The 20 Year Evolution of Fast and Furious Car Chases
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2023
- With Fast X right around the corner, we figured it's time to look back at the Fast and Furious franchise to examine how they combined stunts, practical effects, and some cgi to create some of the best movie car chases ever put on the big screen. From the DVD player heist scene in the OG film, The fast and the Furious, to the vault chase in Fast Five, to the Furious 7 insane moments like the Furious 7 Plane drop, we're going to break down how the best action scenes of the Fast & Furious films were shot.
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
In this first Fast and Furious film, we're going to talk about how director Rob Cohen made Vin Diesel and Paul Walker into LA's best street racers. In this section, we're going to look at how they used vfx to pull off the drag race scene, which early on was the franchise's most influential movie car chase. And we'll look at how they used to incredible action movie stunts and practical effects to pull off that final drag race between Dom Toretto and Brian O'Conner.
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
In this section we're going to talk about how director John Singleton pushed the visual effects and practical effects envelope to create the yacht jump at the end of the film.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift brought two major contributions to the franchise: director Justin Lin and drifting. In this section we're going to example how Justin Lin used real stunt driving and a CGI Tokyo to create the visual effects spectacle that is the Shibuya Square drifting scene.
Fast & Furious (2009)
For Justin Lin's rebootquel, he did wat all rebootquels do well remake the original movie just on a grander scale. We discuss how he took the heist scene from the first Fast & Furious movie and used some explosions and special effects to really plus up this reimagined car chase.
Fast Five (2011)
Fast Five is arguably the best film in the franchise. It introduced the audience to Hobbs (The Rock) and has some of the best action scenes in the franchise. We're going to talk about the Fast Five vault heist as well as all the vfx, special effects, and action movie stunts that went into the train heist, at the beginning of the film.
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Fast & Furious 6 featured some truly unique vehicles like the flip car and the tank. We take a deeper dive into how they both the Flip Car scene and the Tank scene practically, with good 'ol stunt drivers and special effects (plus obviously some CGI).
Furious 7 (2015)
For Fast and Furious 7, we're going to look at both the Furious 7 plane drop scene and the tower jumping scene. Cars don't fly, traditionally, but in Furious 7 the do a hell of a job trying. We're going to examine how James Wan used vfx, stunt driving, and special effects to create some of the franchise's best movie car chases.
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
In Fast and Furious 8, director F. Gary Gray brought us scenes like the one where the gang is harpooning Dom's car and The Fate of the Furious final battle where the gang needs to outrun the submarine. Obviously, they didn't have a sub. That's CGI. But the explosion they that forces those cars into the air, that's some real special effects going on there.
F9 (2021)
F9 is an odd title for the Fast and the Furious 9. Regardless of its title, it has some amazing action scenes and it did bring John Cena into the mix. We're going to take a BTS (behind-the-scenes) look at both The Rope Swing Scene and the magnet chase (you know, the "Flipping the Truck Scene").
While we don't Fast X (a.k.a. Fast and Furious 10 ) featured in this video. We're looking forward to adding to this once we finally learn what it took to have Jason Momoa blow up Rome.
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"A new era... not bound by what's physically possible."
Fast Five, a gift and a curse.
70 minutes? Holy shit, this is basically a blu-ray bonus feature. Can't wait!
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What's sad is they put so much work into these Stunts, and then they just replace most of it with CGI to where even the real stuff looks fake.
Agreed. For that reason, I feel like the "making-of" documentaries about these movies are always more entertaining than the real thing
Cry about it.
Yeah I have a coworker who only thinks the first three movies are any good because everything is fake after then and refuses to believe me when I say that even the magnet car is practical in the newest one
I blame the modern digital cameras and post processing for making it look fake.
They dont
26:12 "the reason this movie had a huge budget was to ensure the laws of physics don't apply"
thank you for writing awesome scripts to your videos ^_^
It never ceases to amaze me how this series could take amazing practical effects and make them look CGI af on the big screen. Truly a feat
Yeah amazing to make films look bad cause they look cgi
It’s crazy to see how much thought goes into the stunts for these films.
Fast Five is undoubtedly the best movie in this franchise. Changing from racing movies to (semi) spy/heist movies was genius. Bringing the 'family' together was also inspired.
My TOP5 starting from the best. FAST5, TFATF, FASTX, FURIOUS ⁷, and the mini film Los bandolores. Yes a mini film is better than some movies 😅
Furious 7 my favourite
@@PinkiePie762you got to be joking
Yeah and then it all went downhill from there.
Ya so genius that a group of truck robbers are somehow now full on spies working with the government. 😂😂😂😂
An hour long CineFix video? I am so ready for this! 😃🍿
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43:50 ...fantastic fours greatest hits, car harpoons... wtf?
I was looking to see if anyone else caught that
Probably on purpose for engagement
I was checking to see this in the comments lol love these group of people
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$20 says in the script for this video, the movie series is abbreviated as "FF" and the speaker wasn't thinking about it and said Fantastic Four instead of Fast and Furious.
Love this extra long look at the stunts for such a giant franchise. Would love for you guys to do more videos like this or just more car/stunt vids in general.
Also fast 5 still holds up super well. The train sequence and the vault through the streets are both perfection
All of the special features throughout the series, literally are a separate film altogether. It is insane how much passion went into each entry
I know a lot of people dislike this franchise, but I do appreciate the films with 1 and 5 being my favorites.
Looking forward to 10… please don’t suck. 🙏
@@vegasdoesstuff69 it really did. I can’t grasp the zaniness anymore :/
@@vegasdoesstuff69 I’m happy you did :).
I just couldn’t get over some of the stuff…. Like vin’s son swinging from the car and the reveal at the end….. I just had to stop there. :/
I love 1, 2, 4 to 10 Tokyo drift is my less favourite
My favourite instalment of the franchise will always be Fast and Furious 6. One of the greatest bits of that film was its set in my home city of London. After watching Tokyo Drift I kept wishing for the next instalment to be set in London. Got my wish in the end.
Wishes do come true. Glad yours was answered
You kinda skipped over the fact that the "Muscle cars" in F9's jungle chase were custom built AWD buggies.
Furious 7 Is Master piece Of Action Movie In Hollywood
I had no idea this franchise had so many pratical effects. Thats amazing
I'm surprised this series doesn't get more praise for using practical effects, Fury Road does after all. The only reason I can think of, is maybe because they later become so outlandish viewers just assume they are CG.
Indeed. The pursuit of more ridiculous stuff via CGI undermines the stuff that actually is done practically.
And bc the movies are not good anymore. I admit I will rent them since I’ve seen the others and like the cast but they are so poorly written and not even movie believable. They should have killed off many characters to be real. And mad Max was an amazing film
24:50
- How many times have you rewatched it?
- Yes.
I watched this whole video without pause and loved every minute of it. And now I want another just like this, but about the Mad Max films.
Same here! I would usually speed up the playback or fast forward some parts. But I've been invested in this franchise since day #1. So any info I get I'm here for it all.
This video is amazing. Thank you for the appreciation of the practical effects, stunt work and how the team levels up the bar for themselves each time. Great work!
This video is incredible. I watch a ton of filmmaking content on CZcams and this is definitely one of the best. The depth of the content and the enthusiasm of the narrator really sold it to me.
I really want you people to make a similarly comprehensive and engaging video about the stunts in the Mission Impossible series when the next one comes out in a few months.
Fast 5 and Fast & Furious 6 is the epitome of cinema: the immersive action is legendary.
43:50
Accidentally called this franchise “Fantastic Four”
I rewatched that part to make sure too 🤣🤣
The "Armadillo" is a re-skinned Unimog with custom trailers, it's not "built from scratch"
At 47:00 - the car flying bit. Early in the film Brian told his son " Cars don't fly". Now remember the crew took their cars onto a plane. In F8 you mean to tell me those cars weren't gutted when they went out the car garages? All that weight from the pileup?I realize they placed Iron plates on the roads then painted them. Was waiting for the Roof Leaping in Brazil stunts. Thanx!!!!!
Furious 7, 5, and 1 are my favorites.
What I loved was the early movies where about cars and racing ,then it switched to cops and robbers ,then it became about fighter jets,& mobsters,then it switched to just too much ,& I’ve not watched the last tool.
*Hobbs and Shaw motorcycle crash on to the bus is what's physically real to what a crash like is, and most people still watch these movies as expecting to be real, but these are like the new Rambo or Comando, or any movie with Arnold or Sylvester, is just fun crazy action that in reality wouldn't work*
2nd Unit Director everytime he comments: „It was a very complicated shot. We had 12 cameras to put in the right place. We did it all practical.“ _cut_ the huge CGI cargo airplane explodes 😂 Totally agree with Cinefix - the stunt work behind the movies is great. But i feel about them a bit like i feel about some Jacky Chan movies. I need some story to link those great stunts together. Great content Cinefix, thank You
24:47 I just really enjoyed imagining that was really Vin Diesel in that Vette, floppin around on a landing like that! 🤣
damn i remember standing in the streets of Glasgow watching some of these scenes for fast and furious 6 and that flip car... it amazing how much time and effort goes into creating those scenes for just a few seconds of film
I absolutely love this behind the scenes stuff. It’s amazing to see all of the work put in. 👍🏾
Tuna, no crust.
nice 👍 lol
Bullshit. No one likes the tuna here
A classic Rocket League tag.
It was crappy yesterday, it was crappy the day before. And guess what?
"Bullshit, asshole. No one likes the tuna here!'
wow this is crazy, its amazing how it all looks so real in the movies.
i feel old after being reminded they stole pansonic tv's and dvd players in the first film :(
I have a new found respect for all the Fast movies now. I actually never talked shit about the unrealistic scenes, but I just thought it was that crazy lol
it is like a 20 year non stop work with extreme action, congratulations to all!
I loved the side story of Paul going from California to Florida and how he got the skyline and fixed it up.
production team was crazy on fast 5 😅 🔥🔥🔥
This goes to show how jaded movie critique can be.
Everyone give these movies crap for being written and acted inconsistently and being over the top, but never really give thought to how much work goes into engineering, building and choreographing the insane visuals.
Love how he covered the first 5 films in like 25 minutes 😭
45:03 - I'm kinda sad for Fonzie, coming all that way to avenge his lost Camaro from 2F2F - only to get impaled by a tree while driving a Merc.
Wow. What an editing achievement and recap of the franchise top stunts.
I've always had a soft spot for the 2nd film.
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This was a video i didn’t know that I needed. Well done 🤘🏻
Gotta correct y’all on something. “Furious 7” was James Wan’s 2nd action movie. “Death Sentence” was his first.
The Rock holding a chopper with a chain like he was walking a dog is the one that had me laughing during the trailer - it was a "WOW - pushing it" moment
And the Oscar goes to best CGI, never to best stunt. And this franchise could have the best ever. Thanks for this fantastic video.
Am I the only one who thinks they should have ended the franchise when Paul walker died
Same, it aint the same without him
yet they still making billions of dollars after that that's why they never stop
Thats crazy how movies are made.
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What most people dont know is Suki from 2 fast 2 furious is actually Steven Aoki's sister. Hes a superstar DJ, apparently.
Tokyo Drift is my favorite
45:02 WOWW i just noticed he played in the 2nd one with the muscle car street race. Makes you think if Carter Verone was working with Jakande
always been a fan of the FF movies, love the idea of the impossible being possible, hey its cinema its entertainment and i love it
I don’t think these directors realize that adding some CGI to real stunts often makes the whole thing look CGI. Especially the first 4 movies.
Awesome for the in depth content. Really enjoy this
29:36 someone might have already said, but that is obviously the box office. The budget was $125 Million, which to me is shockingly low
Great video so far 💚
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Now I understand more but still just 1,2 and 4 were fire
Loved this video,, didn't love seeing a few classic's (the Charger and 70's Torino) being destroyed. BUT we recognize making a movie demands some sacrifices.
Awesome video keep up the good work!
One of the best things I've watched in a while
Awesome work as always
Great video and content, nicely told, can't wait for u to do fast x :)
Much respect to the Stunt Crew and CGI crew,
You just earned a sub 🎉. Please do more franchises 😊 we will watch
Paul Car was my favorite actor. RIP gone 2 soon Paul W. Car 2009-2012
I gotta say I think Tokyo drift might be one of the only movies that I've ever watched thought. It was OK but not great and then overtime started to appreciate it at tonmore and think that it has gotten better with each one of the entries into The franchise. Like somehow each time they put out a new one Involving the characters from that 1 and everything feels more linked It makes me like that movie even more when rewatching it.
At 43:50, the narrator says "Fantastic four's greatest hits!" lol!!
Another feature length documentary from CineFix. Great work, y'all.
A side-effect of the mic rig is that they only had 2-3 chassis for it, so some interior shots have the wrong car-interior.
They might have swapped the seat out but dash/backseat/roofline/windows often don't match.
Thanks for a good show.
Anyone wanting to understand anything about filmmaking special effects should go back and learn how special effects were created for the old Charlie Chaplin movies from the 1920's.
Through some fairly unsophisticated techniques, it's possible to create visual effects in film which seem completely real.
They never reveal their greatest tricks.
Well I got a few ideas for the projects I'm working on, bookmarking this video for notes 🤪
Something even funnier about the S2000 jump...That Durango was a rental car LOL.
Love this!!
43:50 Fantastic Four, lol
My top for now (haven't seen Fast X yet): F5, F7, F6, F9, F8, F1, F4, 2F2F, FFTD
Fantastic Video!!!!!!
The video makes it clear how the special effects, picture car, stunts, and so many other departments make these movies amazing and jaw dropping.
But it also inadvertently reveals why Fast Five is considered to be the peak of the franchise. From F6 onwards, CGI has overtaken the practical effects. Blending them together only works if your eyes can still "believe" what's on the screen. If there's too much CGI, then no matter how cool the practical stunts are it just looks fake and loses that emotional component that's at the core of these movies.
I feel like I have been way too hard on these movies at 1st. Now you look at it like the DC universe it all ties in. This hour special did more for these movies than anything I've seen the hype over #1. I have a whole new way to watch these movies now. I always respected they built some pretty serious cars all along.
These guys have killed more than Shipman. And yet we celebrate it 😹
20 year evolution of a good movie that got run into the ground about 15 years ago and is just going further and further into the ground.
That sure is some of fantastic 4's greatest hits
"Racer X" is Rafael Estevez, Dominican drag racer from Washington Heights, and It highlights the Racing community in NYC
This is an amazing vid
One last job, one last ride, family, Shaw, interstellar space.
These movies need to get Tom Cruse in on it so they can have the most insane, death defying stunt in a car ever put to film. Also I love that this franchise just does whatever it wants and has become like Dragonball Z; no one stays dead and the villains join the good guys for the next adventure.
In my humble opinion 2 ND unit directors and stuntman and women should be billed on the poster
Totally agree
amazing!!!
Please make a list of the top 10 "bigger than life" characters in movies. Characters like Tyler Durden in fight club, kambei Shimada in seven samurai, and Harry Lime in the third man. All amazing characters that deserve their own list.
I was really hoping Aki would win a prize at the arcade to give to him.
Remebering Vin Deasel When he play a cameo and side character in saving private ryan
More people need to watch this video
This is a fascinating insight, great work cinefix.
32:00 that car stunt scene was filmed in Glasgow and made to look like London.
I love all guys ur so great
My favorite movie star Vin diesel the best movie ever all of them ❣️😘
did i hear him say "some of FANTASTIC FOUR'S greatest hits" at 43:50? He watching a different movie in the background, or learning 2 different video scripts at once XD
Race trucks UP Pikes Peak....not down!😂
Real nice video he made👌
Some FF movies are good. I like the 1 + 2 and 5.
But for a real chase movie with real stunts without CGI you should watch the movie Ronin! Great scenes!!
Shawns Monte Carlo actually had a 632 big block in the hero car. The stunt cars were small block 350 cars though
THX❤
1:10:24 "Hell, I just spent over an hour talking about them"
Holy sh... I've been listening to this for over an hour? Huh. Next, please