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Greatest moments of #Family in The Fast and the Furious

By Clay Keller

Any true fan of the The Fast and the Furious franchise, or, really, any human person who has seen a trailer or any press tour interviews for The Fast and the Furious franchise, knows that what truly drives these films aren’t the increasingly insane car stunts or the increasingly insane biceps of Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. The entire world knows that what drives the Fast and The Furious franchise is its increasingly insane dedication to the idea of family.

Whether it’s a literal family, comprised of people who are actually related to each other, or a made family, comprised of people who like risking their lives in cars together, there is nothing that Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) cares about more than the people around whatever table he happens to be sitting at, drinking a Corona. He does it, as a song from the Furious 7 soundtrack elucidates, “all for the family.”

So, for the next few minutes, let’s forget the cars jumping onto boats, bank vaults wiping out first floors of buildings, and cargo planes exploding on the world’s longest runways, and focus on the all-time best moments of family in this eight-film juggernaut action franchise that began as a low-rent Point Break clone about street racers who steal DVD players.

(Full disclosure: The author truly adores these movies and any snarkiness of tone is meant in the spirit of loving, familial, ribbing.)

(Warning: This piece will feature 26 uses of the word “family.” 27, including that one.)

“Sean’s Dad Stops Him From Getting Killed” - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) has pretty lousy parents. His mother, overwhelmed by Sean’s housing development-destroying shenanigans, ships him off to Japan, where his estranged military man father spends most of the film being annoyed by Sean’s indifference to curfews.

The bar for family moments is so low in this Walker and (mostly) Diesel-less entry, that it’s actually kind of touching when Sean’s dad (Brian Goodman) comes out of nowhere, gun in hand, to stop the Drift King (Brian Tee) from killing his son. Major Boswell may be a distant alcoholic who thinks his son is a disrespectful ne'er do well, but damn if he’ll let him get shot dead at his front door.

This act of paternal protection leads to a nice little conversation about responsibility, then Boswell the elder disappears into the Tokyo night, never to be seen again. It’s a small scene, but one of the best in the film. Shockingly, for all of the focus on family and fathers throughout the course of this series, Sean is the only character whose parents we actually meet.

Until Fate, that is.

“Daddy’s Gotta Coach a Soccer Game” - The Fate of the Furious

The opening moments of F. Gary Gray’s The Fate of the Furious find DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) facing his greatest threat yet: that the Dragons might lose the championship and he’ll have to take a dozen heartbroken little girls out for manicures.

Ignoring the suits who come bearing a new mission, Hobbs leads his daughters soccer team in a traditional Polynesian Haka dance, giving them the strength and confidence to score more goals than the other team, and thus win the game. The moms don’t mind having him there, either.

The complete devotion Hobbs has to his daughter is sweet, and seeing a building-sized superhuman like The Rock insist on doing suburban dad activities is always great. Maybe in #F9 daddy will have to build IKEA bunk beds or chaperone a middle school dance. I think what I’m saying is that I want the inevitable Hobbs spin-off to be a remake of Definitely, Maybe.

“Family BBQ, Original Recipe” - The Fast and the Furious

Every Toretto family BBQ is special, but you never forget your first.

Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) was definitely “sandwich crazy,” but flirtations with Mia (Jordana Brewster) aside, this may be the moment that his allegiances began shifting from the LAPD to the ragtag found family of street racing criminals he was sent to investigate. Remember, Brian is a father-less latchkey kid from Barstow who spent the majority of his youth hanging around demolition derbies and roughhousing with Roman Pierce. For him, the entire experience of a Toretto BBQ must have been overwhelming. The bountiful table! The loving banter! From Jesse’s (Chad Lindberg) charmingly stilted recitation of grace, to papa Dom’s forgiveness of misbehaving child Vince (Matt Schulze), when he sheepishly returns and wants a plate, Brian had never seen anything like it before. And it shows: Paul Walker plays the whole scene with the most wonderful doofy grin.

In a deleted scene, Brian tells Dom, Letty, and the rest of his new friends that the BBQ they’re having “feels like family.” While the use of the literal word “family” wouldn’t become pervasive until later in the series, the idea was born here, the first time that Brian O’Conner truly felt at home.

“Family Hug” - Fast Five

Dom and Brian have been “brothers” ever since the night of that very first street race in The Fast and The Furious, when, as everyone else fled, Brian went back to help Dom evade arrest. “The ‘buster’ kept me out of handcuffs…” Dom tells less-brave family member Vince, using, for the first time, what will become Brian’s unusually endearing nickname, “... the ‘buster’ brought me back.” From there the brotherhood would only grow. It had it’s ups (Brian letting Dom escape at the end of 1, Brian annihilating a prison bus to free Dom in 5) and it’s downs (Dom finding out Brian’s a cop) but family is family.

So, naturally, one of the best “family moments” in the Fast and Furious lineage is in Fast Five, when family becomes family. It happens in a favela spillway in Rio. Dom, Mia, and Brian have just escaped (a pre-family) Hobbs, and are planning their next move. Dom suggests they split up. Mia doesn’t like that idea, you see, she’s pregnant. Brian is elated. Uncle Dom spends a moment in silent reflection, as he’s want to do. Then, grinning from ear to ear, he pulls his sister and brother in for the single best hug of the franchise. “Our family just got a little bigger,” he says.

Just like that our heroes went from “brothers” to brothers, and the guiding mythos of The Fast and the Furious was set in stone.

Which is family, in case that wasn’t clear.

“A Day at the Beach” - Furious 7

Ex-cop Brian begins 2015’s Furious 7 questioning his decision to settle down and be a dad. He “misses the bullets,” and his minivan doesn’t have quite the same get up and go as the Nos-ed up Skylines he’s grown accustomed to as part of Dom Toretto’s team of gearhead superheroes for hire.

After two hours of dangling over cliffs, jumping Lambos through skyscrapers, and being forced to fight Tony Jaa multiple times, he comes to the conclusion that maybe life in the slow lane isn’t so bad after all.

Brian’s choice of “family over repeated hand to hand combat with Tony Jaa” becomes clear in the penultimate scene of the film, when, after successfully securing the “God’s Eye” and defeating Jason Statham, the gang puts on their flowiest linen shirts and hits the beach.

While Brian plays in the surf with his wife and son, the team looks on, making the bittersweet observation that he finally looks happy, and that this is where he’s always belonged: with his family. Then Dom stands up and, uh, says something. And then the scene with the two cars driving in different directions?

(Full disclosure: the author intended to carefully rewatch this scene for the purposes of this article, but started crying almost immediately and had to turn it off)

It’s a beautiful, and surprisingly tasteful, scene, and a perfect send off for the O’Conner family.

#fast and furious #the fast and the furious #toretto tuesday #vin diesel #paul walker #the rock #dwayne johnson #fate of the furious #tokyo drift #michelle rodriguez #jordana brewster #brian o'conner #dom toretto #family

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komoiofficial · 3 years

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F9 Box Office: Vin Diesel Led Film Witnesses A Big Drop On Its First Monday In US

F9 has had some impressive domestic box office numbers, but there is a twist to the story. After a great weekend, F9 has seen a dramatic fall on its first Monday. The numbers are not surprising, even though they are quite decent, when compared to the opening that the film had.

Keep Reading Latest Box Office Update to stay tuned!

On Thursday night, the film was released in select theatres (paid previews). It received a tremendous response. $7.1 Million Previews Friday, i.e. Friday, June 25, was the day that sparked a full-fledged launch. It brought $30 million in openings (including previews paid for) to the board. The Fast Saga achieved a staggering $22 million in the first two days. $22.34And$18 Million respective. A 50% drop in Monday's earnings was normal due to the working-day factor. However, the situation has become complicated.

According to Box Office Mojo F9 saw a dramatic fall in its earnings, reaching $6.60million on Monday. This is a little over a third of Sunday's numbers. Now, all eyes are on Tuesday's numbers.

F9 has not yet made any significant contributions to the economy. $76.94 Million It is currently cruising towards the $100 Million mark at the US box office. It will be the third Godzilla vs Kong movie. A Quiet Place Part II: To reach the $100 mark in the post-pandemic era. It stands at $412million globally.

Meanwhile, John Cena, a WWE star and actor, recently said that the film is not his show. He is only a part of it.

"It's neither going to be nor should it be the John Cena Show. This allows me to give my best to Fast. Cena stated, "It allows me to take risks and be bold in order to be the best Jakob Toretto I can be."

For more Box Office News and Other Contents check out Koimoi.

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