

Like the saga's bulbous figurehead Dominic Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, this series lives its life " a quarter-mile at a time." When you're strapped into your seat at the multiplex, nothing else matters: not the convoluted chronology, not the rivalry between the stars, not the tragic death of Paul Walker that has added a melancholy quality to the later films. Twenty years and $6 billion in worldwide gross revenue later, the franchise is a box-office behemoth.
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With 2001's The Fast and The Furious, a Point Break for gearheads starring two relatively unknown young actors and made for $38 million, we learned about a tight-knit crew of thieves in Los Angeles who like to drag-race, throw backyard cookouts, and steal DVD players from trucks while driving at insane speeds.

There's a stupefying beauty to the arc of The Fast and the Furious movie franchise.
