But during the Q&A portion of the event, one audience member switched topics and pressed the filmmaker to respond to the recent Fast & Furious hashtag that was quickly gaining steam around the internet. Following a special 15th anniversary screening of Better Luck Tomorrow, the director had taken the stage at the Egyptian Theatre to reminisce about his early indie breakthrough alongside the cast. A detached car door is involved.The first time Justin Lin heard about #JusticeForHan, he was under a bright spotlight at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. One of those cars is an orange Lamborghini being driven by Roman, who attempts a creative method of staying out of the icy waters. In Russia, she programs a torpedo-shooting sub to emerge and displace cars in its wake. Not only can Cipher take control of cars, but she can also carjack a submarine. Insanity scale: Had enough cars, planes and boats? Time for a submarine! A giant submarine breaks through ice and displaces cars (The Fate of the Furious, 2017) The result is a horde of cars that ignore traffic lights, drive out of showrooms and flip off the top floors of parking garages on their way to surrounding the person of interest. How? By hacking every vehicle within a two-mile radius, disabling any "collision avoidance" systems and auto-driving hundreds of vehicles. Cipher unleashes a squadron of self-driving cars (The Fate of the Furious, 2017)Ĭyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) is able to chase down a New York City motorcade remotely. OK, Dom, didn’t mean to drive himself and Brian into the third building, but that's what he had to do when he realized the vehicle had no brakes. As in, drive out of one skyscraper, into another one and then into a third one. If you’re going to total a multimillion-dollar sports car in Abu Dhabi, do it thusly: Drive through the Etihad Towers. Insanity scale: So crazy it's wet-your-pants funny. Dom drives through two buildings ( Furious 7, 2015) Naturally, Dom manages to walk away unharmed from the flaming wreckage. Where's Dom? Well, he's inside the aircraft, pushing Shaw (Luke Evans) overboard. To stop a crime boss, Dom’s team pulls down his plane. Insanity scale: Seriously, who thinks of this stuff? Cars bring down a plane ( Fast & Furious 6, 2013) Sure, they take down a few vehicles and a building, because it's hard to drag a safe with dozens of crooked cops on your tail. Dom and Brian, driving side by side in matching Dodge Chargers, pull a vault right out of a bank in Rio de Janeiro. Insanity scale: The robbery plan in Ocean's Eleven is child's play.Īpparently, you don't need to crack open a safe to steal its contents. Dom and Brian drag a vault right out of a bank ( Fast Five, 2011) One of the places Sean (Lucas Black) drifted? In the middle of the busiest intersection in the world, somehow leaving hundreds of pedestrians unharmed. Tokyo Drift taught viewers how to oversteer, skid and burn out tires (aka drift) while navigating a tight turn. Insanity scale: When you see a crowd of people, you think of driving a car through them, right? No?īy the third movie, turning corners in a race car was old news. Sean drifts through Shibuya Crossing ( The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, 2006) “That’s some real Dukes of Hazzard (stuff),” says Roman (Tyrese Gibson). The best way to stop a baddie on a ferry, according to the Furious franchise? Speed your Camaro off a cliff and miraculously land it on the boat, duh. Insanity scale: Cars can fly and float now, people. Brian parks a flying car on a boat ( 2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003) Dom starts out strong - popping a wheelie and barely speeding by an oncoming train - but then hits a semi. In one of the first major action sequences of the franchise, Dom (Vin Diesel) races Brian ( the late Paul Walker) down a street in his Dodge Charger. (Warning: Footage includes NSFW language.) Dom outruns a train, only to get pummeled by a truck (The Fast and the Furious, 2001) The eight craziest car stunts the franchise has pulled off, in chronological order:
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