In honor of the latest Fast & Furious release, which features the late Paul Walker in his last role, here's a quick look back over the series and how I rank the films.
The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001)
Dated, but a nice guilty pleasure.
2 Fast 2 Furious (John Singleton, 2003)
Sans Diesel, it's still one of my favorites.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Justin Lin, 2006)
Entertaining despite the lack of familiar faces.
Fast & Furious (Justin Lin, 2009)
The series starts to wear thin…
Fast Five (Justin Lin, 2011)
…before roaring back to life!
Fast & Furious 6 (Justin Lin, 2013)
Everything is turned up to 11 in the series' best entry yet.
Furious 7 (James Wan, 2015)
A fitting send-off for Walker.
Ranking & Ratings:
1. Fast & Furious 6 - B+
2. Fast Five - B
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious - B
4. The Fast and the Furious - B
5. Furious 7 - B
6. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - B-
7. Fast & Furious - B-
I haven't seen the last two, but I rather like all except Fast & Furious, which was AWFUL.
ReplyDelete1) Fast Five
2) The Fast and the Furious
3) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
4) 2 Fast 2 Furious
5) Fast & Furious
Given that you like most of them, you really need to see the last two. ;) I've not seen Fast & Furious since it was in theaters. I'm probably more in the C+/C range, but I'd need to rewatch it.
DeleteWithout having seen the latest just yet, I have it...
ReplyDelete1. Fast Five
2. Fast & Furious 6
3. The Fast and the Furious
4. 2 Fast 2 Furious
5. Fast & Furious
6. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift
We're pretty close on our rankings. Hope you enjoy Furious 7!
DeleteI got turned into this series by the 6th film so that's perhaps my fave so far, followed by Fast Five and Furious 6. I skipped 2, 3 and 4 though, no interest in seeing them, but I didn't realize Singleton directed the 2nd one, hmmm I'm curious now. Speaking of Singleton, I'm about to post a review of one of his films ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh, you should check out the 2nd film, Ruth. Even Roger Ebert liked it. ;)
DeleteHere's my ranking, from favorite/best to worst:
ReplyDelete1. Fast Five
2. Fast and Furious 6
3. Furious 7
4. Fast & Furious aka part 4
5. The Fast and Furious aka part 1
6. It's a tie between the second and third film, I thought both were equally awful.
Nice. I've always enjoyed the second film, but I know it's not the most popular one.
DeleteFor me so far...
ReplyDelete1. Fast Five
2. Fast & Furious 6
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious
4. The Fast & the Furious
5. Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift
6. Fast & Furious
We're very close in our rankings. Nice to see 2 Fast 2 Furious so high. Hope you like the new film.
DeleteI haven't seen Furious 7 yet, but I really like this series. It's just pure entertainment. My rankings:
ReplyDelete1. Fast Five
2. Fast & Furious 6
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious
4. The Fast and the Furious
5. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
6. Fast & Furious (the less said about this, the better).
I forgot how much I enjoy this series. Haha, I'm going to rewatch Fast & Furious soon, since I don't remember it being that bad. ;)
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