The Fast and Furious franchise is a series of films that began in 2001. It focuses on the relationship between Dominic Toretto and undercover cop Brian O’Conner.
Since the franchise’s inception in 2001, it has increased in size and scope. The seventh instalment of the series saw the cast and crew bidding their farewell to Brian O’Conner following his tragic death. The film went on to make hits in the movie industry. Universal Pictures distribute it.
The movie is a series of action films on street racing, spies and family.
It began with a small budget but has grown into a billion-dollar entity loved by fans worldwide.
The franchise does not have a straightforward chronology. Here is a list of all the fast and furious movies that have hit the screens:
- Fast and Furious (2001)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- The Fast and the furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
- Fast and Furious 4 (2009)
- Fast Five (2011)
- Furious 6 (2013)
- Fast and Furious 7 (2015)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
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Table of Content hide 1 Spin-offs 2 Fast and Furious cast 3 Fast and Furious soundtrack 4 Featured musicians 5 Awards 6 Fast and Furious ratings 7 F9: The Fast SagaSpin-offs
- The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2Furious (2003)
- Los Banderlos (2009)
- Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw(2019)
Fast and Furious cast
- Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
- Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner
- Jordana Brewster as Miss Toretto
- Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce
- Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar
- Ludacris as Tej Parker
- Sung Kangaroo as Han Lue
- Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw
- John Ortiz as Arturo Braga
- Rick Yune as Johnny Tran
- Charlize Theron as Cipher
- Las Alonso as Fenix
- Eva Mendes as Monica Fuente
- John Cena as Jacob Toretto
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey
- Mirtha Michelle as cara
- Helen Morten as Queenie
- Luke Evans as Owen Shaw
Fast and Furious soundtrack
The Fast and Furious series has brought not only amazing actors together but also musicians who have collaborated throughout the series to create soundtracks and singles that have made the series a hit. A movie is never complete without a good soundtrack to back up the film. Here are some of the best soundtracks from the fast and furious franchise
- Rest of my life: Rapper turned actor Ludacris, an actor on the series, collaborated with musician Usher and DJ David Guetta. The song was played at the closing credits of the Fast and Furious 6.
- Hey Ma: The Fast and Furious 8 opens with a song from rapper Pitbull, singer Camilla Cabello and J Balvin.
- Act a Fool: This song was written by rapper Ludacris for the 2fast 2Furious. A song that earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
- Good Life: Rappers Kehlani and G-Eazy collaborated on this song which fitted perfectly into the family scenes at the end of the fast and furious 8.
- See You Again: With the untimely passing of actor Paul Walker, the song served as a tribute to the late actor. The song served its purpose as it moved fans all over the world. It soon became a hit; it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peak and had over 5.4 billion views on YouTube.
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Featured musicians
The franchise featured many musicians in the series. They not only gave excellent songs for the soundtrack but also acted in the series.
Some of them are Ludacris, the rapper who joined fast and furious in the second part titled 2 Fast 2 Furious and became one of the main characters in the series.
Bow Wow is known in the series as Twinkie in the spin-off Fast and Furious: The Tokyo Drift. Cardi B also had a short but crucial role as Leysa in the Fast and Furious 9. She will be making a return in the tenth instalment of the series. Ozuna, Don Omar, Iggy Azalea, Ja Rule, and other musicians featured in the franchise.
Awards
The series has been nominated and has won several awards. Some of these awards include: Hollywood Film Awards(2001), Paul Walker winning the award for Breakthrough Male Performance, MTV Generation Award at the MTV Movie +TV Awards (2017) and many others.
Fast and Furious ratings
The Fast and Furious franchise has excellent ratings. However, they were rated individually and not as one. Some series had higher ratings than others. For instance, Fast and Furious 1 rated 54% on rotten tomatoes, while Fast 9 had 59% on rotten tomatoes, spin-off fast and furious: Hobbs and Shaw had 67%, while Fast and furious 7 had the highest ratings of 82% on rotten tomatoes.
F9: The Fast Saga
The latest of the fast and furious series is the F9: The Fast Saga, which was released in 2021. It is a sequel to Fate of the Furious (2017). The F9 was initially set for release in 2019 first due to the release of the spin-off Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw in 2019, then the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020.
The movie set several pandemic box office records and grossed over $726 million worldwide, making it the fifth highest-grossing movie of 2021.
The movie saw its original cast With some additional casting of John Cena as the evil brother of Dominic Toretto.
In the film, Dominic Toretto teams up with his team to stop the evil plans of his brother Jakob Toretto. It had ratings of 59% on rotten tomatoes, 5.2/10 on IMBd and 58% on Metallic.
The 9th instalment of the series was without criticism. While some praised the movie, many people had a lot of bad things to say about the movie. Some argued that the action in the movie was not realistic. Some complained that it is complicated to work with the introduction of Don’s brother Jakob. Another person also claims that the emotions between the brothers were lacking. Someone also described the movie as the worst entry in the franchise since the Fast and Furious 4 movie.
Overall the movie is still a great movie that can be watched and enjoyed with your family, friends and loved ones. It is best to watch the film chronologically from the beginning to the end to enjoy the franchise.
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