History Film / TheFastAndTheFurious

Lin returned as director after not directing the previous two installments, while the film was written by Daniel Casey, marking the first time since ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' that a film was not written or co-written by Morgan. Originally scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, ''F9'' was pushed back to June 25, 2021 as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* ''Film/{{F9}}: The Fast Sage'' (a.k.a. ''Fast and Furious 9'') (2021)

''2 Fast 2 Furious'' is a standalone sequel to the first film and is the only film in the main series not to feature Diesel as Dominic Toretto. It also marks the first appearance of Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Roman Pearce and Tej Parker, introducing them to the franchise. The film was directed by John Singleton and written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. It was released on June 6, 2003.

''Tokyo Drift'' is a standalone sequel to the previous films. Diesel makes a cameo appearance as Dominic Toretto at the end of the film. It also marks the first appearance of Sung Kang as Han Lue in the franchise. Although this is the third film released in the franchise, it has been retroactively placed as the sixth, with the subsequent three installments being set between ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' and ''Tokyo Drift''. The film was directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, and was released on June 16, 2006.

Lin returned as director after not directing the previous two installments, while the film was written by Daniel Casey, marking the first time since ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' that a film was not written or co-written by Morgan. Originally scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, ''F9'' was pushed back to May 28, 2021 as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

The film is set after ''Furious 7''. It is the first film since Tokyo Drift to not feature Walker and Brewster as Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto. The film also marks the final appearance of Pataky as Elena Neves in the series. ''The Fate of the Furious'' was directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Morgan. It was released on April 14, 2017.

The film is set after ''Furious 7''. It is the first film since Tokyo Drift to not feature Walker Brewster as Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto. The film also marks the final appearance of Pataky as Elena Neves in the series. ''The Fate of the Furious'' was directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Morgan. It was released on April 14, 2017.

* ''Film/FastAndFurious9'' (a.k.a. ''F9: The Fast Saga'') (2021)

Lin returned as director after not directing the previous two installments, while the film was written by Daniel Casey, marking the first time since ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' that a film was not written or co-written by Morgan. Originally scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, ''F9'' was pushed back to April 2, 2021 as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

An untitled tenth film is planned, with Lin and Casey set to return to direct and write, respectively. It was scheduled to be released on April 2, 2021 before ''F9'' took its release date.

* ''Fast & Furious Crossroads'' (2020)

The film is set after Furious 7. It is the first film since Tokyo Drift to not feature Walker Brewster as Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto. The film also marks the final appearance of Pataky as Elena Neves in the series. The Fate of the Furious was directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Morgan. It was released on April 14, 2017.

The film features the return of Kang to the franchise, with his character Han Lue revealed to be alive. Also returning are Brewster as Mia Toretto and Black as Sean Boswell, as well as Bow Wow and Jason Tobin, who reprise their Tokyo Drift roles as Twinkie and Earl respectively. This is the first film since Fast Five not to feature Johnson as Luke Hobbs and the first since ''Fast & Furious 6'' not to feature Statham as Deckard Shaw.

The film is set after the events of The Fate of the Furious. Helen Mirren reprises her uncredited role from that film as Magdalene Shaw, Deckard and Hattie's mother. Hobbs & Shaw was directed by David Leitch and written by Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce. It was released on August 2, 2019.

2 Fast 2 Furious is a standalone sequel to the first film and is the only film in the main series not to feature Diesel as Dominic Toretto. It also marks the first appearance of Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Roman Pearce and Tej Parker, introducing them to the franchise. The film was directed by John Singleton and written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. It was released on June 6, 2003.

Tokyo Drift is a standalone sequel to the previous films. Diesel makes a cameo appearance as Dominic Toretto at the end of the film. It also marks the first appearance of Sung Kang as Han Lue in the franchise. Although this is the third film released in the franchise, it has been retroactively placed as the sixth, with the subsequent three installments being set between 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift. The film was directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, and was released on June 16, 2006.

This film is set five years after the events of The Fast and the Furious, a sequel to 2 Fast 2 Furious, and canonically long before Tokyo Drift, as it features Kang as Han Lue, wanting to travel to Tokyo in the future. It features the return of the original main cast (Diesel, Walker, Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, who portrays Dominic's sister Mia Toretto). The film was again directed by Lin and written by Morgan. It was released on April 3, 2009.

The film continues directly from the end of Fast & Furious, introducing Johnson and Elsa Pataky as Agent Luke Hobbs and Elena Neves, respectively. It also features the returns of Gibson and Bridges as Roman Pearce and Tej Parker from 2 Fast 2 Furious; Kang as Han Lue from Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious; and Gal Gadot, Tego Calderón and Don Omar as Gisele Yashar, Tego Leo and Rico Santos, respectively, from Fast & Furious. Eva Mendes also makes an uncredited appearance as Monica Fuentes in a mid-credits scene, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Fast Five deliberately departed from the street racing theme prevalent in previous films, to transform the franchise into a heist action series involving cars. The film was directed by Lin and written by Morgan. It was released on April 29, 2011.

It is the last film to be set before Tokyo Drift. In a mid-credits scene, Han Lue's death scene from Tokyo Drift is replayed, with an added scene showing that his killer is Owen's older brother Deckard Shaw, portrayed by Jason Statham. John Ortiz reprises his role as Arturo Braga from Fast & Furious, while Gal Gadot makes her final appearance as Gisele Yashar in the series. Fast & Furious 6 incorporates elements of spy and adventure film to the franchise. The film was directed by Lin and written by Morgan. It was released on May 24, 2013.

The film is set after the events of Fast & Furious 6 and Tokyo Drift. It introduces the characters Mr. Nobody and Ramsey, portrayed by Kurt Russell and Nathalie Emmanuel, respectively, while Lucas Black reprises his role as Sean Boswell from Tokyo Drift.

Furious 7 marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013, with filming only half-completed. Following his death, filming was delayed for script rewrites and his brothers, Caleb and Cody Walker, were used as body doubles (stand-ins) to complete his remaining scenes. John Brotherton also was a minor stand-in for Walker. These script rewrites completed the story arc for Walker's character, which was subsequently retired. The film is dedicated to him. It was directed by James Wan and written by Morgan, and was released on April 3, 2015.

A few years after the events of Fast 8, Dominic Toretto and his family must come out of retirement after they are dangerously hunted down and targeted by a new evil villain and deadly assassin at the behest of Cipher: Dominic's forsaken younger brother Jakob (John Cena), who also has a personal vendetta against Dominic.

The film features the return of Kang to the franchise, with his character Han Lue revealed to be alive. Also returning are Brewster as Mia Toretto and Black as Sean Boswell, as well as Bow Wow and Jason Tobin, who reprise their Tokyo Drift roles as Twinkie and Earl respectively. This is the first film since Fast Five not to feature Johnson as Luke Hobbs and the first since Fast & Furious 6 not to feature Statham as Deckard Shaw.

Lin returned as director after not directing the previous two installments, while the film was written by Daniel Casey, marking the first time since 2 Fast 2 Furious that a film was not written or co-written by Morgan. Originally scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, F9 was pushed back to April 2, 2021 as a result of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

An untitled tenth film is planned, with Lin and Casey set to return to direct and write, respectively. It was scheduled to be released on April 2, 2021 before F9 took its release date.

2 Fast 2 Furious is a standalone sequel to the first film and is the only film in the main series to not feature Diesel as Dominic Toretto. It also marks the first appearance of Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Roman Pearce and Tej Parker, introducing them to the franchise. The film was directed by John Singleton and written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. It was released on June 6, 2003.

A few years after the events of Fast 8, Dominic Toretto and his family must come out of retirement after they are dangerously hunted down and targeted by a new evil villain and deadly assassin at the behest of Cipher: Dominic's forsaken younger brother Jakob (John Cena), who also holds a personal vendetta against Dominic.

The film features the return of Kang to the franchise, with his character Han Lue revealed to be alive. Also returning are Brewster as Mia Toretto and Black as Sean Boswell, as well as Bow Wow and Jason Tobin, who reprise their Tokyo Drift roles as Twinkie and Earl, respectively. This is the first film since Fast Five to not feature Johnson as Luke Hobbs and the first since Fast & Furious 6 to not feature Statham as Deckard Shaw.

Lin returned as director after not directing the previous two installments, while the film was written by Daniel Casey, marking the first time since 2 Fast 2 Furious that a film is not written or co-written by Morgan. Originally scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, F9 was pushed back to April 2, 2021 as a result of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw are forced to team up with Shaw's sister Hattie (Vanessa Kirby) to battle a cybernetically-enhanced terrorist named Brixton Lore (Idris Elba) threatening the world with a deadly virus.

* AuthorAppeal: Justin Lin, who directed all of the movies from ''Tokyo Drift'' up to ''6'' mentioned in the commentary for ''Tokyo Drift'' that he liked cars landing on their roof after a big crash. If you watch the movies he's directed again, its pretty glaring just how many of them actually wind up like that.
* BackFromTheDead: Dom's 1970 Dodge Charger was wrecked and rebuilt before the events of the first movie, and history repeats itself several times during the course of the series.

* DrivingStick: Shifting techniques in street racing are serious business.

* {{Fanservice}}: Essentially any non speaking female role could be counted as fan service.

* TheSeriesHasLeftReality: It started out as a grounded crime drama where the only intense action the film had was the street racing scenes. The moment Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is introduced is when the movie became the over-the-top popcorn action franchise it's currently known for.

** The Toretto Gang of carjackers may be surrogate and multi-racial, but their love and loyalty towards each other is stronger than most RealLife blood-families. In fact, they ''explicitly'' refer to each other as family rather than just "friends", particularly at gatherings and when saying grace at meals.
-->'''Dom:''' I don't have friends. I have family.
** The Toretto family itself qualifies, consisting of Dom, Mia & their significant others, Letty & Brian.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Fast & Furious'' compared to the first. It's tone is grimer, about Dom getting revenge for Letty's supposed death. ''Furious 7'' has Deckard Shaw murder Han and has a revenge theme, which includes a bittersweet ending. ''The Fate of the Furious'' contains Cipher, the most dangerous villain in the series, who kidnapps Elena and brainwashes Dom in working for her causing him to betray his family in order to save Elena and their son.
* DeadpanSnarker: Watch any of the films and try to locate someone that ''isn't'' one.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three films focused heavily on car culture amidst the relatively small time and contained criminal affairs of the plots. The fourth and especially fifth movies helped transition the franchise into the more action-oriented heist movies known today. Paul Walker was noted to feel relived when the changes occurred, believing that he had forcibly tried to look cool as per what the tuner scene needed.

* NoSeatBelts: Oddly enough, the lack of seat belt use seems to have little effect on [[RuleOfCool anyone's ability to survive catastrophic crashes]]. Until ''Furious 7'', where characters are actually seen wearing on belts and on one occasion, a helmet.

* ProductPlacement

** Corona beer is featured prominently in all the films starring Vin Diesel. Funnily enough, Corona doesn't receive money at all for it; when Corona first popped up in the original, it was chosen by the crew simply because that would be the beer of choice in a L.A. neighborhood like that. Corona has enjoyed the product placement so much, they still allow the series use their products without compensation, letting the film's promotion speak for itself in terms of boosting sales.

* RevolvingDoorCasting: Since there have been several movies over the course of several years with a ReTool here and a SoftReboot there, it makes sense that the cast of characters would get shaken up. Some were PutOnABus (with a few instances of TheBusCameBack) while others were KilledOffForReal or simply given the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. Not a single major character appears in every film (not including the spin-offs like Hobbs & Shaw) but a few come close:

* RiceBurner: Although all the cars in the movies are high performance, they are commonly accused of responsibility for promoting this in real life. These days, the cars from the first and second installment look fairly tacky. Some would argue they did back then. The developer's picked up on this, by having Hobbs make a remark about an aftermarket stereo on a classic GT 40 being as cheap as some neon lights during the fifth movie.

*** The seventh film has Owen's brother Deckard, a ruthless ex Special Forces assassin and ghost proficient in both hand-to-hand combat and firearms who is also capable of [[OneManArmy racking up a terrifying killcount despite being on his own.]]

** Fast & Furious 4 mainly takes place in L.A. and it's crowded city streets. The opening scene is set in the Dominican Republic, and a scene shows Dom living in Panama. Some scenes towards the end of the movie (especially the climactic car chase through the Mexican desert) take place in Mexico.

-->'''Jesse:''' Dear Heavenly, uh...
-->'''Leon:''' Spirit.
-->'''Jesse:''' Spirit. Thank you. Please bless this meal which we are about to eat. Also, thank you for direct port nitrous injection, four-core intercoolers, ball-bearing turbos, and titanium valve springs. Amen.

* WorldOfBadass: ''Every'' named hero is either a world class stunt-driver or a master martial-artist, or ''both.'' The only exception is Ramsey, who might just be the greatest hacker and programmer in the world.

It is the last film to be set before Tokyo Drift. In a mid-credits scene, Han Lue's death scene from Tokyo Drift is replayed, with an added scene showing that his killer is Owen's older brother Deckard Shaw, portrayed by Jason Statham. John Ortiz reprises his role as Arturo Braga from Fast & Furious, while Gal Gadot makes her final appearance as Gisele Yashar in the series. Fast & Furious 6 incorporates elements of spy and adventure film to the franchise. The film was directed by Lin and written by Morgan. It was released on May 24, 2013.2013)

* Untitled tenth film (April 2021)

** Corona beer is featured prominently in all the films starring Vin Diesel. Funnily enough, Corona doesn't receive money at all for it; when Corona first popped up in the original, it was chosen by the crew simply because that would be the beer of choice in a L.A. neighborhood like that. Corona has enjoyed the product placement of it so much, they still allow the series use their products without compensation, letting the film's promotion of it speak for itself in terms of boosting sales.

** Corona beer is featured prominently in all the films starring Vin Diesel.

*** In ''Fate'', the last few syllables of Hobbs' haka for the Red Dragons may sound familiar for anyone who's seen ''Disney/{{Moana}}''.

* ''Fast & Furious Crossroads''(2020)

''The Fast Saga'', previously called ''The Fast and the Furious'' and ''Fast & Furious'', is a series of action films, which center on illegal street racing and ([[GenreShift later]]) heists, produced by Creator/{{Universal}}. Here, the cars are fast, the drivers are furious, {{technology porn}} abounds and the cast of characters who eventually become "the crew" aren't just comrades, they're [[ArcWords family]]. The movies are known for their unrelenting {{sequel escalation}}, steadily growing the films into one of the most popular, and financially successful, action franchises in recent memory.

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* ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' (2019)

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There is also an [[AnimatedAdaptation animated series]], ''WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers''. The franchise also has its own ride at the Ride/UniversalStudios parks, called ''Ride/FastAndFuriousSupercharged''. In addition, ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon 2'' received a standalone expansion based on the franchise simply titled ''Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious''.

A racing game called ''Fast & Furious Crossroads'' developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment is due for May, 2020.

Not at all to be confused with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcG1_0AM-vQ the 1955 movie also named]] ''The Fast and the Furious'', directed by John Ireland and starring Ireland and Dorothy Malone, though the fact that is one of the first films to have a feature-length ChaseScene may have had something to do with the 2001 film being given the same title.

!!This movie series contains examples of:

* ''Film/FastAndFurious9'' (a.k.a. ''F9: The Fast Saga'') (2020)

* ''[[Film/FastAndFurious9 Fast and Furious 9]]'' (aka ''F9: The Fast Saga'') (2020)