The Fast and the Furious (film series)

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The film series The Fast and The Furious consists of several films that make use of elements of street racing , heist and agent film genre. All parts were produced by Universal Studios . So far the series has consisted of nine feature films, two short films and one animation series.

overview

Movies

year German title Original title Director script Producers
2001 The Fast and the Furious The Fast and the Furious Rob Cohen Gary Scott Thompson , Erik Bergquist & David Ayer Neal H. Moritz
2003 2 Fast 2 Furious 2 Fast 2 Furious John Singleton Michael Brandt & Derek Haas
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Justin Lin Chris Morgan
2009 Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts. Fast & Furious Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel , Michael Fottrell & Michael K. Ross
2011 Fast & Furious Five Fast Five
2013 Fast & Furious 6 Fast & Furious 6 Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel & Clayton Townsend
2015 Fast & Furious 7 Furious 7 James Wan Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel & Michael Fottrell
2017 Fast & Furious 8 The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray
2019 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw David Leitch Chris Morgan & Drew Pearce Hiram Garcia , Chris Morgan, Dwayne Johnson & Jason Statham
2021 Fast & Furious 9 Q9: The Fast Saga Justin Lin Daniel Casey Vin Diesel, Justin Lin, Samantha Vincent , Jeffrey Kirschbaum & Joe Roth
unknown Fast & Furious 10 Fast & Furious 10 still unknown still unknown

Due to the first offshoot Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw , which was released in German and American cinemas at the beginning of August 2019, the film Fast & Furious 9 , which was initially scheduled for April 2019, was postponed to May 2020. Fast & Furious 10 was still in April Its start date in 2021. Due to the corona crisis, the film release of Fast & Furious 9 was postponed to April 2021. As a result, Fast & Furious 10 lost its launch date.

At the beginning of October 2018 it was also announced that Vin Diesel and Universal apparently have plans for an offshoot with female actors, after Michelle Rodríguez had previously campaigned for more equality and more present female roles within the film series. In January 2019, Diesel confirmed that a female offshoot to be written by Nicole Perlman , Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet would be arriving. Information of the Hollywood Reporter According to the film it should to that of Charlize Theron embodied Cipher turn.

Animation series

On December 26, 2019, the first season of the animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers appeared on Netflix . In terms of content, the series is about Tony Toretto , Dominic Toretto's young cousin , who is recruited by the government to infiltrate a suspicious elite racing league.

Chronological course of action

Originally planned as self-contained films, after Tokyo Drift was completed, film director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morgan decided to unite the plot within the films. The following films Fast & Furious - New Model. Original parts. , Fast & Furious Five and Fast & Furious 6 therefore play between 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift . Fast & Furious 7 starts out parallel to the events in Tokyo and continues the film series after Han's death. The action sections in chronological order are as follows:

The Fast and the Furious

Undercover cop Brian O'Conner gains access to the illegal street racing scene and hopes to track down the perpetrators of several truck robberies. Despite a loss in the race, Brian gains respect from Dominic "Dom" Toretto, who is apparently involved in the raid series. Brian gets into a conflict because on the one hand his clients want to see the results of the investigation, but on the other hand a friendship with Dom develops. To make matters worse, Brian falls in love with Mia, Dom's sister. There is also an uproar between Brian and Vince, a loyal follower of Dominic.

To Mia's displeasure, Brian confesses his intentions and learns the location of the next attack. Brian can prevent this, whereupon Dom can flee with Mia. After the murder of Dominic's henchman Jesse, committed by a racing opponent, Brian Dom can be arrested, but at the last moment helps him to escape.

Turbo-Charged Prelude (short film)

This six-minute film was part of a special edition ("Tricked Out Edition") of The Fast and the Furious - DVD from 2003. Brian's life is told between the first and the second part of the series. In the face of an imminent arrest, he fled several detours to Miami. On his travels across the country, he repeatedly competes in car races and purchases the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, which plays a bigger role in the second film.

2 Fast 2 Furious

Brian was suspended from duty for helping Dominic escape. When he is later arrested in a street race, the officers force him to work as an undercover agent against the drug dealer Carter Verone. He and his old friend Roman Pearce can win Verona's trust and have the opportunity to arrest him and his henchmen. However, since Verone exposes Monica Fuentes, who also works as an undercover agent, the situation threatens to escalate. Brian and Roman can arrest Verone and free Monica.

Los Bandoleros (short film)

The 20-minute film from 2009 shows the background of the characters of the following film Fast & Furious - New Model. Original parts. and acts as an introduction to the first scene. The film was produced by Vin Diesel. This film was on special editions of Fast & Furious - New Model. Original parts. -DVD as well as on the Blu-ray Disc output.

Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts.

Dom is still on the run from the police and separates from his long-term partner Leticia Ortiz (Letty) in order not to endanger this and other team members. A little later Letty is murdered, which moves Dom to return to the United States.

Brian, now an FBI investigator, is looking for the drug lord Arturo Braga and can work for him as an undercover agent. Dominic, who swore vengeance for Letty's death, also gets a job at Braga in hopes of tracking down the killer. After a joint assignment, the situation escalates when Dom faces the alleged murderer Lettys, Fenix. Dominic and Brian escape Braga's henchmen after an explosion is caused. Gisele Harabo, a former employee of the drug gang, reveals Braga's whereabouts to Brian and Dominic. This allows them to arrest him.

In the end, Dominic kills Fenix ​​and does not want to escape again. Although Dominic helped arrest Braga's drug gang, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Fast & Furious Five

A team of several, including Brian and Mia, are able to rescue Dominic from a prisoner transport. With this act Brian turns himself into a criminal, which causes the three to flee to South America. Once there, they take part in a robbery, instigated by Vince. This fails, which makes them not only the hunted by the local police, but also the client. Because DEA agents were killed in the attack , DSS agent Luke Hobbs now also joins the chase.

To end their existence as fugitives, they decide to carry out one last coup by plundering the money hiding places of Hernan Reyes, a seedy businessman. Thanks to a deception, they get Reyes to deposit his originally decentralized money in a safe. With the help of a put together team, the actors succeed in robbing the safe. After a daring escape, the team members start a new life with the stolen money.

Letty, Dominic's allegedly killed life partner, is seen in connection with a robbery in Berlin .

Fast & Furious 6

After the successful coup from the previous film, Brian, Dominic and their team live a prosperous life, but cannot travel to their home country due to law enforcement. Hobbs offers the group to provide the criminal mercenary Owen Shaw and his entourage, including Letty, and guarantees them impunity and the associated opportunity to return home. The crew follows Shaw at several locations in Europe and Dom learns that Letty is working for Shaw after a memory loss. He wins a race against her and manages to bring back her memories piece by piece. She refuses to follow him and returns to Shaw. Although the crew finally manages to catch Shaw, they are betrayed by an accomplice and Shaw tries to escape on a military plane. While the machine rolls down the runway, the crew follows him and can prevent the machine from taking off. Hans's friend Gisele dies during this operation and the seriously wounded Shaw is arrested. Hobbs grants the entire crew the promised immunity.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Han integrates himself into Tokyo's street racing and drifting scene and has a business relationship with Takashi, also known locally as the "Drift King".

Sean Boswell is also traveling to Tokyo to avoid prison sentence in the United States. He quickly finds pleasure in the local tuning scene and gets into an argument with Takashi. With a Han vehicle, Sean competes against Takashi and loses miserably due to a lack of drifting skills. To settle the damage to Hans Auto, Sean works for him from now on. When Takashi finds out that Han has stolen from him, Han is involved in an accident in the ensuing escape and dies. This accident is willfully caused by Owen Shaw's big brother. Sean, who fell in love with Takashi's girlfriend, now also sees himself in danger. He arranges a race with Takashi on the condition that the loser leaves town. Sean defeats Takashi and can be celebrated as the new "Drift King". In the end he meets Dominic, who challenges him to a race.

Fast & Furious 7

Dominic and Letty are a couple again, with Letty having difficulties with the situation due to her amnesia and initially separating from Dominic. Brian and Mia (now parents of a son) enjoy their life in freedom when the idyll is disturbed: Dom receives a call from Tokyo and shortly afterwards a package bomb from Tokyo destroys his house. Deckard Shaw, who just killed Han in Tokyo, wants to get to the bottom of the crew that put his brother into a coma. Dom travels to Tokyo to get Han's corpse and meets - as can already be seen briefly at the end of Tokyo Drift - Sean Boswell, who gives him Han's personal belongings. Dom also gets Letty's necklace back that Shaw left with Han.

Back in the USA, Dom wants revenge for Hans death and a hunt begins, in which the terrorist Mose Jakande also intervenes. This is after a highly intelligent computer chip "The Eye of God" and the hacker Ramsey, who can operate it. Mr. Nobody, a government agent, also wants the chip. He offers Dom a deal: If he gets the eye, he can use it to capture Shaw. With a daring maneuver, the crew ambushes a convoy in a pass in the Caucasus Mountains and frees Ramsey.

The chip itself is in Abu Dhabi in the skyscraper of a rich prince - built into a Lykan HyperSport. Brian and Dom steal the sports car and jump with it through three skyscrapers before they can remove the chip, just before the car crashes. After some back and forth, the crew, with the help of Agent Hobbs, succeeds in catching Shaw and killing Jakande. In the end, Letty remembers everything - including the fact that she and Dominic got married in the Dominican Republic. The necklace she had lost to Owen Shaw and which Deckard Shaw left with Hans Wagen served as a kind of wedding ring for Dom and Letty. The crew also realizes that Brian must now focus on the family, because Mia is pregnant again. Brian and Dom drive side by side to a fork in the road, where they part ways.

Fast & Furious 8

A cyber terrorist named Cipher surprises Dom and Letty on their honeymoon in Havana . She makes it clear to Dom that she has kidnapped his former love Elena and that she has a son with Dom. She threatens Dom with harming them both if he doesn't obey her every command. On Cipher's orders, Dom turns against his team and steals an EMP weapon and nuclear codes for Russian nuclear missiles for them. After Dom does not fully obey one of Cipher's orders, she kills Elena. In Siberia , he is said to be stealing a submarine equipped with nuclear weapons. There he is stopped by his old team, which has allied itself with archenemy Deckard Shaw. Shaw manages to free Dom's son from the clutches of Cipher, who now has no leverage against him. Dom destroys the submarine, but Cipher escapes. In the end, everyone celebrates together on the roof of a house in New York. Dom announces that his son's name is Brian.

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

MI6 agent Hattie Shaw, Deckard's sister, secures a deadly virus in London that the cybernetic terrorist Brixton and his organization Eteon want to use to exterminate the weaker half of humanity and thus artificially advance evolution. With Hattie being staged as a renegade across MI6 by Eteon, her brother and Luke Hobbs are set to track her down. They succeed in doing this very quickly, but Hattie can convince both of their innocence. From Professor Andreiko, the inventor of the virus, the three learn that the only machine that can extract the virus from Hattie's body is located near Moscow at the Eteon headquarters. So the three break into the facility, fight their way through the mercenaries and finally flee with the broken device. Since Eteon has now also staged Deckard and Luke Hobbs as apostates, the three of them flee to Samoa, Hobbs' home. There, Luke's brother Jonah can repair the machine and remove the virus from Hattie's body. At the same time, the Hobbs clan can overwhelm the Eteon supporters, while Luke and Deckard can jointly defeat Brixton.

Recurring elements

Although different topics are often dealt with in the individual films, some elements can be found in almost all films:

  • With the exception of parts 2 and 3 ( Tokyo Drift ), as well as 8, Brian and Dom deliver a street race in all films, with Dominic usually being the winner in the comparison. Brian Dom often accuses him of driving unfairly. In part 5 Brian wins for the first time, but it is implied that Dom lets him win on purpose so that he can use the prize money for his unborn child; the outcome of another race at the end of the same part remains uncertain. Brian also wins the race that initiates Part 6.
  • With the exception of parts 3 and 8, every film talks about a 10-second car (part 3 only talks about a 10-second race).
  • Corona beer is preferred by actors in many of the series' films.
  • In every part in which Brian plays, he has to put up with the accusation of breaking the law (or deliberately switching to the other side of the law).
  • In parts one, four, five, six, eight and “Los Bandaleros”, a joint meal is organized in which one person in the group has to say grace. At every meal there is a person who takes the food first and is thus appointed the prayer speaker.
  • Parts 1, 6, 7 and 8 use harpoon-like devices when performing a coup.

Recurring characters

character Movie
The Fast and the Furious
(2001)
Turbo-Charged Prelude
(2003)
2 Fast 2 Furious
(2003)
Tokyo Drift
(2006)
Los Bandoleros
(2009)
Fast & Furious 4
(2009)
Fast & Furious 5
(2011)
Fast & Furious 6
(2013)
Fast & Furious 7
(2015)
Fast & Furious 8
(2017)
Hobbs & Shaw
(2019)
Fast & Furious 9
(2021)
Dominic "Dom" Toretto Vin Diesel Vin Diesel A Vin Diesel C. Vin Diesel Vin Diesel
Brian O'Conner Paul Walker Paul Walker Paul, Caleb and Cody Walker
Leticia "Letty" Ortiz Michelle Rodríguez Michelle Rodríguez Michelle Rodríguez Michelle Rodríguez
Mia Toretto Jordana Brewster Jordana Brewster Jordana Brewster
Vince Matt Schulze Matt Schulze Matt Schulze A
Bilkins Thom Barry Thom Barry
Hector Noel Gugliemi Noel Gugliemi C.
Novel "Rome" Pearce Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Gibson
Tej Parker Ludacris Ludacris Ludacris
Monica Fuentes Eva Mendes Eva Mendes C.
Suki Devon Aoki Devon Aoki A
Han Lue Sung Kang Sung Kang A Sung Kang
Sean Boswell Lucas Black Lucas Black C. Lucas Black
Twinkie Bow wow Bow Wow A Bow wow
Neela Nathalie Kelley Nathalie Kelley A
Earl Hu Jason Tobin Jason Tobin
Tego Leo Tego Calderón Tego Calderón A Tego Calderón C.
Rico Santos Don Omar Don Omar A Don Omar C.
Cara Mirtha Mirtha Michelle
Gisele Yashar Gal Gadot Gal Gadot A
Fenix ​​Calderon Laz Alonso Laz Alonso C. Laz Alonso A
Arturo Braga John Ortiz John Ortiz C
Agent Michael Stasiak Shea Whigham Shea Whigham C
Luke Hobbs Dwayne Johnson
Elena Neves Elsa Pataky
Deckard Shaw Jason Statham C. Jason Statham Jason Statham
Joshua Coombes J
Owen Shaw Luke Evans Luke Evans C. Harry Hickles J.
Samantha "Sam" Hobbs Eden Estrella Eliana Sua
Ramsey Nathalie Emmanuel Nathalie Emmanuel
Frank Petty / "Mr. Nobody " Kurt Russell
Magdalene Shaw Helen Mirren
Cipher Charlize Theron Charlize Theron
A. Appearance using archive material
C. Cameo -Auftritt
J This actor embodies a younger version of the character.

Film staff

Movie title
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
Tokyo drift
Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts.
Fast & Furious Five
Fast & Furious 6
Fast & Furious 7
Fast & Furious 8
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Director Rob Cohen John Singleton Justin Lin James Wan F. Gary Gray David Leitch
script Gary Scott Thompson , Erik Bergquist , David Ayer
(Based on Racer X by Ken Li)
Michael Brandt , Derek Haas Chris Morgan Chris Morgan, Drew Pearce
Film music Brian Transeau David Arnold Brian Tyler Lucas Vidal Brian Tyler Tyler Bates
camera Ericson Core Matthew F. Leonetti Stephen F. Windon Amir M. Mokri Stephen F. Windon Jonathan Sela

Since 2009, film editor Christian Wagner has been involved in five films in the series. Fred Raskin worked on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , Fast & Furious - New Model. Original parts. and Fast & Furious Five with. In April 2019, the Studio Universal parted ways with producer Neal H. Moritz , who was in charge of the series from the beginning, after long-standing arguments .

reception

Grossing results

With total grossing almost $ 5.9 billion, The Fast and the Furious is the 7th most successful film series of all time (as of July 20, 2020). Three of the films were able to make it into the top 100 financially successful films . So there is Furious 7 in 9th place (as of: August 8, 2020), Fast & Furious 8 at No. 19 (as of: August 8, 2020) and Fast & Furious 6 at No. 96 (Updated: August 8, 2020) .

Movie Publication
in Germany
Box office earnings in US dollars Budget
in US dollars
source
United States Germany Worldwide
The Fast and the Furious September 7, 2001 144,533,925 07,651,437 0207.283.925 038 million
2 Fast 2 Furious June 5, 2003 127.154.901 10,562,064 0236.350.661 076 million
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift June 15, 2006 062,514,415 09,733,517 0158.468.292 085 million
Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts. April 1, 2009 155.064.265 15,423,592 0363.164.265 085 million
Fast & Furious Five April 20, 2011 209.837.675 26,703,371 0626.137.675 125 million
Fast & Furious 6 17th May 2013 238,679,850 29,915,431 0788,679,850 160 million
Fast & Furious 7 April 1, 2015 353.007.020 42,761,084 1,516,045,911 190 million
Fast & Furious 8 April 12, 2017 226.008.385 32.450.125 1.236.005.118 250 million
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw August 1, 2019 172.512.500 17,385,115 0756.112.500 200 million
Total (as of October 4, 2019) 1,689,312,936 192.585.736 5,888,248,197 1,209 million

Reviews

(As of October 4, 2019)

Movie Rotten tomatoes Metacritic IMDb
The Fast and the Furious 53% (148 reviews) 58 (34 reviews) 6.8 (316,277 ratings)
2 Fast 2 Furious 36% (159 reviews) 38 (36 reviews) 5.9 (227,679 ratings)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 36% (116 reviews) 45 (32 reviews) 6.0 (215,653 ratings)
Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts. 29% (174 reviews) 46 (28 reviews) 6.6 (239,130 ​​ratings)
Fast & Furious Five 77% (197 reviews) 66 (41 reviews) 7.3 (326,155 ratings)
Fast & Furious 6 70% (202 reviews) 61 (39 reviews) 7.1 (342,961 ratings)
Fast & Furious 7 81% (253 reviews) 67 (50 reviews) 07.2 (331,092 ratings)
Fast & Furious 8 68% (284 reviews) 56 (45 reviews) 06.7 (174,931 ratings)
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw 67% (320 reviews) 60 (54 reviews) 6.7 (78,887 ratings)

Video games

The merchandising produced different products, including video games:

In addition, the film series is said to have shaped the orientation of the Need for Speed game series . While in this series mainly luxury cars were used until 2002 and tuning played a subordinate role, the developers took a new path with Need for Speed: Underground in 2003. Cars like the Nissan Skyline or Honda S2000 , which had a strong presence in the films, came to the fore. Furthermore, the tuning has been upgraded , especially with nitrous oxide injections .

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