Since seeing the trailers for the new Fast and Furious - Fast Five a few months ago, I decided to watch all the previous films in the series, as up to that point I'd only seen bits and pieces of them. Before watching them I decide to quickly check them out on the internet and discovered that chronologically some of the films were out of order, compared to when they were released. The info on wikipedia showed that to watch them in chronological order, the films should go, Fast and Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and The Furious, Fast Five, and then finish off with Tokyo Drift. To help me better understand the films I also decided to follow this order and watch them chronoligically.
Due to the number of films in the series I wont describe them in much detail, however I will talk a bit more about Tokyo Drift later on. Each of the, Vin Diesel films i'll call them, (1, 2, 4, 5) had excellent stories incorporated into them, and a brilliant set of actors to compliment them. I was a bit worried about the stories of these films when first watching them, as I thought there would just be cars, racing and nothing else for 2 hours, although I was pleasently surprised that not only were there these very well written story lines, but they also incorporated reasons for the cars, why they raced, and why this car based world was there. I definately have to hand it to them when it comes to the talent of the drivers and how all the stunts were performed, they definately took these films to a new level.
The only problem I found with the series as a whole, was the timeline of the films. Sometimes it wasn't that clear as to how much time had passed in between certain films, and sometimes felt like I'd missed out on things that had happened. This didnt ruin the films for me in anyway as I was watching them, it was just one aspect I thought that could have been made a bit clearer to help the audience understand better.
Leading on from that last comment, I come to Fast and Furious Tokyo drift. Again I quickly want to say, this film definately threw me off, as to when these events were meant to have happened. Throughout the majority of the film, I thought that it was like a flash back, showing you Hans life right at the beginning of the series, until, ** Spoilers ** you see Hans car blow up and him supposedly die, and at the very end when Dom appears saying that he has been friends with Han for many years.
Moving on though.... This film certainly stood out for me, against the rest of the series, as it didnt follow the same set of characters, and storyline as the rest tended to do, making it a bit more refreshing, especially having seen all five films, in such a short time within the last week.
The best feature about this series of films, I think is the way it got the audience interested in cars, the way they work, how they drive, what it takes to drive them, and made you want to be part of it. Every film, I feel delivered on this and was a great way to draw the audience in and keep them wanting more. Personally I did have favourite characters within the series, however each member acted out there parts brilliantly, especially with the added pressure of performing some of the awesome car stunts.
To anyone looking for a set of action packed, thrilling, mind boggling films, even if your not really interested in cars, Id say give these films ago, you'll come out loving them. Also having looked up these films, I discovered that there are already plans to make a Fast and Furious 6, so will be waiting anxiouly for the next installment.
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