The overview of the The Fast and the Furious series has become confusing at least since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. We can give you the chronologically correct order of the films, including a short film by Vin Diesel that some of you may not be familiar with.
Fast and Furious: 10 films and 2 short films
In 2001 car adventures began. The Fast and the Furious begins, in which Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and undercover cop Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) meet for the first time. This was followed by the first short film Turbo-Charged Prelude, which is a small prequel to 2 Fast 2 Furious.
Now it gets complicated. Because the chronologically next film is not part 3 of the franchise. Rather, the correct order is: After 2 Fast 2 Furious comes the second short film Los Bandaleros and then the 4th part, Fast & Furious – New model. original parts.
Lost Bandoleros was personally directed by Vin Diesel. The 20-minute short film complements the story of the fourth feature film by describing the history of the tanker theft.
Tokyo Drift confuses the series, part 6 provides clarity
Fast & Furious 4 reunited Paul Walker and Vin Diesel on camera for the first time since Part 1. Fast & Furious Five and Fast & Furious 6 follow in quick succession and introduce several new characters, including Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).
How Fast & Furious 6 unites the timelines
In the End credits sequence from Fast & Furious 6 there is a big twist that catches up with the Tokyo Drift timeline: the film jumps to the Japanese capital. We see the Tokyo Drift chase scene that will take Han Lue’s (Sung Kang) life. It is revealed who is responsible for the death: it is Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham). He wants revenge for his brother Owen (Luke Evans).
plays with it Fast & Furious 7 as the first film based on the events of Tokyo Drift. Now Deckard Shaw is the adversary of Dom’s crew.
In Fast & Furious 8, Dom Toretto is forced into action against his team by the mysterious hacker Cipher (Charlize Theron). Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw was the first spin-off in the series. Here, the characters of Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham team up against Idris Elba’s villains.
Fast and Furious 9, on the other hand, heralds the finale of the series, with the introduction of Dom’s brother Jakob and the return of the presumed dead Han. This will be followed in May 2023 by the 10th part of the series, which continues to tell the story.
All the Fast and Furious movies in order
For an overview, here is the list in chronological order:
We’ll find out how the Fast & Furious main series with Vin Diesel continues in May when Fast & Furious 10 or Fast X starts in German cinemas.
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