In the far-flung future, historians won’t be looking at cracked pottery or pieces of timeworn iron. No, they’ll be looking at our movies and…God help us…the internet. So what will these future historians learn about the early 21st century? Well, for one, we liked gasoline-powered land car movies starring actors who couldn’t, you know, act.
I’m talking about The Fast and the Furious and its bevy of similarly named sequels. The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious and Fast 5. Which makes me think the next one will be called FF6 or maybe just Fast.
It’s a series that’s seen the rise of street racing, the rise (and subsequent dip) of actor Vin Diesel’s career and the astounding ability for Paul Walker to find work despite having one expression for all occasions. I guess he’s pretty or something. It’s also been a great series for cars and street racing.
From a lime green Mitsubishi Eclipse to a blue-and-white ’69 Chevy Camaro and from L.A. to Tokyo: The Fast and the Furious series has seen it all, done it all and – let’s face it – crashed and exploded it all. So sit back, relax and check out ten years worth of hot automotive action (and brain-searing editing courtesy of the Rob Cohen School of Filmmaking) in the trailers below.
By Tristan Hankins
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