When the gang got back together for the fourth entry, Fast & Furious, its massive box-office success convinced Universal to keep the franchise going, but as a global spy caper. The Fast and the Furious launched Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Michelle Rodriguez to fame a tepid follow-up only starred Walker and was greeted with critical jeers.
That this meat-headed saga of cars being driven quickly and recklessly has somehow become one of America's most trusted film franchises is simultaneously a feat of studio brilliance and a testament to its swollen, yet charming, ensemble cast. It's fitting, therefore, that Furious 7, the latest entry, is the most giddily enjoyable of the series, though it's all the more impressive considering the challenge the movie faced following the death of Paul Walker, who tragically died in an off-set car crash halfway through filming. Despite (or perhaps because of) the ridiculousness of each incarnation, the franchise has only gotten more lovable the longer it’s gone on. But over subsequent sequels, it offered up an adrenaline-pumping heist thriller, and eventually a bombastic action epic about international super-spies who just happen to drive cars really, really well.
Fourteen years ago, the series started as a caper about illegal street racing in L.A. Perhaps one of the defining qualities of the Fast & Furious movies is their transmutability.
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