Why are the The Fast and the Furious series so popular?

It is said that this film was inspired by a magazine report about the mysterious underground racing party in 1998.

As dusk approaches, a group of noisy young people with different colors and accents get together, usually driving a car with colorful and fancy patterns. It's easy to take part in racing. You have money to gamble, but you have no money to gamble on the owner's license or even your own car. Colorful money and hot girls in cool clothes may be trophies.

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The Fast and the Furious, released on 200 1, shows another Los Angeles after nightfall in exciting hip-hop music, which has completely different rules from the real world. Here, car culture is as sacred as religion, and no one cares who you are and where you come from. As long as you have the speed of crackle, you are a big shot here.

A mere $38 million investment is only a fraction of Hollywood's hundreds of millions of dollars in action movie production. The actors are all new faces, Vin Diesel is a big guy, and Paul Walker smiles green. However, the movie earned as much as 200 million dollars at the box office around the world, scaring the producer Universal Pictures.

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The Fast and the Furious's No.1 1 has set the tone for this series since then: hot and exciting actions and car chasing scenes, conventional but appetizing plots, and dynamic character relationships.

The film first warms the audience with the exciting scene of a group of informers driving and pressing goods, and then makes a splash with the boiling underground car race. Brian's jump between the speeding truck and the car aroused the nerves of the audience, and in the end, they were neck and neck and rushed to the speeding locomotive, which made people sweat.

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The setting of "two people" makes the film full of sparks. Brian and Dominic have completely different positions, but they appreciate each other. They don't need eye contact or long talk. As long as they play a game in the car, all grievances can be resolved. This is the driver's field.

In this film, the connection between people and cars is fully reflected. When you are in this steel machine, fasten your seat belt and hold the steering wheel tightly. This is your world. A car is not only a self-defense armor, but also a weapon to subdue the enemy. It can carry you to commit crimes, gain wealth and worship, and it can also save you from fatal collisions and tumbling.

The popularity of this series may be second only to Star Wars and Marvel Universe. During 16, eight films were released one after another, which not only made the two leading actors become first-class stars, but also brought big-name actors. Before 16, the production cost was 38 million, and after 16, the producer generously threw out a budget of 250 million dollars. Before 16, the protagonist only tried to catch the thief who stole the DVD player, either working as an employee in the auto repair shop or being bullied in Chinatown; After 16, we will fight against the omnipotent international hacker organizations, seize the secret weapons in Berlin, and provoke the fighting nation in the Russian military base.

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The audience has an extraordinary tolerance for this series. Even if the plot begins to be like a sitcom, it will cheat death, amnesia, betrayal and whitewash, and occasionally there will be ridiculous action scenes that make people stunned, but its vitality is as strong as ever.

Today's The Fast and the Furious is no longer a youth crime film with car chasing and street culture as its selling point. From the fourth part, dealing with South American drug lords, we began to approach mainstream action movies. The fifth film is considered as the pinnacle of the series, and the plot becomes a cash robbery scene similar to Ocean's Eleven, and contributes a classic action scene: before the train hits the bridge, Brian jumps down and is caught by Dominic's speeding car. The only car chase in the film is also the most wonderful scene in the series: Dominic and Brian both drive huge vaults to the street. From the sixth film and the mercenary group, the film has been developing towards the great vision of fighting terrorists and saving the world.

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Rob Cohen, the director of 1, is the pioneering hero of this series, stumbling through 16. Then two China directors made great contributions. Without exception, they made this series survive the most difficult days.

When Lin Yibin took over the third film, the hero and heroine changed greatly. Without Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, can they still be called speed and passion? The box office of this movie dropped to $65.438+$50 million, and the series was almost reduced to only DVD. However, there are two highlights in the third film that cannot be ignored. First of all, the new character Han is a mysterious person. He has a cold face, but a warm heart and philosophical language, so he is very popular. Secondly, there is a car chase on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, where the protagonist drives into a dense crowd and the onlookers scream and disperse. The car drifted gracefully and drove safely through the empty road.

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Lin Yibin single-handedly brought The Fast and the Furious to the top ranks of Hollywood movies and made himself a first-class action film director. His later works include Beyond Star Trek and Detective.

When the seventh part of the catheter was handed over to James Wan, it was like handing over a gold mine rich in resources. But no one expected that Paul Walker, the actor of the leading actor Brian, died unexpectedly in the filming process, and the crew encountered the biggest challenge in history. Paul's remaining scenes were completed by body double and CGI under extremely difficult circumstances. Although the film's global box office reached an astonishing $65.438+$50 million, Paul's departure became an irreparable loss for the series.

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The reason why this series is so popular may also lie in the creator's perseverance to overcome all difficulties. Every director brings freshness and breakthrough to the film. 1 In the film, Rob Cohen fills the story and characters with dramatic tension, and the repeated plot reversal and the confusion of the protagonist's identity are closer to the type of crime drama; Lin Yibin brought "Oriental Aesthetics" into western action movies. Both characters and cars are light and smart, and even have a unique poetry. James Wan, a horror film producer, is good at controlling the rhythm of stories and creating tension. The latest film was replaced by the director F Gary Gray, and the scene suddenly became particularly wild, and the scene of the car accident was a mess.

The eighth part gave birth to the first female villain in this series-the top hacker Seve played by Charles Theron. The villain is ruthless, and the shape accounts for seven points. Seyff's thick blond pigtails make me and other intensive phobias feel inexplicably nervous.

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The most interesting action scenes include: a wonderful escape fight scene, a big zombie car chase scene, and an escape scene on the plane. The last highlight is the submarine chase in the trailer. This series is the most popular means of transportation after luxury cars, yachts, planes and tanks (temporarily listed as means of transportation).

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Dominic in 1 describes it this way: the blood is full of combustion-supporting nitrogen, and the brain is full of gasoline. He can steal, rob, hit people, and then become a wanted man. In the eighth film, Dominic is forced to defect and become the helper of the villain CERF. When Saif confronted Dominic, there was an intriguing remark: "The most important thing for you is not your family, but the short ten seconds when the car started, because only those ten seconds are free."

This line appeared twice in The Fast and the Furious's 1, which is Dominic's self-report. However, Dominic hung up the cross necklace that he had been with for many years and said to Saif, "Did you want to see me before?" Saif, a reckless teenager who regards racing as his life, is not what he used to be. Only the "family" he cherishes most now can make him become an outlaw.

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The film ends with a relaxing barbecue party and a new member is added. This new member commemorates our lost Brian in his unique way. 1 year, Brian was officially accepted as a part, which also started with a barbecue party.

Those street hooligans who fiddle with parts imported from Japan all day, show off new superchargers and use nitrous oxide as fuel regardless of their lives are now cooperating with the FBI and Interpol to crack down on transnational crimes and terrorist activities. When they sit around the table and pass food with a smile on their faces, you know, some things will never change.

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