#FAST AND FURIOUS 5 MOVIE SERIES#
Longtime franchise screenwriter Chris Morgan and series newcomer F. Fast & Furious set the franchise up for a soft reboot and lined up the pieces for something spectacular, but it never put the pieces in play for itself.Īs the first franchise entry to film after the untimely death of Paul Walker, Fate of the Furious had that heartbreaking onus on its back from the beginning. It also utterly wastes Gal Godot's charm as Giselle, which would blossom in later films, by using her as a prop for Dom's virility. Abandoning all the kinetic splendor and colorful flourish he showed off in Tokyo Drift, Lin opts for dimly-lit, CGI-heavy races and chases, the worst of which are set in a series of underground tunnels where we can barely make out the action. However, Fast & Furious commits the biggest Furious sin – the car scenes are just no good. That tonal imbalance makes the fourth Furious film a bit of a slog, even though director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morgan were clever enough to reunite the core family and lay the ground groundwork for the films to come.įast & Furious picks up the threads from the previous three films and starts weaving them together, the best of which is bringing back Paul Walker and Vin Diesel and rekindling the tension between Dom and Brian, who are pitted against each other once again as they compete for a spot on a crime lord's driving team. It's my least favorite and the one I turn on least often, but it's still a F&F film, which means you're gonna get some exceptional car action, over-the-top melodrama, and a few hyper-quotable lines of dialogue.įast & Furious is an adequate and functional film, and it was a crucial step in transforming the franchise, but it's stuck somewhere between the street racing drama of the early films and the blissful logic-pummeling action of the later films. However, 2 Fast 2 Furious does mark a significant step forward for the action, sending cars careening into boats and demolishing them under the wheels of a big rig, and there's that bit of that heartfelt goofiness to the stupidity that keeps things fun. Brian and Roman have caustic chemistry, but it pales in comparison to the Brian/Dom bromance, leaving a general lack of any relationship worth investing in, which is a huge problem for a film series that thrives on the heart of family. This is the only non-spinoff Furious film that operates entirely sans Dom and it just doesn't work, leaving Brian to team up with Roman and Tej, the Tyrese/ Ludacris duo that has become a comedic mainstay for the Furious franchise, but their knack for biting banter isn't given the opportunity to shine in 2 Fast 2 Furious. John Singleton's egregiously (but iconically) titled sequel arrived two years after the release of The Fast and The Furious with a clear intent to mimic the beats of the original while doubling down on the action. RELATED: Jordana Brewster Addresses Mia's Return in 'F9' and How Paul Walker's Brian Will Always Be Part of the UniverseĮven for a passionate lover of the Fast and Furious films, there's just not a whole lot to love about 2 Fast 2 Furious.
#FAST AND FURIOUS 5 MOVIE FULL#
We're taking a look back at what worked and what didn't on the wild ride of the Furious films so far, so crack open a Corona and check out the full list of Fast and Furious films ranked from worst to best. The mid-budget success has transformed into a massive-budget tentpole spectacle, stacked with star power, creating something akin to a somewhat contained cinematic universe along the way. That fluidity has allowed for a lot of highs and lows over the years, while also revealing a fascinating sort of microcosm of how filmmaking has changed over the last two decades. Twenty years and ten films later, Fast and Furious continues to evolve every step of the way, be it through the creative influences of different filmmakers or how the tragic real-life death of Paul Walker reshaped the family, the Fast franchise has continued to grow and change, without losing the core of what makes it such an enduring staple at the theater. Over the years, the franchise has passed through the hands of many filmmakers with an amorphous, ever-fluctuating cast, leading to a series of films that often feel detached and tonally disparate from each other, yet somehow undeniably part of the same organism. What began as a fairly simple Point Break redux that swapped sexy surfers for sexy street racers has since evolved into a multi-billion box office powerhouse that's as driven by its earnest themes of loyalty as it is bullets, babes, and brawn. The Fast and Furious films are a fascinating franchise in Hollywood history.
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