The franchise gets pumped up with the introduction of Dwayne Johnson and we see the Fast and Furious films really start to kick off from here! This film also ups the campy dialogue and makes everyone more of a character. Does it work? Lets drive right into this episode with a special co-host Sam to help out. MOVIE COMPARISON The Fast and Furious- 2 Fast 2 Furious Tokyo Drift- Karate Kid meets Heist Fast and Furious (4)- Nothing Fast Five- The Fugitive Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent. Director: Justin Lin Writers: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson | See full cast & crew ยป BOX OFFICE Released April 29th 2011 Budget: $125 million Domestic: $210 million Foreign: $416.3 million Cumulative: $626 million Opening Weekend: $86.2 million Opened #1 run 15 weeks #2 Rio #3 Tyler Perry's Medea's Big Happy Family #4 Water for Elephants #5 Prom Fast and Furious TIMELINE The Fast and The Furious Turbo Charged Prelude (short) 2 Fast 2 Furious Los Bandeleros (short) Works with Han and Dom/Letty romance Fast & Furious (4th) Letty dies (not really) Fast 5 Learn that Letty is alive Fast & Furious 6 Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift Han heads to Japan after Giselle's death Furious 7 The Fate of the Furious (8th) Hobbs and Shaw SHOW NOTES SEND YOUR QUESTIONS: onthesubjectpodcast@gmail.com OR Follow us on: Twitter: @onthesubject1 Instagram: @onthesubject Website: http://www.geeksrising.com LOGAN NAUGLE Twitter: @thatlogan Instagram: @thatlogan website: thatlogan.com ZACHARY ROSS JACKSON Twitter: @BossRossJackson Instagram: @boss_ross_jackson MALCOLM RUSSEL-NELSON Twitter: @capnmalcolm
