The Fast and the Furious

"Fast and Furious" redirects here. For other uses, see Fast and Furious (disambiguation).

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
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.

Films

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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)

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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)

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

Turbo-Charged Prelude (2003)

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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)

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

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

Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters

Crew and other

Crew/Detail	Film
Crew/Detail	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

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Box office ranking		Budget	Ref(s)
Film	Release date	North America	Other territories	Worldwide	All time North America	All time worldwide	Budget	Ref(s)
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

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

Video games

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

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

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.