Collection
Fast & Furious
Street racing that became a heist series that became a superhero series.
Which order? Release order, except that Tokyo Drift (the third) happens after the sixth.
The films, in release order
- 1
The Fast and the Furious 2001Rob Cohen’s car-racing thriller is noisy, thinly plotted and good fun when it lets the driving do the work. Vin Diesel gives it authority, and the practical stunts compensate for a crime story that needs tidying.Fi1m 72 - 2
2 Fast 2 Furious 2003John Singleton’s racing sequel has an engaging double act in Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson, but a routine crime plot. The races and the humour make it worth considering, provided suspense is not the priority.Fi1m 61 - 3
Fast & Furious 2009Diesel and Walker back in the same frame give this fourth film a pulse, and the opening tanker heist is properly staged. Then Justin Lin drives everybody into a tunnel under the border and switches off the lights.Fi1m 54 - 4
Fast Five 2011Justin Lin turns a street-racing series into a heist film, puts Dwayne Johnson in the middle of it and finds its best shape yet. Too long, with a cardboard plot, but the last half hour earns the evening.Fi1m 72 - 5
Fast & Furious 6 2013Justin Lin’s sixth Fast film is loud, daft and far better built than it needed to be. The tank on the motorway is worth the evening on its own; the film is also twenty minutes longer than it has any reason to be.Fi1m 70 - 6
Furious 7 2015James Wan’s seventh lap is the loudest and silliest yet, cut so fast you cannot always tell who is punching whom. Then it stops, says goodbye to Paul Walker, and for five minutes becomes a different and better film.Fi1m 66 - 7
The Fate of the Furious 2017F. Gary Gray’s action sequel is entertaining in stretches and much too solemn between them. Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson make a persuasive case for spending less time discussing the family.Fi1m 63 - 8
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 2019Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham make enjoyable company, and Vanessa Kirby gives the action a welcome briskness. The trouble is how long this modest pleasure lasts: 137 minutes is more bickering than the film can support.Fi1m 65 - 9
F9 2021Justin Lin gives *F9* enough inventive action and affection for its crew to reward the faithful. The family drama is laboured, though, and 143 minutes gives it more room than it deserves.Fi1m 64 - 10
Fast X 2023Louis Leterrier takes over the tenth *Fast & Furious* film and gives Jason Momoa the keys. He is a joy, the Rome set piece is a proper one, and around them the film splits into three and finishes none of them.Fi1m 58
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