A Franchise
that grew from humble beginnings to a multi-million-dollar behemoth, the Fast
and Furious certainly managed to hit the right balance to remain profitable,
despite reception of the movies themselves not always being great. Throughout
the month of June, I’ll be looking at the 8 current instalments of the
franchise and giving my brief thoughts on all of them.
Just a heads
up (sponsored by Coca Cola, though not really), Paul Walker may be mentioned in
these reviews, not always in a positive light, if that makes you uncomfortable,
check out my Iron Fist retrospectives or something, he plays a lead character,
I can’t exactly shy away from it. (This was sponsored by Coca Cola, though not
really - if you don't get the joke, watch the stupid as f*ck safety warning at the beginning)
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With that
said, let’s start at the beginning with The Fast and the Furious. Made on a
modest budget of $37m, it made $207m at the box office. Not bad for a film
about street racing, but modest compared to what this franchise would later
earn. It had a mixed reception critically, with a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
with an average score of 5.4/10 and a 6.7/10 IMDb rating. But here are my
thoughts.
