and the others return to the United States. Hobbs and Elena, now working together, arrive to confirm the crew’s freedom; Elena accepts that Dom loves Letty. As Roman says grace over the crew’s meal, Dom asks Letty if the gathering feels familiar; she answers no, “but it feels like home.”
A post-credits scene ensues: Reprising a scene from Tokyo Drift, Han flees from unseen enemies in a high-speed pursuit in Tokyo, when suddenly he is rammed by an oncoming car which has been covertly following the chase. The other car's driver walks away from the scene after leaving Letty's cross necklace by the crash site, and calls Dom as Han's car fatally explodes: "You don't know me... you're about to."
Cast[edit]
For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
##Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
##Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
##Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs
##Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz
##Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
##Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce
##Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges as Tej Parker
##Sung Kang as Han-Seoul-Oh
##Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar
##Luke Evans as Owen Shaw
##Gina Carano as Riley Hicks
##John Ortiz as Arturo Braga
##Shea Whigham as Stasiak
##Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves
##David Ajala as Ivory
##Kim Kold as Klaus
##Thure Lindhardt as Firuz
##Joe Taslim as Jah
##Clara Paget as Vegh
Rita Ora has an uncredited cameo role in the film.[5] Jason Statham appears uncredited in a cameo scene amid the end credits.[6]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In February 2010, Diesel confirmed that production of Fast Five was commencing and also announced that a sixth installment was being planned.[7] In January 2011, producer Neal H. Moritz said more:[8]

In Vin and my mind we already know what the sixth movie is, we’ve already been talking about it. Vin and I have had numerous conversations about what that might be. And we’re starting to get serious about it right now. We just finished [Fast Five] like 4 or 5 weeks ago and we just needed a break, and now we’re gonna start focusing on that.
In April 2011 it was confirmed that Chris Morgan had already begun work on a script for a potential sixth film at the behest of Universal Studios.[9] It was also confirmed that Universal intended to transform the series from street-racing action into a series of heist films with car chases in the vein of The Italian Job (1969) and The French Connection (1971), with Fast Five as the transitional movie.[9] Universal chairman Adam Fogelson said:[9]

The question putting Fast Five and Fast Six together for us was: Can we take it out of being a pure car culture movie and into being a true action franchise in the spirit of those great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago?
Fogelson said that the racing aspect had put a "ceiling" on the number of people willing to see films in the series, and that, by turning it into a series where car driving ability is just one aspect of the film, he hoped to increase the series' audience.[9] On Johnson's character, Fogelson added "[Johnson] also wants to appear in and be integral to the action in Fast Six."[9]
On June 24, 2011, Universal Pictures announced that the anticipated sequel is scheduled for release on May 24, 2013.[10] Moritz and Diesel returned as producers and Lin returned to direct.[10] In an interview with Box Office, Lin revealed that he had, after discussions with Diesel, storyboarded, previsualized and edited a twelve-minute finale for Fast Six before filming was completed on Fast Five. Lin said he shot the footage as he was unsure at the time if there would be a sequel or if he would be able to direct it, but he wanted to have input on how any sequel would end.[11] On October 21, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that Universal was considering filming two sequels—Fast Six and Fast Seven—back to back with a single story running through both films; both written by Morgan and directed by Lin.[12] On December 20, 2011, Diesel stated that Fast Six would be split into two parts, with writing for the two films occurring simultaneously. On the decision, Diesel said:[13]

We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages ... The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'[13]
On April 23, 2012, it was announced that mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano was in negotiations to play a member of Hobbs' team.[14] On May 1, 2012, Michelle Rodriguez was confirmed to be reprising her role as Letty Ortiz,[15] and it was announced that Welsh actor Luke Evans had been offered a role as a villain.[16] Evans was confirmed to join the cast on May 9, 2012, portraying the leader of a heist gang.[17] On July 27, 2012, Joe Taslim was confirmed to appear as a villain, Jah.[18] On February 15, 2012, Johnson confirmed that Fast Six would begin filming in May 2012, with some of the production to take place in the United Kingdom and Germany. Johnson stated that the two intended sequels would no longer be filmed simultaneously because of weather issues in filming locations, and that production on Fast Seven would only begin after the completion of Fast Six.[19] However, filming did not officially begin until July 30, 2012.[20] In February 2013, it was confirmed that the film would be titled Fast & Furious 6.[21]
Principal photography[edit]
Filming began on July 30, 2012, in London, England,[20][22][23] and Shepperton Studios in Surrey.[24] While Fast & Furious 6 became only the third production to be allowed to film in Piccadilly Circus (a scene involving Diesel and Rodriguez drag racing), Lin was unable to obtain permission to shoot an elaborate action sequence there involving an exploding oil tanker, and so a replica of the landmark was built at Shepperton.[25][26] The production were given only two minutes every hour to shut down the area for filming.[27] The London shoot including filming on Lambeth Bridge.[28] Stunt and car chase scenes began filming on location in Glasgow, Scotland on August 29, 2012, and were scheduled to conclude on September 16, 2012. The shoot took place entirely at night and involved approximately 250 crew, but none of the central cast. Sets were built on site for the scenes including a large car showroom.[29][30] Filming was scheduled to take place at the former Royal Air Force base RAF Bentwaters in late August 2012 until early September 2012.[31]
Shooting also occurred on Spain's Canary Islands including the island of Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Filming had been intended to take place in Marseille, France, but was relocated to the islands to take advantage of a larger tax rebate (38%) that was estimated to lower filming costs by $20 million.[32]
On October 11, 2012, Walker suffered an ACL injury during a stunt, forcing the production to film around his scenes until he recovered.[33] A scene involving a plane crash began filming at the former RAF station RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire on October 30, 2012, and was scheduled to conclude on November 9.[34] Filming for a car chase scene took place on Dale Street in Liverpool City Centre, and the Queensway Tunnel in the nearby town of Birkenhead over four days in November 2012.[27][35][36] Two days of filming were spent at HM Treasury's Government Offices Great George Street, which served as a nightclub.[37]
The final phase of filming took place in Echo Park, Los Angeles beginning on December 1, 2012. The shoot returned the series to the filming location of the original The Fast and the Furious, and required the garage setting of that film to be rebuilt by carpenters.[38] By December 17, 2012, it was reported that filming had concluded.[39] Post-production was heavily condensed; by March 2013, Lin was attempting to complete approximately 18 months' worth of post-production in a 12-week period. Lin was aided by five film editors, specialist teams focused on visual effects and color timing, and sound mixers that required two movie-theater-sized stages alone.[26]
Stunts[edit]
For Owen Shaw's Flip Car, Lin tasked the film's vehicle designer with developing a car capable of driving head first into moving vehicles and flipping them into the air. McCarthy and his team designed a fully functional, low to the ground, formula racing car with a ramp on its front that allowed it to catapult other cars into the air while keeping the Flip Car driver safe.[40][41]
For Rodriguez's and Carano's fight in the London Underground, producers refused to let the pair attempt a stunt where their characters battle over a stair rail and fall down a stairwell, fearing a serious injury would derail filming; stunt women performed the practical stunt. Morgan's scripted rendition of the fight was described as a catfight on steroids, but Rodriguez provided input to turn it into more of a street fight. Rodriguez said: "Originally in the script, it was a lot more 'Terminator'-esque — too far-fetched to be believed... Things just happened so quick and then I'm on top? Justin and I had to bust our booties to get it more realistic. I was like, 'This [woman] needs to kick my ass!'" Rodriguez and Carano rehearsed their fight choreography over two months, with trained fighter Carano undergoing extra practice to ensure her strikes looked credible without hitting hard enough to harm Rodriguez.[42] Under the direction of fight choreographer Olivier Schneider, the fight was designed to be brutal but realistic, representing Carano's "cop with fight training" and Rodriguez's street fighting.[43]
The parkade explosion Shaw lures Dom's team into combined on-set pillars that could be detonated alongside dust mines which could be used as a reference for the digital artists to create the appearance of the structure sinking into itself.[44] A scene involving Evans' character commandeering a tank was originally intended to use CGI to portray the vehicle crushing cars along a Spanish highway, but the final scene used practical effects as the tank really ran over approximately 250 cars during filming.[26] The scene was shot over a three-mile stretch of highway in Tenerife lined with holiday resorts that had to be digitally removed to create a desolate appearance. The segment's finale that sees Roman leap to a nearby car and the tank flip was created digitally.[44]
The scene featuring Diesel smashing his car through the nose of a Soviet-era cargo aircraft during takeoff was conceived by Lin while producing Fast & Furious in 2009. At the time, the stunt was too expensive to film and did not fit into that film's story, but Lin commissioned digital pre-visualization artists to develop a mock-up of the idea. He attempted to revive the concept for Fast Five but the technology available proved insufficient and it still did not organically fit into the story.[26] Filming the climatic scene practically was considered unfeasible as it involved throwing tanks through the air and having cars race alongside the moving aeroplane at 100 miles per hour. Lin opted to built various plane sets instead: a thirty foot high, seventy five foot long, fifty foot wide replica of the fuselage complete with wheels; the tail of the plane with a ramp allowing the cars to drive in and out; and a full scale build of the central fuselage, with wings, engines and the nose, that could be set on fire. For Dom's car to explode through the plane's nose, a Dodge Charger was placed on a pneumatic cannon mounted inside a ramp which was then towed by a 4x4 truck, all concealed behind the plane's nose replica. This was then clad in material soaked in flammable materials. The cannon fired the Charger through the nose as the material is ignited for the practical effect. The stunt driver had a burning 40-ton plane rig chasing them down the runway afterwards. The scene involved more than 200 crew members, and over 350 visual effects (VFX) artists at VFX studio Double Negative to complete. A typical shot of the craft's destruction could take over 100 man days to complete. The VFX team combined the filmed explosions and smoke with digital augmentations to place the plane into the scene.[44]
Marketing[edit]
The film's first trailer was released during the 2013 Super Bowl on February 3. Among the six film trailers that launched at the event, Fast & Furious 6 generated widespread attention on social media, more than the other films (including Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness) combined according to data collection agency Fizziology. The extended version of the trailer had been viewed over 16 million times by February 17. The trailer's success was partially attributed to the film's stars promoting the trailer on their personal social networks. The The Fast and the Furious series marketing attempted to cultivate an online fan base which was also considered to have helped promote the film; the filmmakers responded to fan interaction, conducted an online poll to decide the title of Fast & Furious 6, brought back the character of Letty Ortiz based on fan feedback and encouraged fans to document the film's production with unofficial photos. Universal marketing co-president Michael Moses said: "We’re trying to remove the studio filter as much as possible, which is a little scary because you’re ceding control... But it makes for more authentic and organic interaction with fans."[45][46] The Super Bowl trailer, titled "Breathe", won two Golden Trailer Awards for Best Action TV Spot and Best Summer Blockbuster 2013 TV Spot, and the marketing campaign received a further three nominations: Summer 2013 Blockbuster Trailer and Best Sound Editing for the "Trailer" trailer, and Best Teaser Poster.[47] A 15-piece clothing line was also produced in partnership with Guess, including T-shirts, jackets, caps and watches.[48]
Continuing their partnership from Fast Five, the Facebook game Car Town by Cie Games and the theater chain Regal Entertainment Group (REG) collaborated with Universal in a cross-media marketing promotion. Car Town allowed players to view the trailer for the film in an REG-branded, in-game drive-in theater. The game also featured missions and locations based on the plot of the film, and allowed players to join forces with Fast & Furious 6 characters. REG offered players of Car Town the ability to purchase tickets in-game via Fandango for films at REG theaters. By buying these tickets in-game, players were given promotional codes which in turn allowed them to unlock a virtual 2013 Dodge Charger SRT8.[49]
Release[edit]
The premiere of Fast & Furious 6 took place on May 7, 2013, at the Empire cinema in Leicester Square, London.[50][51] The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2013, with the North American release on May 24.[52][53][54] While the film is officially titled Fast & Furious 6, its on-screen title card displays the title as simple Furious 6.[4]
Box office[edit]
Fast & Furious 6 earned $239 million in North America and $550 million elsewhere for a worldwide total of $789 million.[3] Calculating in all expenses, Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $135.1 million.[55] Worldwide, it is the forty-sixth highest-grossing film, the sixth highest-grossing 2013 film[56][57] and the fourth highest-grossing Universal film.[58] On the weekend of June 14–16, 2013, it became the second highest-grossing film in the Fast and the Furious franchise worldwide behind Furious 7, as well as separately in North America and outside North America.[59][60]
Outside North America, it is the highest-grossing film in the Fast and Furious series,[61] the second highest-grossing Universal film[58] and the second highest-grossing 2013 film.[62] In the United Kingdom, the film took $4.4 million during its opening day from 462 screens, the biggest opening day for both The Fast and the Furious franchise and Universal in that market, the second-highest opening of 2013 behind Iron Man 3 ($4.7 million), and the number 1 film of the day with 54% of the market.[54] It finished as the number 1 film of the weekend, taking a total of $13.8 million; this figure made it the biggest opening for the franchise, Universal, a Vin Diesel or Dwayne Johnson film, and the second-biggest opening of 2013 again behind Iron Man 3 ($17.6 million).[63] The film opened in fifty-nine territories the following weekend alongside the North American opening, placing as the number 1 film in each and earning $160.3 million; it set opening-weekend records in the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East, and Argentina[64] (the latter was first surpassed by Monsters University).[65] In China, the Fast & Furious 6 opened to $6.9 million, making it Universal's highest-grossing film in the territory. It earned its 66th number 1 opening, earning $23.6 million during its opening weekend, $3 million of which came from IMAX screenings.[66][67]
In North America, Fast & Furious 6 debuted simultaneously with the comedy The Hangover Part III and the animated feature Epic. It opened for midnight showings on May 23, 2013, in 2,409 theaters. It took $6.5 million, nearly doubling Fast Five‍ '​s midnight gross ($3.8 million) which faced less direct competition. On its opening day, Fast & Furious 6 earned $38.7 million (including midnight earnings) from 3,659 theaters.[68][69] The film finished the 4-day Memorial Day weekend in first place, taking $117.0 million, which was the fourth-highest 4-day Memorial Day opening.[70] The audience was diverse, with Latinos representing 32%, women 49%, and 57% over the age of 25.[71]
Critical reception[edit]
Fast & Furious 6 received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 68%, based on 184 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With high-octane humor and terrific action scenes, Fast & Furious 6 builds upon the winning blockbuster formula that made Fast 5 a critical and commercial success."[72] Metacritic gives the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 39 critics, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[73] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an "A" on a scale of A+ to F.[69]
Fast & Furious 6 was generally considered to effectively mix absurd action scenes and outrageous stunts with a predictable but enjoyable plot and character dialog.[74][75][76] IGN's Jim Vejvoda said that the film is a crowd pleaser whose fun moments outweighed failed attempts at humor and unintentionally comical dialog.[77] Other reviewers highlighted the likable cast,[78] ludicrous action, playful approach to the plot,[79] and ability to immerse the audience in the high speed chases and conflict between the two opposing gangs.[76] Digital Spy's Ben Rawson-Jones said the tone successfully mixed self-conscious spectacle with the central characters' teamwork, bonding and familial spirit.[76] Conversely, Slant Magazine's Chris Cabin said the film was smug, cynical and insubstantial that delivered overly sentimental drama and forced comedy that seemed unaware "of how dumb the material is".[80] The Daily Telegraph‍ '​s Tim Robey labeled the film as slow-witted with a random and generic plot,[81] and Time Out London‍ '​s Derek Adams said the film featured puerile dialog, daft performances and flat comic repartee.[80][82] IndieWire said that the film forsakes realistic set-pieces (comparing it to the 2012 superhero film The Avengers), which undermined any attempts at creating tension.[83]
Empire‍ '​s Owen Williams noted that Fast & Furious 6 lacked the same surprise as Fast Five without Johnson's antagonist Hobbs, and suggested that the large cast of returning characters had made Evans' Owen Shaw unable to make an impression as the new villain.[74] Scenes of dialog and character progression were criticized as slow,[81] and laughably bad.[78] Evans' Owen Shaw was repeatedly singled out as a refreshing and charismatic addition to the cast, though others described the character as generic and dull.[76][78][81][84]
Lin's direction of the action set-pieces was described as lavish and exquisite.[76][81] The cinematography received a mixed response. Variety‍ '​s Scott Foundas appreciated the attention to spatial geography and complicated, single, continuous shots which were compared to the best of James Bond and Mission: Impossible films, and Rawson-Jones said that the nocturnal races in London made excellent use of the environment.[76][85] The Hollywood Reporter‍ '​s Todd McCarthy considered that the action scenes were cut too fast, failed to provide a sense of speed for the vehicles and were mired by poor angles and nocturnal settings that obscured the view.[84] View London's Matthew Turner considered that the action lacked imagination, with the London-based segments amounting to little more than a geographically inaccurate race past landmarks.[78]
Accolades[edit]

Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
2013
Golden Trailer Awards[86] Best Action TV Spot Breathe (Super Bowl Trailer) Won
Best Summer Blockbuster 2013 TV Spot Breathe (Super Bowl Trailer)
Summer 2013 Blockbuster Trailer Nominated
Best Sound Editing
Best Teaser Poster
Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie: Action/Adventure Won
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Dwayne Johnson Nominated
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Michelle Rodriguez
Choice Movie: Chemistry Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, & Paul Walker
Hollywood Film Festival Best Film
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Stunts Won
2014
People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie Nominated
Favorite Action Movie
Favorite Action Movie Star Vin Diesel
IGN's Best of 2013 Movie Awards[87] Best Action Movie Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards[88][89] Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects & Foley in a Feature Film Peter Brown Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[90] Best On-Screen Duo Vin Diesel & Paul Walker Won
Saturn Award Best Action or Adventure Film Won
Best Editing Christian Wagner, Kelly Matsumoto and Dylan Highsmith Nominated
Premios Juventud Best Picture Won
Home media[edit]
Fast & Furious 6 DVD was released in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013, and in Australia on October 3, 2013. In other countries Fast & Furious 6 DVD release has been confirmed for December 10, 2013.[91] FX has purchased the rights to air the movie on its network in 2015.[92] Following Walker's death on November 30, 2013, Universal announced that a portion of the profits from the film's North American sales would be donated to Walker's charity Reach Out WorldWide.[93]
Music[edit]
Main article: Fast & Furious 6 (soundtrack)
Lucas Vidal composed the musical score for Fast & Furious 6.[94] In addition to Vidal's score, tracks by composer Brian Tyler from the franchise's previous installments are also featured in the film.[95] A soundtrack album to the film was released by Def Jam Recordings on May 21, 2013. It features many electronic and hip hop tracks, including songs by deadmau5, Ludacris, and many others.[96]
Video games[edit]
A cooperative racing video game, titled Fast & Furious: Showdown, was released on May 21, 2013. Developed by Firebrand Games and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS, the game's story ties into the events in Fast & Furious 6, including bridging the events between the story of the film and those of its predecessor Fast Five, as well as the story of other films in the franchise.[97][98][99] It is a Grand Theft Auto-style action game and received mainly negative reviews. A mobile game, Fast & Furious 6: The Game, was developed by Exploding Barrel Games and published by studio Kabam. It was released on May 16, 2013, for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices.[100] The story of Fast & Furious 6: The Game runs parallel to that of Fast & Furious 6, allowing players to race and customize vehicles alongside characters from the film.[101]
Sequel[edit]
Main article: Furious 7
A sequel, titled Furious 7, was announced in April 2013. Lin would not return to direct the sequel as Universal pursued an accelerated schedule for the film, with a release date scheduled for July 11, 2014, just over a year after the release of Fast & Furious 6. Lin was replaced by director James Wan that same month.[52][53][102][103] After the death of Paul Walker, the release date was postponed to April 3, 2015.[citation needed]
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##Fast & Furious 6 at the Internet Movie Database
##Fast & Furious 6 at AllMovie
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Furious 7
Furious 7 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
James Wan
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
 
Written by
Chris Morgan
Based on
Characters
 by Gary Scott Thompson
Starring
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Dwayne Johnson
Michelle Rodriguez
Jordana Brewster
Tyrese Gibson
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Kurt Russell
Jason Statham
 
Music by
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Stephen F. Windon
Marc Spicer
 
Edited by
Christian Wagner
Leigh Folsim Boyd
Dylan Highsmith
Kirk M. Morri
 

Production
 company
 
Original Film
One Race Films
Media Rights Capital
China Film Group
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

March 16, 2015 (SXSW)
April 3, 2015 (United States)[1]
April 2, 2015 (India)
 

Running time
 137 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$190 million[3][4][5]
Box office
$1.351 billion[6]
Furious 7 (stylized onscreen as Furious Seven and alternatively known as Fast & Furious 7)[7] is a 2015 American racing-action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. Furious 7 follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker), and the rest of their team, who have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesties in Fast & Furious 6 for their past crimes, until Deckard Shaw (Statham), a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts them in danger once again.
With the previous three installments being set between 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 is the first film in the franchise to take place after Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with filming only half-completed. After Walker's death, filming was delayed for script rewrites and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes.
Furious 7 was released first in Australia on April 2, 2015, and then in the United States on April 3, 2015, and was released in 3D internationally, a first for the series. Upon release, the film recieved positive acclaim with praise being aimed at the film's action sequences and its tribute to Walker. The film was a major box office success as it made $392.2 million worldwide in its first three days of release, which is the fourth-highest opening of all time. It is also the highest grossing film in China. The film has grossed over $1.351 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise after just twelve days, the current highest-grossing film of 2015 and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time.
An eighth film is scheduled to be released on April 14, 2017.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Stunts
3.4 Redevelopment of Walker's character
4 Music
5 Release 5.1 Piracy
6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.1.1 United States and Canada
6.1.2 Other markets
6.2 Critical response
7 Sequel
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
After breaking into the secure hospital where a comatose Owen Shaw is being held, older brother Deckard Shaw swears vengeance against "the team that crippled [his] brother". Meanwhile, Dominic "Dom" Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and their crew, pardoned by Luke Hobbs, try to live normal lives in the United States; Dom attempts to help Letty Ortiz regain her memories, while Brian tries accustoming to life as a father with Mia.
Shaw breaks into Hobbs's DSS office for info on Dom’s crew, but is caught by Hobbs; Shaw seriously injures Hobbs with a bomb and escapes. Dom learns his sister Mia is pregnant again; he convinces her to tell Brian about it. After Mia walks away, Dom gets a phone call: Deckard Shaw, calling immediately after having to killed Han, (a formerly of his crew, in Tokyo). This tips off Dom that the package on his doorstep is, in fact a disguised bomb; it explodes, destroying the Toretto house. Dom later visits Hobbs in hospital, learning Shaw is a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his brother. Dom calls Mia, she said that Brian did everything he can to protect her and Jack in which Dom told Mia that he's going to Tokyo to claim Han's body. Mia told Brian that she wanted him to pay more attention to her and Jack after this mission that was coming up. While in Tokyo, Dom meets and races Sean Boswell, a friend of Han's, who gives him 2 personal items found at Han’s crash site, including a cross necklace that Dom had previously given Letty.
At Han's funeral, Dom notices Shaw driving by the service; chasing after him, the two collide head-on in their vehicles. Shaw slips away when a covert ops team, led by “Mr. Nobody” and Sheppard, arrive. “Nobody” tells Dom he will help him stop Shaw if Dom helps stop terrorist Mose Jakande from obtaining God's Eye, a computer program that can hack into any device connected to any network. Dom recruits Brian, Letty, Roman Pearce, and Tej Parker to help. Mia makes Brian promise that, after this mission, he will dedicate himself to their family full-time.
The crew airdrop their cars over Jakande's convoy at Azerbaijan, ambush it, and rescue Ramsey, creator of God's Eye, then head to Abu Dhabi, successfully acquiring the God’s Eye flash drive; on both occasions, the team is pursued by Shaw, targeting Dom. God's Eye soon tracks down Shaw; Dom, Brian, “Nobody”, and his men attempt to capture him, but are ambushed by Jakande’s militants, called in by Shaw. The militants kill the men with “Nobody”, including Sheppard, and “Nobody” is seriously injured, though he manages to escape with Dom and Brian. Jakande obtains God's Eye from Sheppard's corpse. On their way out of the country, “Nobody” warns Dom and Brian that Jakande will use God's Eye against them, and, leaving "Mr. Nobody" behind at his own request to be evacuated by helicopter, they drive off.
All return to Los Angeles to fight on home turf; Dom plans to confront Shaw alone; Brian and the rest of the crew prepare to deal with Jakande and God's Eye. When Brian calls Mia, she finally reveals to him that she is pregnant with their second child, a girl. As Jakande pursues the crew via helicopter and drone, Ramsey hacks into God's Eye with the team’s help, shutting it down. Hobbs, seeing the team in trouble, breaks out of hospital and destroys the drone by ramming it with an ambulance. Meanwhile, Dom and Shaw fight on a parking garage, before Jakande fires at Dom; Shaw is apprehended when the garage partly collapses on him. Dom then drives at Jakande, tossing a bag of grenades onto his chopper, but is injured when his car crashes. Jakande nearly flees before Hobbs manages to shoot the bag of grenades, destroying Jakande's helicopter. As Letty cradles Dom's unconscious body in her arms, she reveals that she has regained her memories. Dom regains consciousness soon after, remarking, "It's about time". Hobbs takes Shaw into custody, and locks him away in a secure CIA prison.
On a beach, Brian and Mia play with their son, while Dom and the rest of their crew appreciate his happiness and acknowledge that he is best off retired with his family. Dom silently leaves, but Brian catches up with him at a stop sign. As Dom remembers the times he had with Brian, they say farewell, driving off in separate directions.
A final title card reads, "For Paul".
Cast[edit]
For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a former criminal and professional street racer, who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty.
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent-turned-criminal and professional street racer. He is married to Dom's sister, Mia, with whom he has a son, Jack.
Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a Diplomatic Security Service agent who allied with Dom and his crew after their outings in Europe and Rio de Janeiro. It is later revealed that he is also a father, to a young girl. Johnson initially said that if Universal pursued the accelerated development of a seventh film with a summer start date, he would be unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts with filming on Hercules.[8] However, as production for the film commenced in September, he confirmed his return for the film, as Hercules completed production in time for him to film a significant part.[9]
Michelle Rodriguez as Leticia "Letty" Ortiz-Toretto, Dom's wife and a professional street racer, who was revealed to have suffered from amnesia after being presumed dead.
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto-O'Conner, Dom's younger sister and a former member of his crew. She is married to Brian, with whom she has a son, Jack.
Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, a member of Dom's crew and a childhood friend of Brian.
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Tej Parker, a mechanic and technician, and a friend of Brian and Roman's from Miami.
Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody, the leader of a covert ops team who agrees to help Dom stop Shaw if he can help him prevent a mercenary from obtaining a computer program called God's Eye.
Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother after his demise at the hands of Dom and his crew in Spain.
Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, a British computer hacker and the creator of God's Eye, who allies with Dom and crew after being saved from a mercenary and helps them to regain control of her program.
Djimon Hounsou as Mose Jakande, a mercenary who allies with Shaw and uses God's Eye to track its creator and use her to track down his enemies.
Tony Jaa as Kiet, a member of Jakande's crew who possesses great agility, athleticism and fighting prowess. Thai martial arts actor Jaa was confirmed to have joined the cast in August 2013, making his Hollywood debut.[10][11]
Ronda Rousey as Kara, the Head of Security for an Abu Dhabi billionaire. Rousey's involvement was confirmed in August 2013. Having committed to The Expendables 3 at the same time (along with Jason Statham), Rousey was forced to shoot both films back-to-back in order to allow herself 45 days to focus on training for her UFC championship rematch against Miesha Tate. Her participation in the film was similar to that of Gina Carano making the transition from mixed martial arts fighting to acting, following Carano's involvement in Fast & Furious 6.[12]
Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, a professional street racer and drifter based in Tokyo, who meets Dom when he travels to Tokyo to claim the body of Han Seoul-Oh, a mutual friend of theirs killed by Shaw. In September, it was confirmed that Black had signed on to reprise his role as Boswell for Furious 7 and two more installments.[13][14]
Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, a Diplomatic Security Service agent and former Rio police officer, who moved to the United States to become Hobbs' new partner at the DSS.
Ali Fazal as Zafar, a friend of Ramsey to whom she sent God's Eye for safekeeping. It is Fazal's first appearance in an American film. He described his role as a cameo, saying that he appeared only in three scenes.[15]
John Brotherton as Sheppard, the right-hand man of Mr. Nobody. Brotherton was also used as an acting double for Paul Walker following Walker's death.[16][17][18]
Additionally, Noel Gugliemi reprises his role from the first film as Hector, a street race organizer. Luke Evans briefly reprises his role from the previous film as Owen Shaw, the comatose younger brother of the film's primary antagonist.[19] Sung Kang, Bow Wow and Nathalie Kelley appear in archive footage from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Han Seoul-Oh, Twinkie and Neela, respectively. Gal Gadot appears as Gisele Yashar in a photograph and in archive footage from both Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6. Tego Calderón and Don Omar appear as Leo and Santos, respectively, in archive footage from Fast Five. Rapper Iggy Azalea makes a cameo appearance in the film and contributed to the soundtrack.[20] Bachata singer Romeo Santos also makes a cameo appearance.[21]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On October 21, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that Universal was considering filming two sequels—Fast Six and Fast Seven—back to back with a single story running through both films; both written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin, the franchise's writer and director, respectively, since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).[22] On December 20, 2011, Diesel stated that Fast Six would be split into two parts, with writing for the two films occurring simultaneously. On the decision, Diesel said:[23]

We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages ... The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'[23]
However, in an interview on February 15, 2012, actor Dwayne Johnson stated that the two intended sequels would no longer be filmed simultaneously because of weather issues in filming locations, and that production on Fast Seven would only begin after the completion of Fast Six.[24]
In April the following year, during completion of post-production on the retitled Fast & Furious 6, director Justin Lin announced that he would not return to direct a seventh film, as the studio wanted to produce the film on an accelerated schedule for release in summer 2014. This would have required Lin to begin pre-production on the sequel while performing post-production on Fast & Furious 6, which he considered would affect the quality of the final product. Despite the usual two-year gap between the previous installments, Universal chose to pursue a sequel quicker due to having fewer reliable franchises than its competitor studios.[25] However, subsequent interviews with Lin have suggested that the sixth installment was always intended to be the final entry directed by him.[26]
In April 2013, James Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced as the sequel's director, with Neal H. Moritz and Michael Fottrell returning to produce and Chris Morgan returning to write the script, his fifth in the series. On April 16, 2013, Vin Diesel announced that the sequel would be released on July 11, 2014.[27] In May 2013, Diesel said that the sequel would feature Los Angeles, Tokyo and the Middle East as locations.[28][29]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began in early September 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, with a casting call issued.[30][31] Abu Dhabi was also a filming location,[32] as the production crew chose it over Dubai; they benefitted from the Emirate's 30% rebate scheme.[33] Pikes Peak Highway in Colorado was closed in September to film some driving sequences.[34]
On September 16, the production filmed with Paul Walker and the Kimsey twins, playing his son Jack,[35] in front of an Atlanta elementary school.[36] On the 18th, Han's funeral scene was filmed at Oakland Cemetery,[37] with extras needed for the scene being "hot, hip and trendy cool types of all ethnicities between the ages of 18 and 45".[38] On the evening of the 19th, Lucas Black joined the production[39] for his sole scene with Vin Diesel, in an Atlanta parking garage; separate scenes with Paul Walker also shot in the same location on the same night,[40] including one half of a phone conversation between his character and Jordana Brewster's. The day after, Diesel posted a picture from the night shoot with Black on his public Facebook page.[41]
On October 24, over a month into the film's production, Dwayne Johnson tweeted he had started shooting for the film after wrapping up on Hercules.[42] Five days later, Vin Diesel posted the first photo of Johnson on the set, in the hospital scene.[43]
On November 30, 2013, while on a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, Walker, who portrayed Brian O'Conner, died in a single-vehicle accident.[44][45] The next day, Universal announced that production would continue after a delay that would allow the filmmakers to rework the film.[46] On December 4, 2013, Universal Pictures put production on hold indefinitely.[47] Wan later confirmed that the film had not been cancelled.[48][49][50] On December 22, 2013, Diesel posted on his Facebook page that the film would be released on April 10, 2015.[51] On February 27, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that filming would resume on April 1, and that the cast and crew had headed to Atlanta to prepare for about eight more weeks of shooting.[52] Principal photography ended on July 10, 2014.[7]
Stunts[edit]

 

 A 58 years old Lockheed C-130 Hercules[53] was used in the film to carry the vehicles that would drop from 12,000 feet high, above the Sonoran Desert, making cars plummet at a speed of about 130 to 140 miles per hour.[54][55]
The "air drop" sequence was conceived by stunt coordinator, Spiro Razatos, who also supervised on the franchise's two previous installments; Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6.[56][57] Razatos told Business Insider that he wanted to rely more on real stunts rather than CGI because he wanted the whole sequence to "feel real" and fullfill audience's expectations.[56] The stunt took months of prep-solving problems. Cameras needed to be mounted onto cars in a way that they would not be destroyed when the cars landed, and the crew had to figure out a safe way to get the cars out of the plane. They performed a dry run with a single car falling out of a plane[56] and did this six times.[57] Cars were dropped from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules high above the Arizona desert, but close up shots that show the cars landing on a mountain road were filmed in Colorado.[57] There were two airplanes, flying at a height of 12,000 feet, each dropping two cars apiece.[56] BRS parachutes enabled with GPS were secured to each of the cars before dropping off the C-130 plane. At about 5,000 feet, the parachutes deployed.[57] Over 10 cameras were used for the sequence. In addition to cameras on the ground, there were cameras remotely operated inside the plane and another three mounted outside each car. Additional cameras were on a helicopter, where Razatos was stationed watching monitors. Three skydivers used in the shoot wore helmet cameras to help shoot the sequence from multiple angles. Sky divers would either jump out before cars or after them.[56] While all the cars landed on their drop zones, 70% landed perfectly and 30% didn't.[57] For the close-up scenes which shows the actors inside their cars, a giant gimbal with a 360-degree range of movement were attached to each of the cars and was filmed against a green screen to reproduce their tumble through the sky.[58] The last part of the scene, which shows the cars hitting the road was shot separately. To get that right, the team set up a pully system that had cars six to ten feet above the ground. When they were dropped from the cranes, the stuntmen who were sitting in the driver's seats raced their engines at about 35 to 40 miles per hour and slid to the ground at full speed. Those cranes were then later removed from the film with computers.[57][58] Razatos admits that the air drop sequence was "all real" and that it would be "hard to top."[56][57]
The scene featuring Brian jumping off a bus off a cliff was performed by a stuntman and was all done without any computer graphics.[59] The shooting for this particular sequence along with the scene in which Dom and his team are pursuing to rescue Ramsey almost didn't happen due to the absence of tax break in Colorado.[59] The studio originally wanted to shoot the sequence in Georgia which provides tax breaks for film productions, and then they'd add woods in the background later in post production to which Razatos denied saying, "the audience is going to know [it's CGI] and aren't going to feel good about it."[59] Shooting finally took place in Colorado.[59]
A total of 340 cars were used in the film,[58] and more than 230 cars were destroyed in the making of the film including several black Mercedes-Benz, a Ford Crown Victoria and a Mitsubishi Montero.[60] The mountain-highway chase scene on Colorado's Monarch Pass proved to be the most damaging sequence with over 40 vehicles being destroyed.[60][61] Only 10 percent of the action sequences in the film were computer-generated, and even then, much of the CGI was employed simply to erase the wires and other contraptions that were used to film real cars and drivers or to add a background.[58] It took more than 3,500 man-days to complete the various stunts of the film.[58] For safety reasons, stunt coordinator, Joel Kramer said that he doesn't let his drivers go above 50 miles per hour.[62]
Redevelopment of Walker's character[edit]



"When I first heard the news, I was shell-shocked like everyone, and it took me days to come to terms with it. And then after that, heartbreaks started sinking in and we realised that Paul [Walker] wasn’t going to be around with us anymore moving forward, and it was a really hard one. And finishing the movie was the last thing on my mind at that point. It was more the idea of... picking up the pieces, going back on set, rallying the team, the cast, and the crew, and as the director, having to put on the brave face and champion and push everyone along. The idea of that was very daunting for me, but it became very apparent to all of us that we needed to finish this movie to honour Paul’s legacy and to basically honour his memories... it was about making this movie for Paul."
—James Wan, director of Furious 7[63]
In January 2014, Time reported that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would be retired instead of killed, and that new scenes would be developed in order to allow the franchise to continue without him.[64] In March 2014, the Daily News reported that the studio had hired four actors with bodies similar to Walker's physique, and that his face and voice would be computer-generated,[65] and in April 2014, Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody, both of whom closely resemble him, were chosen as stand-ins.[66] For scenes which required re-creating Walker's face and body, the team hired Peter Jackson's Weta Digital (which produced the imagery of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings franchise and Caesar in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). The final film includes a combination of CGI and the use of carefully chosen camera angles and lighting using Walker's brothers to simulate his appearance.[67] Robin Shenfield, CEO of London's special effects studio, The Mill, noted that the redevelopment was similar to that of Oliver Reed's when his character had to be redeveloped the same way as a result of his death during filming of Gladiator.[68]
Music[edit]
Main article: Furious 7 (soundtrack)
The musical score was composed by Brian Tyler, who scored the third, fourth, and fifth installments of the series.[69] "There's an emotional component to Fast & Furious 7 that is unique," said Tyler about his experience scoring. "I think people are really going to be amazed by it."[70] A soundtrack album to the film was released by Atlantic Records on March 17, 2015.[71]
Songs featured in the film include:
"Go Hard or Go Home" (Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea)[72]
"Ride Out" (Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, YG & Rich Homie Quan)[73]
"See You Again" (Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth)
"My Angel" (Prince Royce)
"Get Low" (Dillon Francis and DJ Snake)
"Ay Vamos" (J Balvin feat. Nicky Jam and French Montana)
Release[edit]
The film, which began principal photography in September 2013, was originally designed as a Summer 2014 release. It was put on hold following the fatal car crash that claimed Paul Walker's life on November 30, 2013. The production resumed in April 2014.
In October 2014, Universal revealed that the film was officially titled Furious 7,[74] and that the debut trailer would be released during an interactive fan event over social media. In the days leading up to the event, seven-second, behind-the-scenes videos were released, titled "7 Seconds of 7".[74] On February 1, 2015, a new trailer featuring all-new footage debuted during Super Bowl XLIX.
The film was originally scheduled for release on April 10, 2015, but it was announced that the film's release date had been brought forward a week to April 3, 2015. The official announcement in change of date was made in July 2014.[75] Fast and Furious 7 premiered at the SXSW Film Festival at 12:07 a.m. at Austin's Paramount Theatre on March 16, 2015.[76] It was release in China on April 12, 2015. On March 27, 2015, a free standalone expansion for the video game Forza Horizon 2, titled Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, was released to help promote the film.[77]
Piracy[edit]
According to piracy tracking site Excipio, the film was downloaded illegally 2.59 million times in four days (April 2–6) through various torrent sites with India being the top country for piracy of the film with 578,000 downloads followed by Pakistan (321,000), China (289,000), the U.S. (251,000) and the UK (101,000).[78] A survey conducted out revealed that most Indians tended to resort to piracy due to lack of availability, pricing concerns, soaring internet costs and censorship.[79]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]

 

 For its global premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, IMAX Corporation installed a new laser projection which was the first such installation in the U.S. and the second worldwide, following The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, which opened at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto in December 2014.[80]
As of April 30, 2015, Furious 7 has grossed $324.4 million in North America and $1.026 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.351 billion, against its $190 million budget.[6] It is the 4th highest-grossing film of all-time,[81] the highest-grossing film of 2015,[82] the highest-grossing film in The Fast and the Furious franchise (achieving the milestone in just twelve days),[83][84] and the twentieth film in cinematic history to cross the $1 billion mark.
Worldwide, Furious 7 was released across 810 IMAX theaters, which is the largest worldwide rollout for any movie in IMAX's history.[85] Its worldwide opening of $397.6 million is the second-highest opening of all time.[86] The film had an IMAX opening weekend total of $20.8 million.[87] Furious 7 also became the first film distributed by Universal Pictures to earn more than $1 billion in its original run and the second overall (following Jurassic Park). It reached this milestone in 17 days, breaking the record previously set by The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (all 19 days).[88]
United States and Canada[edit]
The film became the thirty fifth highest-grossing film,[89] the highest-grossing 2015 film,[90] and the fourth highest-grossing film distributed by Universal.[91] Predictions for the opening weekend of Furious 7 in the United States and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $115 million to $150 million.[92][93] It opened on Friday, April 3, 2015, across 4,004 theaters, including 365 IMAX theaters, which made it Universal's widest opening release ever (breaking Despicable Me 2‍ '​s record),[94][95][96] and earned $67.3 million, marking the tenth-biggest opening day.[97][98] The film's Friday gross included a $15.8 million late-night run (which began at 7 p.m.), from 3,069 theaters, marking Universal's highest late-night run (breaking Fifty Shades of Grey‍ '​s record), of which $2.2 million came from IMAX showings, marking the third largest IMAX preview gross ever, (behind Iron Man 3 and The Dark Knight Rises).[99] Based on pure Friday gross (with the omission of revenues from Thursday shows), it earned $51.5 million, marking the third-biggest of all time, behind The Avengers ($61 million) and Iron Man 3 ($53 million).[100] Through Sunday, April 5, it had an opening weekend total of $147.1 million, breaking the record for the biggest April opening,[101] the biggest opening in the Fast & Furious franchise, the biggest Easter opening,[102] the biggest opening of 2015, the second biggest pre-summer opening ever, behind The Hunger Games ($152 million),[103] and the ninth-biggest opening of all time.[104] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $13.3 million, marking the second-biggest of all time for a 2D movie (behind The Dark Knight Rises).[105][106] Premium large format comprised 8% ($11.5 million) of the total opening gross from 400 PLF screens, which is the biggest PLF opening (previously held by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1).[107] It is Universal's fastest film to reach the $200 million mark, doing so in eight days (a record previously held by Despicable Me 2 with 11 days).[108][109]
In its second weekend, the film expanded to 4,022 theaters, thereby breaking its own record of being the widest Universal Pictures release ever, and earned an estimated $59.6 million, declining by 60%, which is the third best second weekend holdover for a pre-summer film release, behind American Sniper ($64.6 million) and Alice in Wonderland ($62.7 million).[110][111] It became the highest-grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, doing so only in ten days (the previous record which was held by Fast & Furious 6 took fifteen weeks to reach its entire lifetime gross of $238.67 million).[110][112] It also set the record for the biggest second-weekend April gross (previously held by Captain America: The Winter Soldier with $41.3 million).[113] It topped the box office for four consecutive weekends,[114] becoming the first film to top the box office for four consecutive weekends since The Hunger Games in March 2012.[115]
Other markets[edit]
Outside North America, the film became the third highest-grossing film,[116] the highest-grossing Universal distributed film,[116] and the highest-grossing 2015 film.[117] On April 26, 2015, it became the third film in cinematic history to earn over $1 billion overseas, following James Cameron's Avatar and Titanic.[118] It opened on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in 12 countries, earning $16.9 million (including previews from 22 countries).[119] It opened in 33 more countries on Thursday, April 2, for a total of 45 countries, earning $43 million from 8,407 screens, marking Universal Pictures overseas' highest-grossing Thursday ever, and for a two-day total of $60 million.[120] It added 20 more countries on Friday, April 3, earning $59.2 million from 9,935 screens in 63 countries, for a three-day total of $120.6 million.[121][122] The film set all-time opening-day records in 15 countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, the Middle East and Thailand,[120][123][124][125][126] and opening day records for Universal Pictures in 40 countries including Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy and Mexico.[121] Through Sunday, April 5, it earned a 4-day opening weekend total of $245.05 million from 10,683 screens in 64 countries, which is the third-highest international opening ever, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($314 million) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($260.4 million), in all which it reached first place at the box office[87][105][127][128] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $7.5 million from 175 IMAX screens, breaking the record for the biggest April IMAX gross, previously held by The Winter Soldier ($6.43 million).[87] It set opening weekend records in 29 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam.[87][127] In its second weekend, it held the top spot and fell gradually by 20.4% to $198.7 million (including China's opening day gross) from 18,374 screens in 66 territories as a result of minor competition, and remaining at number one in all 63 territories where it was released the previous week. It added three new countries in its second weekend; China, Russia and Poland.[129] Earning $167.9 million in its third weekend, it topped the box office outside of North America for three consecutive weekends,[130] until surpassed by Avengers: Age of Ultron in its fourth weekend.[131]
The film was a massive box office hit in China. It opened there on April 12 and set an all-time midnight run record with $8.05 million (breaking Transformers: Age of Extinction‍ '​s $3.38–$3.5 million record)[129][132] and an opening day record with $68.8 million.[129][133] Its opening day included a record breaking $5 million from IMAX run (also breaking Transformers 4‍ '​s former record of $3.4 million).[129] Through its opening week (April 12–19), it earned $245.9 million.[130][134] For the weekend alone, it took in $88.7 million from 5,454 screens (Friday to Sunday) and $182.4 million (Monday to Sunday) at the Chinese box office, which if goes with the former will be the fourth-biggest debut and if for the latter will the biggest debut of all time. It grossed CN¥1 billion in five days—the fastest time in which that has been achieved—and immediately became the second highest-grossing film ever in China, behind Transformers 4.[130][134][135] In just 15 days, it surpassed Transformers 4 to become the highest-grossing film in China with $323 million,[136] surpassing its gross in Canada and the United States[137] and became the first (and only) film in China to make more than 2 billion renminbi.[138] While many other American films that reaped similar high grosses in China have included elements designed to appeal to the Chinese audience, Furious 7 did not. Its success has been credited to China Film Group Corporation, the state-owned film distributor, which had invested considerably in the film, reportedly taking a 10% stake.[139]
The largest openings outside North America and China occurred in Mexico ($21.5 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($18.7 million), Germany ($15.9 million), Russia and the CIS ($15.9 million), Brazil ($11.4 million), France ($11.4 million), Australia ($11.3 million), Taiwan ($10.3 million), Argentina ($9.3 millon), Korea ($8.9 million), Italy ($8.2 million), Malaysia ($7.3 million), Spain ($6.3 million), Venezuela ($6 million), Thailand ($6 million), and Colombia ($5.2 million).[127][129] In the UAE, where parts of the film was shot, it opened with $4.8 million.[127] Its $11.7 million opening in India is the biggest for a Hollywood title ever (previously held by The Amazing Spider-Man 2).[126] Out of the 68 countries it was released in, the only country not to open at number one was Japan (locally released with the title, Wild Speed: Skymission) where it earned $6.2 million in its opening weekend, behind Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ($7.6 million).[130] and Case Closed: Sunflowers of Inferno ($7.4 million).[140] It became the highest-grossing film of all time in Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE and Vietnam and Universal Pictures' highest-grossing film of all time in 29 countries including Argentina, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam.[130] In total earnings, the largest countries after the U.S. and Canada are China ($325.8 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($46.9 million), Mexico ($45.6 million), Brazil ($32.4 million), and Germany ($32.1 million).[141][142]
Critical response[edit]
The Los Angeles Times reported that reviews for Furious 7 have been "generally positive" with critics praising the film's action sequences and its poignant tribute to Walker.[143] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 82% approval rating, based on 194 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's consensus reads, "Serving up a fresh round of over-the-top thrills while adding unexpected dramatic heft, Furious 7 keeps the franchise moving in more ways than one."[144] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[145] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave Furious 7 an average grade of A on an A+ to F scale.[146]
The film received highly positive reviews upon release at a secret screening at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival on March 16, 2015. Ramin Setoodeh of Variety noted that fans started lining up outside four hours before the film was scheduled to start. The film closed with a tribute to Walker, which left many in the theater "holding back tears".[147] Critic Dave Palmer gave the film 7/10, saying, "Furious 7 is the type of movie Michael Bay has spent his entire career trying to make: filled with shots of scantily clad women, fast cars, and clever one liners".[148]
A.O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five and said, "Furious 7 extends its predecessors’ inclusive, stereotype-resistant ethic. Compared to almost any other large-scale, big-studio enterprise, the Furious brand practices a slick, no-big-deal multiculturalism, and nods to both feminism and domestic traditionalism.[149]
John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film however, describing it as "stupidly diverting", saying the running time was "overinflated"; he compared watching the film to a morbid game, in addition to criticizing the screenplay.[150]
Sequel[edit]
Regarding a possible sequel, Vin Diesel said, "I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul Walker used to say that [an eighth film] was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass... so if fate has it, then you’ll get this when you hear about it. [Furious 7] was for Paul, [the eighth film] is from Paul."[151]
Diesel further hinted at an eighth film on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he stated that Kurt Russell's character had been introduced in a role that would span multiple films. He also stated that the possible sequel could take place in New York.[152] Neither a director nor a writer have been finalized for an eighth film. Neal H. Moritz later stated, "[The story] is going to have to be something enticing for all of us... it has to be as good as or better [than Furious 7]."[153] At the 2015 CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Vin Diesel announced the film for an April 14, 2017 release date.[154][155]
See also[edit]
List of films featuring drones
List of films featuring surveillance
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External links[edit]
Official website
Furious 7 at the Internet Movie Database
Furious 7 at AllMovie
Furious 7 at Rotten Tomatoes
Furious 7 at Box Office Mojo
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This article is about the film franchise. For the first film in the series, see The Fast and the Furious (2001 film).

The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious blu-ray box set.jpg
Fast & Furious 1–6 film Blu-ray box set
 
Directed by
Rob Cohen (1)
John Singleton (2)
Justin Lin (3–6)
James Wan (7)
 
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz (1–7)
Vin Diesel (4–7)
Michael Fottrell (4–5, 7)
Clayton Townsend (6)
 
Screenplay by
Gary Scott Thompson (1–2)
Erik Bergquist (1)
David Ayer (1)
Michael Brandt (2)
Derek Haas (2)
Chris Morgan (3–7)
 
Based on
"Racer X"
 by Ken Li
Starring
Paul Walker (1-2, 4-7)
Vin Diesel (1, 3-7)
Michelle Rodriguez (1, 4, 6-7)
Tyrese Gibson (2, 5-7)
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges (2, 5-7)
Jordana Brewster (1, 4-7)
Sung Kang (3-6)
Gal Gadot (4-6)
Dwayne Johnson (5-7)
Lucas Black (3, 7)
Matt Schulze (1, 5)
John Ortiz (4, 6)
Eva Mendes (2, 5)
Jason Statham (6-7)
(See below)
 
Music by
BT (1)
David Arnold (2)
Brian Tyler (3–5, 7)
Slash (3)
Lucas Vidal (6)
 
Edited by
Peter Honess (1)
Bruce Cannon (2)
Dallas Puett (2–3)
Kelly Matsumoto (3, 5–6)
Fred Raskin (3–5)
Christian Wagner (4–7)
Greg D'Auria (6)
Dylan Highsmith (6–7)
Leigh Folsom-Boyd (6–7)
Kirk M. Morri (7)
 

Production
 company

Original Film (1–7)
Relativity Media (3–4, 6)
One Race Films (4–7)
Media Rights Capital (7)
 
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates
 2001–present
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$759 million
Box office
$3,730,067,143
The Fast and the Furious (also known as Fast & Furious) is an American franchise including a series of action films, which center on illegal street racing and heists, and various other media portraying the characters and situations from the films.
Distributed by Universal Pictures, the series was established with the 2001 film titled The Fast and the Furious; followed by seven sequels, two short films that tie into the series, and a video game series. Having earned over $3.5 billion at the worldwide box office as of April 2015, it has become Universal's biggest franchise of all time.


Contents  [hide]
1 Films 1.1 The Fast and the Furious (2001)
1.2 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
1.3 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
1.4 Fast & Furious (2009)
1.5 Fast Five (2011)
1.6 Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
1.7 Furious 7 (2015)
1.8 Fast & Furious 8 (2017)
2 Short films 2.1 Turbo-Charged Prelude (2003)
2.2 Los Bandoleros (2009)
3 Chronology
4 Characters
5 Crew and other
6 Reception 6.1 Box office performance
6.2 Critical and public response
7 Merchandising 7.1 Video games
7.2 Toys and model kits
8 Related films
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Films[edit]
The Fast and the Furious (2001)[edit]
Main article: The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)
The film is loosely based on a magazine article, titled "Racer X", about street clubs that race Japanese cars late at night. Elite street racer and ex-convict Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew: Jesse (Chad Lindberg), Leon (Johnny Strong), Vince (Matt Schulze) and Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), are under suspicion of stealing expensive electronic equipment. Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is an undercover police officer who attempts to find out who exactly is stealing the equipment. He works for FBI agent Bilkins (Thom Barry) and LAPD Sgt. Tanner (Ted Levine).
Falling for Dominic's younger sister, Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster), Brian later confesses to her his status as an undercover police officer and convinces her to come with him to save her brother and his friends from the truck drivers, who have now armed themselves to combat the robberies. He tracks Dominic's location by triangulating his cell phone signal and they arrive at the hijacking in-progress to find Letty, badly injured at the car accident, and Vince critically wounded, having lacerated his arm and been shot by the truck driver. Brian and Mia work together with Dominic, Leon and Letty to rescue Vince. Brian then makes the difficult decision to blow his cover to the crew by phoning in for a medivac. The revelation enrages Dominic, but he contains himself and flees with Leon, Letty and Mia as the medivac arrives for Vince.
Brian follows Dominic to the house and holds him at gunpoint to prevent him from fleeing. Jesse arrives shortly afterwards, apologizing for his actions at Race Wars and pleading for Dominic's help with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune). Moments later, Tran and his cousin Lance Nguyen (Reggie Lee) perform a drive-by shooting, killing Jesse. Brian and Dominic chase them, with Dominic driving his late father's modified 1970 Dodge Charger. Dominic forces Lance's motorcycle off the road, severely injuring him, while Brian shoots and kills Tran. Afterwards, Brian and Dominic engage in an impromptu street race, narrowly avoiding a passing train. Dominic collides with a semitruck and rolls his car twice, injuring himself, and rendering the Charger undrivable. Instead of arresting him, Brian hands over the keys to his Supra and lets Dominic escape, using the line "I owe you a ten second car". After the credits, Dominic is seen driving through Baja California, Mexico in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)[edit]
Main article: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Watched by undercover Customs Agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes), Brian is caught by US Customs agents and is given a deal by agents Bilkins and Markham (James Remar) to go undercover and try to bring down drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in exchange for the erasure of his criminal record. Brian agrees but only if he is given permission to choose his partner, refusing to partner with the agent assigned to watch him. Brian heads home to Barstow, California, where he recruits Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), a childhood friend of Brian who had served jail time and is under house arrest, to help him. Pearce agrees, but only for the same deal Brian was offered, and with the help of Monica, Brian and Roman work together to take down Verone. After acquiring confiscated vehicles and being hired by Verone as his drivers, the duo return to a Customs/FBI hideout, where Roman confronts Markham over the latter's interference with the mission. After the situation is cooled down, Brian tells Bilkins and Markham that Verone plans to smuggle the money into his private jet and fly off, but also suspects something wrong with Monica's role in the mission.
Sometime later, Brian and Roman race two other would-be Verone drivers for their cars and begin to devise a personal back up plan if the operation goes awry. Roman confronts Brian about his attraction to Monica and the constant threat of Verone's men. On the day of the mission, Brian and Roman begin transporting duffel bags of Verone's money, with Enrique (Mo Gallini) and Roberto (Roberto Sanchez) riding along. Before the 15-minute window is set, the detective in charge, Whitworth (Mark Boone, Jr.), decides to call in the police to move in for the arrest, resulting in a high-speed chase across the city. The duo lead the police to a warehouse, where a scramble by dozens of street racers disorient the police. Following the scramble, police manage to pull over the Evo and the Eclipse, only to find out that they were driven by two members of Brian's new crew, Tej Parker (Ludacris) and Suki (Devon Aoki), respectively.
As Brian approaches the destination point, Enrique tells him to make a detour away from the airfield. Meanwhile, Roman gets rid of Roberto by using an improvised ejector seat powered by nitrous oxide. At the airfield, Customs Agents have Verone's plane and convoy surrounded, only to discover they are duped into a decoy maneuver while Verone is at a boatyard several miles away. As he knew Monica was an undercover agent, he gave her the wrong information on the destination point and plans to use her as leverage. When Brian arrives at the intended drop-off point, Enrique prepares to kill him when Roman suddenly appears and the both of them dispatch of Enrique. Verone makes his escape aboard his private yacht, but Brian and Roman use the Camaro and drive off a ramp at high-speed, crashing on top of the yacht. The duo manage to apprehend Verone and save Monica. With their crimes pardoned, Brian and Roman ponder on what to do next other than to settle in Miami when Brian mentions starting a garage. Roman asks how they would afford that and Brian reveals that he took some of the money, as Roman also reveals that his pockets aren't empty, having taken money for himself.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)[edit]
Main article: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
After totaling his car in an illegal street race, Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is sent to live in Tokyo, Japan, with his father, a U.S. Navy officer, in order to avoid juvie or even jail. While in school, he befriends Twinkie (Bow Wow), a "military brat" who introduces him to the world of drift racing in Japan. Though forbidden to drive, he decides to race against Takashi (Brian Tee) aka D.K. (Drift King) who has ties to the Yakuza. He borrows a Nissan Silvia from Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang), now a business partner to Takashi, and loses, totaling the car because of his lack of knowledge of drifting - racing that involves dangerous hairpin turns. To repay his debt for the car he destroyed, Sean must work for Han. Later on, Han becomes friends with Sean and teaches the young racer how to drift. Takashi's uncle Kamata (Sonny Chiba) (the head of the Yakuza) admonishes Takashi for allowing Han to steal from him. Takashi confronts Han, Sean and Neela (Nathalie Kelley), whereupon they flee. During the chase, Han is killed in an accident in his Veilside Mazda RX-7. Takashi, Sean, and his father become involved in an armed standoff which is resolved by Neela agreeing to leave with Takashi. Twinkie gives his money to Sean to replace the money Han stole, which Sean then returns to Kamata. Sean proposes a race against Takashi to determine who must leave Tokyo. Sean and Han's friends then build a Ford Mustang '67, with a Nissan Skyline inline 6 engine and other spare parts. Sean wins the race. Later, Sean is challenged by an unnamed driver: Dominic Toretto. This film's story occurs sometime after Fast & Furious 6 and partly-concurrently with Furious 7.
Fast & Furious (2009)[edit]
Main article: Fast & Furious (2009 film)
Dominic and his new crew (Letty, Han, Leo, Santos and Cara) are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dominic begins to suspect the trail is too hot and leaves Letty behind in order to protect her from harm. Several weeks later, in Panama City, Dominic gets a call from Mia, who tells him that Letty has been murdered by Fenix Calderon (Laz Alonso), after getting into a near fatal car accident. Dominic heads back to Los Angeles to examine Letty's crash and finds traces of nitro-methane. He then goes to the only car mechanic that uses nitro-methane and coerces him into giving him the name David Park (Ron Yuan), the man who ordered the fuel.
Meanwhile, Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), who has now joined the F.B.I. as an agent, is trying to track down a drug dealer named Arturo Braga (John Ortiz). His search leads him to David Park. Dominic arrives at Park's apartment first and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before letting go. Brian, who was also on his way to Park's place, saves Park who now becomes the FBI's new informant. Park gets Brian into a street race through Los Angeles. Brian selects a modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 from the Impound Lot. Dominic also shows up to race in his modified 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot), the liaison for Braga, reveals that the winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the United States-Mexico border. Dominic wins by bumping Brian's car, making him lose control. Brian uses his power as an FBI agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller (Greg Cipes), and takes his place on the team.
The following day, the team meets one of Braga's men. They drive across the border using underground tunnels to avoid detection. Brian had prior knowledge that, after the heroin was delivered, Braga ordered the drivers to be killed. However it was revealed to Dominic from Fenix that he killed Letty and after a tense stand-off, Dominic detonates his car with nitrous to distract Braga's men and Brian hijacks a Hummer with US$60 million worth of heroin. Both Dominic and Brian drive back to Los Angeles and hide the heroin in a police impound lot where Brian picks up a modified Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Later on, Dominic finds out Brian was the last person to contact Letty, which results in him being attacked by Dominic until he learns Letty was working undercover for Brian, tracking down Braga in exchange for clearing Dominic's name. Brian tells his superiors that in exchange for Dominic's pardon, he will lure Braga into a trap, forcing him to personally show up to exchange money for the heroin. At the drop site, however, Ramon Campos (Robert Miano), the man who claims to be "Braga", is revealed as a decoy, and "Campos", the real Braga, escapes and flees to Mexico.
Brian and Dominic travel to Mexico on their own to catch Braga. They find him at a church and apprehend him. As Braga's henchmen come down to rescue their leader, Brian and Dominic drive through the underground tunnels back to the United States. When some of Braga's men are killed, Brian crashes his car and is injured after being T-boned by Fenix at the end of the tunnel. Before Fenix can kill Brian, Dominic, who survived the explosion and exchanged his 1970 Dodge Charger with a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro, drives into and kills Fenix. As police and helicopters start streaming to the crash site on the USA side, Brian tells Dominic to leave, but Dominic refuses, saying he's tired of running. Despite Brian's request for clemency, the judge sentences Dominic to 25 years to life. Dominic boards a prison bus that will take him to Lompoc penitentiary and as the bus drives down the road, Brian and Mia, along with Leo and Santos (who assisted in the Dominican Republic heists), arrive in their cars to intercept it.
Fast Five (2011)[edit]
Main article: Fast Five
Following the events of Fast & Furious, when Dominic is being transported to a U.S. prison, Mia and Brian lead an assault on the bus, causing it to crash and free Dominic. While authorities search for them, the trio escape to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Awaiting Dominic’s arrival, Mia and Brian join their friend Vince and other participants on a job to steal three cars from a train. The job goes awry when Brian and Mia discover the train is carrying DEA agents and that the cars are seized property. When Dominic arrives with the rest of the participants, he realizes that one of them, Zizi is only interested in stealing one car: the Ford GT40. Dominic has Mia steal the car herself, while Brian and Dominic fight Zizi and his henchmen, with Zizi killing the DEA agents assigned to the vehicles. Dominic and Brian are captured and brought to crime lord Hernan Reyes, the owner of the cars and Zizi’s boss, who orders the pair be interrogated to discover the location of the car. However, they manage to escape and retreat to their safe house.
Dominic, Brian, and Mia are blamed for the murder of the DEA agents and U.S. DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his team arrive in Rio to capture him. While Brian, Dominic and Mia examine the car to discover its importance, Vince arrives and is revealed to be working for Reyes when he removes a computer chip from the car. Dominic forces Vince to leave and, after investigating the chip, Brian discovers it contains details of Reyes’ criminal empire including the locations of $100 million in cash, and plan on stealing Reyes’ money to start a new life. The trio organize a team to perform the heist, recruiting Han, Roman, Tej, Leo, Santos, Gisele and Vince. Hobbs and his team eventually find and arrest Dominic, Mia, Brian and Vince. While transporting them to an airport for extradition to the United States, the convoy is attacked by Reyes’ men, killing Hobbs’ team and Vince. Hobbs is saved by Dominic, Brian and Mia as they fight back against Reyes’ men and escape. Wanting revenge for their murdered team, Hobbs and Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky) agree to help with the heist.
The gang breaks into the police station where Reyes’ money is kept and tear the vault from the building using their cars, dragging it through the city with police in pursuit. Believing they cannot outrun the police, Dominic makes Brian continue on without him while he attacks the police and the pursuing Reyes, using the vault attached to his car to smash their vehicles. Brian returns to kill Zizi, while Reyes is badly injured by Dominic's assault. Hobbs arrives on the scene and executes Reyes. Hobbs refuses to let the pair go free, but unwilling to arrest the team, agrees to give them a 24-hour head start to escape. The gang split Reyes' money, with Dominic leaving Vince’s share to his family, and they go their separate ways. In a post-credits scene, Hobbs is given a special file by Agent Monica Fuentes concerning the hijacking of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Letty, who was presumed deceased, revealing she survived the events of Fast & Furious.
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)[edit]
Main article: Fast & Furious 6
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and his partner Riley Hicks (Carano) investigate the destruction of a Russian military convoy, believing former British Special Forces soldier Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) and his crew are responsible. Hobbs tracks down Dominic and requests his help in bringing Shaw down; Dominic agrees when Hobbs presents him with a photo of Dominic’s former girlfriend Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez), whom he thought was dead. Dominic gathers his old crew together (minus Leo and Santos, who are still gambling their heist money inside Monaco casinos) and they accept the mission in exchange for full amnesty for their past crimes, which will allow them to return home to the United States; Mia and Elena remain with Jack. The crew are led to Shaw’s London hideout by one of his henchmen, but it is revealed to be a trap intended to distract the crew and police while Shaw’s crew performs a heist elsewhere. Shaw flees by car, detonating his hideout behind him and disabling most of the police, leaving Dominic, Brian, Roman, Tej, Han, Gisele, Hobbs and Riley to pursue him. Letty arrives to help Shaw, and shoots Dominic without hesitation before escaping. Back at their headquarters, Hobbs tells Dominic’s crew that Shaw is stealing components to create a Nightshade device which can disable power in an entire region; he intends to sell it to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, Shaw’s investigation into the opposing crew reveals Letty’s relationship with Dominic, but she is revealed to be suffering from amnesia. Roman, Han, Gisele, and Riley investigate a subordinate of Shaw who reveals Shaw’s connection to Arturo Braga, a drug lord imprisoned by Brian (Fast & Furious). Brian comes to the United States as a prisoner to gain access to Braga; Braga reveals that Brian will only get close to Shaw if Shaw allows it, and discloses how Letty survived the explosion that was thought to have killed her. Shaw went to finish her off but after learning that she had no memory, he took her in. Aided by a former ally in the FBI, Brian is released from prison. In London, Dominic races Letty in a street racing competition. Afterwards, the pair talk and Dominic returns her necklace. When she leaves, Shaw arrives and offers to let Dominic and his crew walk away without harm, but Dominic refuses to leave without Letty. Shaw tries to threaten Dominic by a laser aimed gunman, Hobbs also aims at Shaw. Dominic says "two-bit government hack", repeating what Shaw called him earlier. Shaw then leaves without further incident.
Tej tracks Shaw’s next attack to a NATO Spanish military base. Shaw and his crew assault a military convoy carrying a computer chip to complete the Nightshade device. Dominic and his crew interfere, destroying the convoy while Shaw, accompanied by Letty, commandeers a tank and begins destroying cars along the highway. Roman manages to anchor his car to the tank, which Brian then pushes over a bridge, flipping the tank. Letty is thrown from the tank and Dominic risks his life to save her from falling to her death. In the aftermath, Shaw and his men are captured, but he reveals that he has kidnapped Mia. The crew are forced to release Shaw, and Riley (revealed to be working for Shaw) leaves with him; Letty chooses to remain with Dom. Shaw and his crew board a large aircraft while it is in motion on a runway while Dominic and his crew give chase. Dominic, Letty, Brian, and Hobbs board the craft; Brian rescues Mia and they escape using a car on board. The plane attempts to take off but is held down by excess weight as Han, Gisele, Roman, Tej, Brian, and Mia tether the plane to their vehicles. Gisele sacrifices herself to save Han. Letty kills Riley and both she and Hobbs leap to safety, but Dominic pursues Shaw and the computer chips. Shaw is thrown from the plane as it crashes into the ground; Dom drives one of the remaining cars through the nose of the plane and reunites with his crew, giving the chip to Hobbs to secure their amnesty.
In the aftermath, Dominic and his team return to the United States. Hobbs and Elena arrive to confirm the crew are free. Han is still reeling from Gisele’s death and decides to head to Tokyo as part of their original plan to settle down there. Before Hobbs and Elena leave, Dominic states that Elena does not have to go, but she responds saying that this is his family and the police department is her family, accepting that he chose Letty over her. As Dominic's crew gather to share a meal, Dominic asks Letty if the gathering feels familiar; she answers no, but that it feels like home.
A post-credits scene ensues: Reprising a scene from Tokyo Drift, Han, along with an unseen Sean Boswell (Black), flees Takashi (Tee) in his Veilside Mazda RX-7 in Tokyo, when suddenly he is rammed by an oncoming car which has been covertly following the chase. The other car's driver (Jason Statham) walks away from the scene after leaving Letty's cross by the crash site, and calls Dominic as Han's car fatally explodes: "Dominic Toretto... you don't know me. You're about to."
Furious 7 (2015)[edit]
Main article: Furious 7
After breaking into the secure hospital where a comatose Owen Shaw is being held, Owen's older brother, Deckard Shaw (Statham), swears vengeance against "the team that crippled his brother". Meanwhile, Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker), and the rest of the crew, having been able to return to the United States, are now trying to live normal lives again. Dom attempts to help Letty (Rodriguez) regain her memories, while Brian is reluctantly accustoming himself to life as a father with Mia (Brewster).
Soon, Shaw breaks into Luke Hobbs' (Johnson) secure DSS office to extract profiles of Dom's crew, but is caught by a detonated bomb that sends Hobbs and his partner, Elena Neves (Pataky), flying out of the building and onto the roof of a car. Severely injured, Hobbs is rushed to hospital by Elena, who escaped serious injury. Meanwhile, Dom learns from his sister Mia that she is pregnant again; despite her objections, he convinces her to tell Brian about it. Their heart to heart is interrupted by a phone call: Deckard Shaw, calling immediately after having killed Han, formerly of their crew, in Tokyo. This tips off Dom that the package he has seen on his doorstep is, in fact a disguised bomb; it explodes, destroying the Toretto house but leaving Brian and his family unharmed. Dom later visits Hobbs in hospital, where he learns that Shaw is a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his brother. Dom then travels to Tokyo to claim Han's body, where he meets and races Sean Boswell (Black), a friend of Han's. Sean gives Dom personal items found at Han's crash; among them, a cross necklace that Dom had previously given Letty.
Back at Han's funeral in Los Angeles, where crew members Roman Pearce (Gibson) and Tej Parker (Bridges) watch on, Roman remarks that he doesn't want to go to any more funerals; Brian vows that there is still one more to go – Shaw's. Dom notices a car, driven by Deckard Shaw, observing the burial, and chases after it. After the two collide head-on in their vehicles, Dom prepares to fight, but Shaw pulls a gun on him. Shaw then slips away when a covert ops team, led by "Mr. Nobody" (Kurt Russell) and Sheppard (John Brotherton), arrive. "Nobody" informs Dom that he will assist him in stopping Shaw if he helps him prevent a terrorist named Mose Jakande (Djimon Hounsou) from obtaining God's Eye, a computer program that can use digital devices to track a specific person, and save its creator, a hacker named Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), from Jakande's men. Dom recruits Brian, Letty, Roman and Tej to help him. However, Mia makes Brian promise her that after Shaw is dealt with, he will dedicate himself to raising their son full-time.
To rescue Ramsey, the team airdrops their cars over the Caucasus Mountains, ambush Jakande's convoy (with difficulty), and rescues Ramsey, finding out that she is a young woman. They then head to Abu Dhabi, where a billionaire has acquired the flash drive containing God's Eye. The team breaks into his penthouse and manage to steal the flash drive. On both occasions, the team is pursued by Shaw, who engages in combat with Dom, and the team barely manages to escape alive.
With God's Eye, the team manages to track down Shaw, who is waiting at a remote factory in Yemen. Dom, Brian, "Nobody", and his covert ops unit attempt to capture Shaw, but are ambushed by Jakande and his militants, who have allied with Shaw. In the ensuing battle, the men with "Nobody", including Sheppard, are killed, and "Nobody" is seriously injured, though he manages to escape with Toretto and Brian while Jakande obtains God's Eye from Sheppard's corpse. On their way out of the country, "Nobody" warns Dom and Brian that Jakande will use God's Eye to hunt Ramsey down, and they drive off, leaving "Mr. Nobody" behind at his own request to be evacuated by helicopter. Left with no other choice, the team decides to return to Los Angeles to fight Shaw, Jakande and his men on their home turf. Dom plans to confront Shaw alone while Brian and the rest of the crew prepare to deal with Jakande and regain control of God's Eye. While preparing, Brian calls Mia; she finally reveals to him that she is pregnant with their second child, a girl.
While Jakande pursues Brian and the rest of the crew with a stealth attack helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle, using God's Eye to track down Ramsey, the team uses Ramsey to hack into God's Eye while sharing her mobile between their vehicles. Hobbs, seeing the team in trouble, breaks out of the hospital and destroys the UAV by ramming it with an ambulance. After Brian manages to manually reroute the program's signal, Ramsey successfully completes the hack, regains control of God's Eye and shuts it down. Meanwhile, Dom and Shaw engage in a one-on-one brawl on a parking garage, before Jakande intervenes and attacks them both, and Shaw is apprehended when part of the parking garage collapses on him. Dom then engages in battle with Jakande and launches his vehicle at his helicopter with him in it, narrowly missing, but successfully manages to toss a bag of grenades on board, before getting himself injured when his car lands and crashes. Hobbs then shoots the bag of grenades from ground level, destroying the helicopter and killing Jakande. When Dom remains unconscious, the team fears that he is dead. As Letty cradles Dom's body in her arms, she reveals that she has regained her memories, and that she remembers their marriage ceremony, which happened unbeknownst to the rest of the crew. Dom regains consciousness soon after, remarking, "It's about time".
Later, Shaw is taken into custody by Hobbs and locked away in a secret, high-protection CIA prison. Meanwhile, at a beach, Brian and Mia play with their son while Dom, Letty, Roman and Tej observe, appreciating their happiness and acknowledging that Brian is better off retired with his family. Dom silently leaves, and Brian catches up to him at a stop sign. As Dom remembers the times that he had with Brian, they drive together for a stretch before arriving at an intersection, where Brian exits the main road and drives off into the distance, as Dom gives his closing lines, "You'll always be with me. And you'll always be my brother."
Fast & Furious 8 (2017)[edit]
Universal chairwoman Donna Langley stated in 2014 that a total of 10 films were likely to be made. On April 9, 2015, producer Neal H. Moritz told The Hollywood Reporter that the filmmakers would meet to discuss the sequel in a week's time. [1] Neither a director, nor a writer have been finalized for the eighth film. Moritz said, "[The story] is going to have to be something enticing for all of us [...] It has to be as good as or better [than Furious 7]."[2]
In regards to Furious 8 going to New York, Vin Diesel said, “Well, I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul [Walker] used to say that eight was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass.” Diesel added, “So if fate has it, F8…if fate has it, then you’ll get this when you hear about it. Seven was for Paul, eight is from Paul.”[3] At the 2015 Universal CinemaCon in Las Vegas, it was announced that a sequel, tentatively titled Furious 8, would be released on April 14, 2017.[4]
Universal Pictures did not reveal any details if Diesel's co-stars Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyresse Gibson, Ludacris and Kurt Russel will return to make the 8th installment.[5]
Short films[edit]
Turbo-Charged Prelude (2003)[edit]
Main article: Turbo-Charged Prelude
Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) packs his bags and leaves Los Angeles, before the LAPD gets a chance to arrest him for letting Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) escape. While the FBI launch a national manhunt for him, Brian travels across Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, winning in every street race he participates in, with his red Mitsubishi 3000GT. However, he is forced to ditch his car at a motel in Dallas when police officers are notified of his presence. When they collect the car, he manages to hitch a ride from an unknown woman, despite her knowing who he really is. She drops him at a used car lot, with him realizing she knows that he is a wanted man. There, he buys a green Nissan Skyline GT-R R34. Later, collecting money from street races, he modifies the car with new rims and repaints it silver, with blue lightning vinyls on the sides, before traveling eastbound and winning more races on the way. Upon reaching Atlanta, Georgia, Brian heads south toward Miami, Florida, where he sees Slap Jack's Toyota Supra and Orange Julius' Mazda RX-7 (both 2 Fast 2 Furious characters) before the screen reads "2 be continued…".
Los Bandoleros (2009)[edit]
Main article: Los Bandoleros (film)
Leo Tego (Tego Calderón) is in a Dominican Republic prison, ranting about corporations holding back the electric car and starting wars for oil. Meanwhile, on the streets, Rico Santos (Don Omar) chats to an old man unable to find enough gas. Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang) arrives and is collected from the airport by Cara Mirtha (Mirtha Michelle) and Malo (F. Valentino Morales). They drive him back to Santos' house, where his aunt Rubia (Adria Carrasco) is struggling with rising prices linked to the cost of gasoline and Dominic is working on his car. The team then enjoy a welcome meal with the family. After breaking Leo out of prison, they head to a club, where Han and Cara flirt, while Dominic meets up with local politician Elvis (Juan Fernandez), who informs them of a window of opportunity to hijack a gasoline shipment. While relaxing at the club afterwards, Dominic is surprised by the arrival of Letty, who has tracked him from Mexico. The two drive together to the beach, where they "rekindle their relationship".
Chronology[edit]
Although filmed and released in a different order, the films are in the following fictional chronological order pertaining to the plot events:

Chronological
 order
Title
Release date

1 The Fast and the Furious June 22, 2001
2 Turbo-Charged Prelude June 3, 2003
3 2 Fast 2 Furious June 6, 2003
4 Los Bandoleros July 28, 2009
5 Fast & Furious April 3, 2009
6 Fast Five April 29, 2011
7 Fast & Furious 6 May 24, 2013
8 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift June 16, 2006
9 Furious 7 April 3, 2015
10 Fast & Furious 8 April 14, 2017

Characters[edit]
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
Crew and other[edit]

Crew/Detail
Film

The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious
Fast Five
Fast & Furious 6
Furious 7

Director
Rob Cohen John Singleton Justin Lin Justin Lin Justin Lin Justin Lin James Wan
Producer(s)
Neal H. Moritz Neal H. Moritz Neal H. Moritz Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Clayton Townsend Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
Writer(s)
Screenplay by:
Gary Scott Thompson
Erik Bergquist
David Ayer
Based on:
 "Racer X" by Ken Li Screenplay by:
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Story by:
Michael Brandt
Derek Haas
Gary Scott Thompson Written by:
Chris Morgan
Based on:
 Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson Written by:
Chris Morgan
Based on:
 Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson Written by:
Chris Morgan
Based on:
 Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson Written by:
Chris Morgan
Based on:
 Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson Written by:
Chris Morgan
Based on:
 Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson
Cinematographer(s)
Erison Core Matthew F. Leonetti Stephen F. Windon Amir Mokri Stephen F. Windon Stephen F. Windon Stephen F. Windon
Marc Spicer
Composer
BT David Arnold Brian Tyler Brian Tyler Brian Tyler Lucas Vidal Brian Tyler
Editor(s)
Peter Honess Bruce Cannon
Dallas Puett Kelly Matsumoto
Dallas Puett
Fred Raskin Christian Wagner
Fred Raskin Kelly Matsumoto
Fred Raskin
Christian Wagner Christian Wagner
Kelly Matsumoto
Dylan Highsmith
Greg D'auria
Leigh Folsom Boyd Christian Wagner
Leigh Folsom Boyd
Dylan Highsmith
Kirk M. Morri
Costume Designer(s)
Sanja Milkovic Hays Sanja Milkovic Hays Sanja Milkovic Hays Sanja Milkovic Hays Sanja Milkovic Hays Sanja Milkovic Hays
Craciunica Roberto Sanja Milkovic Hays
Production Designer
Waldemar Kalinowski Keith Brian Burns Ida Random Ida Random Peter Wenham Jan Roelfs Bill Brzeski
Running time
106 minutes 107 minutes 104 minutes 107 minutes 130 minutes 130 minutes 137 minutes
Reception[edit]
For more details on the reception of each film, see the "Reception" section on each film's article.
Box office performance[edit]

Film
Release date
Box office gross
Box office ranking
Budget
Ref(s)

North America
Other
 territories
Worldwide
All time
 North America
All time
 worldwide

The Fast and the Furious June 22, 2001 $144,533,925 $62,750,000 $207,283,925 #299 #573 $38,000,000 [6]
2 Fast 2 Furious June 6, 2003 $127,154,901 $109,195,760 $236,350,661 #388 #476 $76,000,000 [7]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift June 16, 2006 $62,514,415 $95,953,877 $158,468,292 #1,121  $85,000,000 [8][9]
Fast & Furious April 3, 2009 $155,064,265 $208,100,000 $363,164,265 #261 #240 $85,000,000 [10]
Fast Five April 29, 2011 $209,837,675 $416,300,000 $626,137,675 #137 #87 $125,000,000 [11]
Fast & Furious 6 May 24, 2013 $238,679,850 $550,000,000 $788,679,850 #101 #50 $160,000,000 [12]
Furious 7 April 3, 2015 $322,669,420 $1,026,200,000 $1,348,869,420 #36 #4 $275,000,000 [13][14]
Total
$1,260,454,451
$2,468,499,637
$3,728,954,088
13[15]
10
$844,000,000
[16]
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Critical and public response[edit]

Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
CinemaScore

The Fast and the Furious 53% (147 reviews)[17] 58 (29 reviews)[18] B+[19]
2 Fast 2 Furious 36% (159 reviews)[20] 38 (35 reviews)[21] A-[19]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 37% (113 reviews)[22] 46 (31 reviews)[23] A-[19]
Fast & Furious 28% (173 reviews)[24] 45 (27 reviews)[25] A-[19]
Fast Five 78% (192 reviews)[26] 67 (29 reviews)[27] A[19]
Fast & Furious 6 68% (184 reviews)[28] 61 (39 reviews)[29] A[19]
Furious 7 82% (195 reviews)[30] 67 (44 reviews)[31] A[19]
Average
55% 55 N/A

Merchandising[edit]
Video games[edit]
The film series has spawned several racing video games for various systems. The arcade game The Fast and the Furious (known as Wild Speed in Japan) was released by Raw Thrills in 2004.[32] In 2006, the video game The Fast and the Furious was released for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Several games (The Fast and the Furious: Pink Slip, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious: Adrenaline and Fast & Furious 6) have all been released for iOS and are available on the iTunes App Store, for Android devices there is official version of Fast & Furious 6: The Game. In 2013, Fast & Furious: Showdown was released for the PC (Windows OS), Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Various cars, locations and characters from the series have also appeared in the Facebook game Car Town. In 2015, in a deal with Microsoft Studios, a standalone expansion of Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox One and Xbox 360 was released titled Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious. The games Fast & Furious Legacy and Fast & Furious 6 - The Game were also released on App Store.
Toys and model kits[edit]
Racing Champions released diecast metal replicas of the film's cars in different scales from 1/18 to 1/64.[33] RadioShack sold ZipZaps micro RC versions of the cars in 2002.[34] 1/24 scale plastic model kits of the hero cars were manufactured by AMT Ertl. Johnny Lightning under the JL Full Throttle Brand released 1/64th and 1/24th models of the cars from Tokyo Drift. These models were designed by Diecast Hall of Fame designer Eric Tscherne. Greenlight also sold some cars from the new films from the series and some of them from the previous series.[35]
Related films[edit]
Although not officially part of The Fast and the Furious film series, Sung Kang plays a character named Han in the film Better Luck Tomorrow, directed by Justin Lin, who also directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five & Fast & Furious 6. In Fast Five, Gisele Yashar attributes Han's constant need to occupy his hands to him being a former smoker, an easter egg reference according to Lin's DVD commentary. The computer animated short film Tokyo Mater spoofs The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
See also[edit]
##List of highest-grossing film franchises
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
##Official website
##The Fast and the Furious at the Internet Movie Database
##2 Fast 2 Furious at the Internet Movie Database
##The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift at the Internet Movie Database
##Fast & Furious at the Internet Movie Database
##Fast Five at the Internet Movie Database
##Fast & Furious 6 at the Internet Movie Database
##Furious 7 at the Internet Movie Database
##Vin Diesel confirms Fast & Furious 8 | Editorial Insider


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