In the "Fast and Furious" series, the challenge of "Fast and Furious: Special Operations", which continues "Fast and Furious x", is extremely difficult, especially without Dominic Toledo, played by Vin Diesel. character, this character is like the soul of the series of movies. The first movie in the
series to fail at the box office was like a wake-up call, sounding the painful price of not having this iconic character.
Since the advent of "The Fast and the Furious" in 2001, over more than 20 years of ups and downs, this series known as the Speed Legend has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Once upon a time, this series of movies had different styles, just like travelers looking for it. It was not until they went through hardships that they forged their unique identity.
remembers that in the early days of the series, like clouds covering the moon, Vin Diesel did not participate in "Fast and Furious 2", and Paul Walker was also absent in "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift".
It was not until 2009, eight years after the release of the first film, that the saga refocused on the legendary career of Dominic Toledo.
And in 2009, Walker and Diesel's timely return after the series' failure in 2006 seemed to clear up the clouds and inject new vitality into the series. This was not a coincidence, but destiny.
Their return has undoubtedly given a shot in the arm to the "Fast and Furious" series, allowing this series to embark on a glorious journey again.
While Fast and Furious 11 is expected to bring an end to the speed saga, The Fast and the Furious may have grown too big to be simply terminated.
It is not just a movie, but a legend, a rallying cry for a group of loyal believers, and a hymn to "Fast and Furious" that will forever be engraved in film history.
The failure of "Tokyo Drift"
To this day, "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" is still unique. As the only "Fast and Furious" movie that has little to do with the main story, it is like a flower that has been separated from the stem. The independent petals drift alone in the long river of the series of movies.
It is true that Vin Diesel flashes in the film, but his brief cameo is like a meteor streaking across the night sky. Although it is dazzling, it leaves no trace on the skyline of the film's narrative.
Although "Tokyo Drift" was later repositioned in the "Fast and Furious" timeline, it was not originally created to be woven into a larger storyline involving Han, Deckard Shaw and Mr. Nobody.
"Tokyo Drift" is a bold attempt to inject new blood into "Fast and Furious", with new characters and new stories, putting aside everything in the past, and restarting this speeding universe.
It is an independent sonata. In the symphony of "Fast and Furious", with its unique melody and rhythm, it shows a different kind of racing culture, allowing people to feel another kind of life in the dizziness of speed. possible.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift attempts to present the Fast and the Furious without Brian O'Connor or Dominick, and while moving away from the elements that defined the series, it surprisingly succeeds.
As a movie, Lin Yibin's debut "The Fast and the Furious" is very solid, from character interaction to action scenes, it is performed very well.
However, Although it is arguably the best movie in the "Fast and Furious" series, "Tokyo Drift" is the lowest-grossing movie in the series.
grossed $157 million at the box office, against a production budget of $85 million, which obviously means that "Fast and Furious 4" will have to return to the storyline of Dominic and Brian.
It would be difficult to continue without Dominic
In the "Fast and Furious" series, another film that completely escaped the influence of Dominic Toledo is "Fast and Furious: Special Operations", which became a global success It grossed US$760 million at the box office, while its production cost was only US$200 million.
While Tokyo Drift introduced a whole new cast of characters, Spec Ops centers around two of the series' heavyweights - Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs and Jason Deckard Shaw, played by Statham, unfolds.
Even so, "Special Ops 2" did not become a reality, and "The Rock" Johnson will star in a new "Fast and Furious" spin-off, which will continue the ending of "Fast and Furious x".
In addition, although Paul Walker's Brian appeared in "Fast and Furious 2", the film did not achieve the expected success.
"Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" far surpasses "Fast and Furious 2" in terms of artistic achievements. Even in "Fast and Furious: Special Ops" more than ten years later, its innovation and freshness have not been surpassed.
However, despite this, it underperformed at the box office, becoming the perfect example of how it would be possible to continue the Fast and Furious franchise without Vin Diesel's Dominic Toledo. Difficulties and obstacles.
The most successful Fast and Furious movies are undoubtedly those that focus on Toretto and his family, from the touching reunion of Dominic and Brian in The Fast and the Furious (2009) to recent films such as The Avengers A grand narrative like "The Alliance".
After "Fast and Furious X" and "Fast and Furious: Ops", the future of this series is still a mystery, but what is certain is that the road ahead will be extremely difficult without Dominic.
