There are few major franchises as ridiculous as Fast and Furious. With a total of ten movies, every entry is based on one-upping the insanity levels of its predecessor. Its blockbuster action is so unbelievable, that at times it feels like watching a parody of its own genre, making the series the closest thing Hollywood has to a Bollywood action flick.
The original Fast and Furious was released in 2001 and followed the story of an undercover detective exploring the world of underground street racing. While certainly a blockbuster action flick, the movie was far from the farcical action absurdity fans have grown accustomed to. But when did the franchise jump the curb?
The actor and content creator @KevOnStage asked Twitter this very question, prompting his followers to pinpoint “the moment Fast and the Furious abandoned reality.” Earning a staggering 306 million views (if you can really count Twitter’s view metric), fans were more than willing to point out their least believable moment, from the least believable film franchise.
What was the moment Fast and the Furious abandoned reality? I was trying to think of the exact point.
— Kevín (@KevOnStage) May 13, 2023
There are many iconic shots from F&F, including a car swinging from a rope like Spiderman, and jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper in Dubai. Plenty of fans started with action set pieces like those for their least believable moment. There certainly are plenty of them.
This has to be it... pic.twitter.com/7rndi9SzXU
— DEDRIC WILLIAMSON (@DEDRICWILLIAM20) May 14, 2023
Dominic Toretto will stoping nuclear submarines. https://t.co/7DGHn6bImY pic.twitter.com/2bOm0vXe5t
— The Blaze & the Furious (@BlazeandFurious) May 14, 2023
when the car swung off that mountain like it was spider-man https://t.co/rvlKQCQMJp pic.twitter.com/0fjffeULot
— juju (@ayeejuju) May 14, 2023
Nothing will ever me more realistic than this scene… pic.twitter.com/DKfaLszMiC
— Erik Lopez (@Erikjlopez23) February 11, 2023
The Safe. Dragging a Safe thru a street. It was at that point they stated...DAMN REALITY! pic.twitter.com/R8suhQFNDO
— Mr. NOIZ (@TalkinNOIZ) May 13, 2023
But while these scenes are all utterly ridiculous, at least they’re on brand for the series, and feature cars being well, fast and furious. Plenty of other scenes are just plain weird, like The Rock holding a helicopter by a chain, or flexing out of an arm cast. My personal pick has to be Jason Statham collapsing a parking garage by stomping on its roof.
— Matty Moltisanti (@MattBriante) May 14, 2023
Dude flexed his muscles out of the cast pic.twitter.com/3KRghJsN1Z https://t.co/wvYQGQfo2t
— Binge Watch This (@BingeWatchThis_) May 14, 2023
What was even the goal here lol https://t.co/o8fboxg5mr pic.twitter.com/jmTtWKBrpA
— Cris Parker (@3CFilmss) May 14, 2023
Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris in space pic.twitter.com/nFdtazEl0d
— Abdussalami オタク (@__haleem) May 14, 2023
The Rock drove on ice and pushed a missle from a submarine away from him....with his hand.
— On 3.14Ru (@JeauxVSOP) May 13, 2023
The Rock also held onto an old beater truck and a damn Black Hawk....with his hands
But this here blud.... pic.twitter.com/TlL1hzvbvz
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment “Fast and Furious” decided to abandon reality, but at least this thread gives us a nice list of options to choose from. But as @AnthonyTilghman points out, perhaps the least believable thing they ever did was “trying to convince us these dudes were in high school.”
Them trying to convince us these dudes was in highschool pic.twitter.com/APtSzzaPbb
— Anthony Tilghman (@AnthonyTilghman) May 14, 2023
Also when Vin Diesel does this little run in Fast 1 pic.twitter.com/htEUOCaHbV
— Rogue Ship Gaming (@RogueShipGaming) May 14, 2023
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