However, Jason Statham near steals the entire show, returning as the dastardly Deckard Shaw, along with a curveball addition to the franchise: his mum, Madeline Shaw, played by Dame Helen Mirren. "Dominic Toretto just went rogue," Hobbs declares. Diesel and Rodriguez lead the team, with Roman, Tej Parker (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), and Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) reunited to take on Charlize Theron's unblinking cyber terrorist Cipher, one of the more memorable of the series: "People are scared of the hacker group Anonymous, but Anonymous are scared of her."īut the Family are up for their hardest task yet, as Dom is forced to fight with Cipher under threat. The Fate of the Furious (2017)Įxcluding Tokyo Drift, The Fate of the Furious is the first Fast movie released without Paul Walker, following the actor's tragic death during the making of Furious 7. Plus, Fast and Furious also gives us our first ever "ride or die" from Letty to Dom. But nothing in this film is as impressive as the various dashes across the U.S./Mexico border through a claustrophobic tunnel at high speed, all intensified by cinematographer Amir Mokri, fresh from Bad Boys II, and swift edits from action movie veteran Christian Wagner and future Tarantino go-to Fred Raskin. Stunt-wise though, Fast and Furious doesn't disappoint, from the film's opening hijacking sequence in the Dominican Republic ending with Dom and Letty narrowly scooching underneath a burning gas tanker, to a chaotic street race through the unclosed streets of LA. The film's new characters are strong too, including Gisele (Gal Gadot) who is working for Braga, and dynamic duo Tego Leo and Rico Santos (Tego Calderon and Don Omar). The Brian we left in 2 Fast 2 Furious giggling over a belt full of stolen cash with Roman Pierce (Tyrese Gibson) is a Serious Cop again. Meanwhile, Brian has rejoined the FBI, back to chasing criminals across downtown Los Angeles and pissing off his boring unit enemy, Stasiak (Shea Whigham). Dom's on a quest for revenge with his suddenly CSI-level forensics. Michelle Rodriguez's iconic Letty Ortiz plays a much bigger role in the story than ever before, though spends the majority of the film in the rear mirror after supposedly being murdered. Brian and Dom are awkwardly reunited while attempting to infiltrate the powerful Mexican cartel of villain Arturo Braga (John Ortz) after the murder of one of our favourites. Fuelled by Brian Tyler's angsty guitar score, the film feels weighed down by its own seriousness this time around, with everyone reeling from grief and blame (mainly at Brian). Fast and Furious handbrake turns back to the full original cast - but it's not a great time for any of them. Written by Chris Morgan, the film is the second Fast directorial run for Justin Lin after the third film, Tokyo Drift. We had to start somewhere, and the fourth installment of the Fast saga never had me. Once you're done, here's how to watch every single film. So, all roads lead to this: the ultimate ranking of Fast and Furious films from least-best to absolute-best (they're all winners in the end). The Fast saga is now 10 adrenaline-fuelled films, one spinoff, and over US$6.2 billion earnings into its mighty, mighty franchise, with a slew of formidable villains, memorable allies, and hundreds of wrecked, highly expensive vehicles in its wake. Since then, the Family has blown up Russian submarines, dragged giant vaults all over Rio with their cars, chased giant bombs through Rome, and even been to actual space. It's been almost 22 years since Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) ordered the crappy tuna on white, stocked up on NOS at The Racer's Edge, and lived a quarter mile at a time on the streets of Los Angeles.
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