Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science-fictiontelevision series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as 'The Original Series', debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. The Star Trek canon includes The Original Series, an animated series, five spin-off television series, and thirteen films.
- 1Television series
- 1.8Future
- 2Feature films
- 2.1The Original Series films
- 2.2The Next Generation films
- 2.3Reboot (Kelvin Timeline) films
- 2.5Reception
- 6References
Television series[edit]
Seven television series make up the bulk of the Star Trek franchise: Star Trek: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and Discovery. There are 759 episodes across 33 seasons.[a]
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Show | First aired | Last aired | Nr episodes | Nr seasons | Notes | 1080p? | Typical runtime | First-run station(s) | On DVD? | On Blu-ray? |
The Original Series | September 8, 1966 | June 3, 1969 | 79 | 3 | doesn't include the two pilot episodes | Yes | 50 minutes | NBC | Yes | Yes |
The Animated Series | September 8, 1973 | October 12, 1974 | 22 | 2 | Not-live action, cel animation | Yes | 23 minutes | NBC | Yes | Yes |
The Next Generation | September 28, 1987 | May 23, 1994 | 178 | 7 | Yes | 44 minutes | Syndication | Yes | Yes | |
Deep Space Nine | January 3, 1993 | June 2, 1999 | 176 | 7 | No | 43 minutes | Syndication | Yes | No | |
Voyager | January 16, 1995 | May 23, 2001 | 172 | 7 | No | 42 minutes | UPN | Yes | No | |
Enterprise | September 26, 2001 | May 13, 2005 | 98 | 4 | Yes | 42 minutes | UPN | Yes | Yes | |
Discovery | September 24, 2017 | 29 | 2* | Yes | 44 minutes | CBS All Access** | Yes | Yes | ||
Short Treks | October 4, 2018 | 4 | 1 | Yes | 15 minutes | CBS All Access | No | No | ||
All Series total | 758 | 33 |
*Third Discovery season planned
**The pilot was shown on CBS television network, thereafter exclusive to internet streaming TV service CBS:All Access (Netflix outside USA)
Star Trek (1966–1969)[edit]
Star Trek, more commonly known as The Original Series or TOS,[b] debuted in the United States on NBC on September 8, 1966.[1] The show tells the tale of the crew of the starshipEnterprise and its five-year mission 'to boldly go where no man has gone before.' The original 1966–69 television series featured William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, James Doohan as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, George Takei as Hikaru Sulu, and Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov.[2] During the series' original run, it earned several nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and won twice: for the two-part 'The Menagerie', and the Harlan Ellison-written episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever'.[3]
NBC canceled the show after three seasons; the last original episode aired on June 3, 1969.[4] A petition near the end of the second season to save the show signed by many Caltech students and its multiple Hugo nominations would indicate that despite low Nielsen ratings, it was highly popular with science fiction fans and engineering students.[5] The series later became popular in reruns and found a cult following.[1] In the 2000s, the series was remastered for television, which included special-effect changes including CGI versions of the ships.[6]
The Animated Series (1973–1974)[edit]
Star Trek, later marketed as The Animated Series to differentiate it from the live-action series, was produced by Filmation, and ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974. Most of the original cast performed the voices of their characters from The Original Series, and some of the writers who worked on The Original Series returned, including D. C. Fontana, David Gerrold, and Paul Schneider. While the animated format allowed the producers to create more exotic alien landscapes and life forms, animation errors and liberal reuse of shots and musical cues have tarnished the series' reputation.[7] Although it was originally sanctioned by Paramount, which owned the Star Trek franchise following its acquisition of Desilu in 1967, Gene Roddenberry often spoke of TAS as non-canon.[8]Star Trek writers have used elements of the animated series in later live-action series and films, and as of June 2007, TAS has references in the library section of the official Startrek.com website, officially bringing the series into the franchise's main canon.[citation needed]
The Animated Series won Star Trek's first Emmy Award on May 15, 1975.[9]Star Trek: TAS briefly returned to television in the mid-1980s on the children's cable network Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon parent Viacom would purchase Paramount in 1994; in the early 1990s, the Sci-Fi Channel also began rerunning TAS. The complete series was also released on Laserdisc format during the 1980s.[10] The complete series was first released in the U.S. on eleven volumes of VHS tapes in 1989. All 22 episodes were released on DVD in 2006.
The Next Generation (1987–1994)[edit]
Star Trek: The Next Generation, frequently abbreviated as TNG, takes place about a century after The Original Series (2364–2370). It features a new starship, Enterprise-D, and a new crew led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes). Some crewmembers represent new alien races, including Deanna Troi, a half-Betazoid counselor played by Marina Sirtis. Michael Dorn plays Worf, the first Klingon officer in Starfleet, alongside Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher, LeVar Burton as chief engineer Geordi La Forge, the android Data portrayed by Brent Spiner, and Dr. Crusher's son Wesley Crusher played by Wil Wheaton.
The show premiered on September 28, 1987 and ran for seven seasons, ending on May 23, 1994. It had the highest ratings of any of the Star Trek series and became the #1 syndicated show during the last few years of its original run, allowing it to act as a springboard for ideas in other series. Many relationships and races introduced in TNG became the basis of episodes in Deep Space Nine and Voyager.[11] During its run it earned several Emmy awards and nominations—including a nomination for Best Dramatic Series during its final season—two Hugo Awards and a Peabody Award for Outstanding Television Programming for the episode 'The Big Goodbye'.[12] The series was released in high definition on Blu-Ray and Netflix with some special effect changes in the 2010s.[13]
Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)[edit]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, frequently abbreviated as DS9, takes place during the last years and the immediate post-years of The Next Generation (2369–2375) and aired for seven seasons, debuting the week of January 3, 1993. Like Star Trek: The Next Generation, it aired in syndication in the United States and Canada. Unlike the other Star Trek series, DS9 takes place primarily on a space station rather than aboard a starship.
The show begins after the brutal Cardassian occupation of the planet Bajor. The liberated Bajoran people ask the United Federation of Planets to help run a Cardassian-built space station, Deep Space Nine, near Bajor. After the Federation takes control of the station, the protagonists of the show discover a uniquely stable wormhole that provides immediate access to the distant Gamma Quadrant making Bajor and the station one of the most strategically important locations in the galaxy.[14] The show chronicles the events of the station's crew, led by Commander (later Captain) Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, and Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor. Recurring plot elements include the repercussions of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, Sisko's spiritual role for the Bajorans as the Emissary of the Prophets, and in later seasons a war with the Dominion.
Deep Space Nine stands apart from earlier Trek series for its lengthy serialized storytelling, conflict within the crew, and religious themes—all elements that critics and audiences praised but Roddenberry forbade in the original series and The Next Generation.[15]
Voyager (1995–2001)[edit]
Star Trek: Voyager ran for seven seasons, airing from January 16, 1995, to May 23, 2001, launching a new Paramount-owned television network, UPN. It features Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first female commanding officer in a leading role of a Star Trek series, and Commander Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran.[16]
Voyager takes place at about the same time period as Deep Space Nine and the years following that show's end (2371–2378). The premiere episode has the USS Voyager and its crew pursue a Maquis (Federation rebels) ship. Both ships become stranded in the Delta Quadrant about 70,000 light-years from Earth.[17] Faced with a 75-year voyage to Earth, the crew must learn to work together to overcome challenges on their long and perilous journey home while also seeking ways to shorten the voyage. Like Deep Space Nine, early seasons of Voyager feature more conflict between its crewmembers than seen in later episodes. Such conflict often arises from friction between 'by-the-book' Starfleet crew and rebellious Maquis fugitives forced by circumstance to work together on Voyager. Eventually, though, they settle their differences, after which the overall tone becomes more reminiscent of The Original Series. The starship Voyager, isolated from its home, faces new cultures and dilemmas not possible in shows based in the Alpha Quadrant. Later seasons brought in an influx of characters and cultures from prior shows, such as the Borg, Q, the Ferengi, Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians and cast members of The Next Generation.
Enterprise (2001–2005)[edit]
Star Trek: Enterprise, originally titled Enterprise, is a prequel to the original Star Trek series. It aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005.[18]Enterprise takes place in the 2150s, some 90 years after the events of Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight and about a decade before the founding of the Federation. The show centers on the voyages of Earth's first warp 5 capable starship, Enterprise, commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula), and the Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol (played by Jolene Blalock). The show originally did not include 'Star Trek' in its name and logo, adding it later on in the show's run.
During the show's first two seasons, Enterprise featured self-contained episodes, like The Original Series, The Next Generation and Voyager. The entire third season consisted of one arc related to the Xindi, and had a darker tone and serialized nature similar to that of Deep Space Nine. The fourth and final season consisted of several mini-arcs composed of two to three episodes. The final season showed the origins of some elements of previous series, and resolved some of their continuity problems. Ratings for Enterprise started strong but declined rapidly. Although critics received the fourth season well, both fans and the cast criticized the series finale, partly because of the episode's focus on the guest appearance of members of The Next Generation cast.[19][20][21] The cancellation of Enterprise ended an 18-year run of back-to-back new Star Trek television, which began with The Next Generation in 1987.
Discovery (2017–present)[edit]
Star Trek: Discovery is a direct prequel to The Original Series, set roughly ten years beforehand.[22] It premiered September 24, 2017 in the United States and Canada on CBS before moving to CBS All Access,[23] while Netflix streams the show outside the United States and is also providing most of the show's funding.[24][25][26]
The show centers on the voyages of the Discovery, commanded by Captain Gabriel Lorca (played by Jason Isaacs), and Lieutenant Commander Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green), with Burnham being the lead character of the series. This marks the first Star Trek series to feature a First Officer as the lead character. The show features the Klingon T'Kuvma attempting to unite the 24 great Klingon houses, leading to a war between his race and the United Federation of Planets that involves the crew of the Discovery.[27][28]
Star Trek: Short Treks is a spin-off series of stand-alone short films which focus on characters and situations from Discovery. Some of the future episodes will be animated.[29]
Future[edit]
Picard[edit]
An upcoming CBS All Access series will see Patrick Stewart reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard. Stewart himself announced this on August 4, 2018,[30] and later said the series would be set 19 years after the end of The Next Generation, or 10 years after Star Trek: Nemesis.[31] Jonathan Frakes of The Next Generation's cast, who has directed episodes of multiple Trek series, will direct two episodes of the first season.[32]
Lower Decks[edit]
On October 25, 2018, CBS All Access announced a two-season order for a half-hour adult animated comedy series created by Mike McMahan, the head writer and executive producer of Rick and Morty. It focuses on the support crew of 'one of Starfleet's least important ships,'[33] and shares a name with a Next Generation episode.
Untitled Philippa Georgiou series[edit]
Announced in January 2019, a live-action television series will focus on the mirror universe's Philippa Georgiou and her adventures as a member of Starfleet's Section 31 division. Michelle Yeoh will reprise her role from Star Trek: Discovery, with Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt serving as co-showrunners. The series is reported to feature an ensemble cast.[34]
Untitled Nickelodeon animated series[edit]
In February 2019, it was announced that an animated series developed for young viewers is currently in development. The series is being co-written and created by Dan and Kevin Hageman and will air on Nickelodeon as a joint-venture with CBS.[35] It focuses on a group of teens who embark on an adventure upon an abandoned Starfleet ship.[36]
Feature films[edit]
Paramount Pictures has produced thirteen Star Trek feature films, the most recent being released in July 2016.[37] The first six films continue the adventures of the cast of The Original Series; the seventh film, Generations was designed as a transition from that cast to the cast of the Next Generation series; the next three films, 8–10, focused completely on the cast of the Next Generation series.[c] Starting with the eleventh film, the movies take place in an alternate timeline with a new cast playing the original series characters. Leonard Nimoy portrays an elderly Spock in these films, providing a physical link to the original timeline. This alternate timeline has been named by CBS, for the computer game Star Trek Online, the Kelvin Timeline.
Title | U.S. release date | Director |
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The Original Series | ||
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | Robert Wise |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | Nicholas Meyer |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | Leonard Nimoy |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | William Shatner |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | Nicholas Meyer |
The Next Generation | ||
Star Trek Generations | November 18, 1994 | David Carson |
Star Trek: First Contact | November 22, 1996 | Jonathan Frakes |
Star Trek: Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | |
Star Trek: Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | Stuart Baird |
Reboot (Kelvin Timeline)[d] | ||
Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | J. J. Abrams |
Star Trek Into Darkness | May 16, 2013 | |
Star Trek Beyond | July 22, 2016 | Justin Lin |
Untitled Star Trek film | TBA | Quentin Tarantino |
The Original Series films[edit]
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969.[38] When the original television series was canceled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975.[39] A series of writers attempted to craft a suitably epic screenplay, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977. Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series, Star Trek: Phase II. The massive worldwide box office success of Star Wars in mid-1977 sent Hollywood studios to their vaults in search of similar sci-fi properties that could be adapted or re-launched to the big screen. When Columbia's Close Encounters of the Third Kind had a huge opening in late December 1977, Paramount was convinced that science fiction films other than Star Wars could do well at the box office, and production of Phase II was cancelled in favor of making a Star Trek film.[citation needed]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)[edit]
A massive energy cloud from deep space heads toward Earth, leaving destruction in its wake, and the Enterprise must intercept it to determine what lies within, and what its intent might be.
The movie borrows many elements from 'The Changeling' of the original series and 'One of Our Planets Is Missing' from the animated series. Principal photography commenced on August 7, 1978[40] with director Robert Wise helming the feature. The production encountered difficulties and slipped behind schedule,[41] with effects team Robert Abel and Associates[42] proving unable to handle the film's large amount of effects work. Douglas Trumbull was hired and given a blank check to complete the effects work in time and location;[43] the final cut of the film was completed just in time for the film's premiere. The film introduced an upgrade to the technology and starship designs, making for a dramatic visual departure from the original series. Many of the set elements created for Phase II were adapted and enhanced for use in the first feature films. It received mixed reviews from critics; while it grossed $139 million the price tag had climbed to about $35 million due to costly effects work and delays.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)[edit]
Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), whom Kirk thwarted in his attempt to seize control of the Enterprise fifteen years earlier ('Space Seed'), seeks his revenge on the Admiral and lays a cunning and sinister trap.
The Motion Picture's gross was considered disappointing, but it was enough for Paramount to back a sequel with a reduced budget. After Roddenberry pitched a film in which the crew of the Enterprise goes back in time to ensure the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he was 'kicked upstairs' to a ceremonial role while Paramount brought in television producer Harve Bennett to craft a better—and cheaper—film than the first.[44] After watching all the television episodes, Bennett decided that the character of Khan Noonien Singh was the perfect villain for the new film. Director Nicholas Meyer finished a complete screenplay in just twelve days, and did everything possible within budget to give The Wrath of Khan a nautical, swashbuckling feel,[45] which he described as 'Horatio Hornblower in outer space.'[44] Upon release, the reception of The Wrath of Khan was highly positive;[46]Entertainment Weekly's Mark Bernadin called The Wrath of Khan 'the film that, by most accounts, saved Star Trek as we know it'.[47]
Both the first and second films have television versions with additional footage and alternate takes that affect the storyline. (Subsequent Star Trek films tended to have shorter television versions). Especially notable in The Wrath of Khan is the footage establishing that a young crew member who acts courageously and dies during an attack on the Enterprise is Scotty's nephew.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)[edit]
The plot picks up shortly after the conclusion of the previous film. When McCoy begins acting irrationally, Kirk learns that Spock, in his final moments, transferred his katra, his living spirit, to the doctor. To save McCoy from emotional ruin, Kirk and crew steal the Enterprise and violate the quarantine of the Genesis Planet to retrieve Spock, his body regenerated by the rapidly dying planet itself, in the hope that body and soul can be rejoined. However, bent on obtaining the secret of Genesis for themselves, a renegade Klingon (Christopher Lloyd) and his crew interfere, with deadly consequences.
Meyer declined to return for the next film, so directing duties were given to cast member Leonard Nimoy. Paramount gave Bennett the green light to write Star Trek III the day after The Wrath of Khan opened.[48] The producer penned a resurrection story for Spock that built on threads from the previous film and the original series episode 'Amok Time'.[citation needed]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)[edit]
While returning to stand court-martial for their actions in rescuing Spock, Kirk and crew learn that Earth is under siege by a giant probe that is transmitting a destructive signal, attempting to communicate with the now-extinct species of humpback whales. To save the planet, the crew must time-travel back to the late 20th century to obtain a mating pair of these whales, and a marine biologist (Catherine Hicks) to care for them.
Nimoy returned as director for this film. Nimoy and Bennett wanted a film with a lighter tone that did not have a classic antagonist. They decided on a time travel story with the Enterprise crew returning to their past to retrieve something to save their present—eventually, humpback whales. After having been dissatisfied with the script written by Daniel Petrie Jr., Paramount hired Meyer to rewrite the screenplay with Bennett's help. Meyer drew upon his own time travel story Time After Time for elements of the screenplay.[citation needed] Star William Shatner was promised his turn as director for Star Trek V, and Nicholas Meyer returned as director/co-writer for Star Trek VI.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)[edit]
Spock's half-brother (Laurence Luckinbill) believes he is summoned by God, and hijacks the brand-new (and problem-ridden) Enterprise-A to take it through the Great Barrier, at the center of the Milky Way, beyond which he believes his maker waits for him. Meanwhile, a young and arrogant Klingon captain (Todd Bryant), seeking glory in what he views as an opportunity to avenge his people of the deaths of their crewmen on Genesis, sets his sights on Kirk.
This is the only film in the franchise directed by William Shatner.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[edit]
When Qo'noS' moon Praxis (the Klingon Empire's chief energy source) is devastated by an explosion, caused by over-mining, the catastrophe also contaminating Qo'noS' atmosphere, the Klingons make peace overtures to the Federation. While on the way to Earth for a peace summit, the Klingon Chancellor (David Warner) is assassinated by Enterprise crewmen, and Kirk is held accountable by the Chancellor's Chief of Staff (Christopher Plummer). Spock attempts to prove Kirk's innocence, but in doing so, uncovers a massive conspiracy against the peace process with participants from both sides.
This film is a sendoff to the original series cast. One Next Generation cast member, Michael Dorn, appears as the grandfather of the character he plays on the later television series, Worf. It is the second and last Star Trek film directed by Nicholas Meyer and last screenplay co-authored by Leonard Nimoy.
The Next Generation films[edit]
Both the sixth and seventh films acted as transitions between the films featuring the original cast and those with the Next Generation cast, with the sixth focusing on the original cast and the seventh focusing on the TNG cast. The Next Generation cast made four films over a period of eight years, with the last two performing only moderately well (Insurrection) and disappointingly (Nemesis) at the box office.
Star Trek Generations (1994)[edit]
Picard enlists the help of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extra-dimensional realm, to prevent a renegade scientist (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its populated planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm. This film also included original crew members Scotty (James Doohan) and Chekov (Walter Koenig).
Following seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the next Star Trek film was the first to feature the crew of the Enterprise-D, along with a long prologue sequence featuring three cast members of the original series and the only appearance of the Enterprise-B.
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)[edit]
After a failed attempt to assault Earth, the Borg attempt to prevent First Contact between Humans and Vulcans by interfering with Zefram Cochrane's (James Cromwell) warp test in the past. Picard must confront the demons which stem from his assimilation into the Collective ('The Best of Both Worlds') as he leads the new Enterprise-E back through time to ensure the test and subsequent meeting with the Vulcans take place.
The first of two films directed by series actor Jonathan Frakes.
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)[edit]
Profoundly disturbed by what he views as a blatant violation of the Prime Directive, Picard deliberately interferes with a Starfleet admiral's (Anthony Zerbe) plan to relocate a relatively small but seemingly immortal population from a mystical planet to gain control of the planet's natural radiation, which has been discovered to have substantial medicinal properties. However, the admiral himself is a pawn in his alien partner's (F. Murray Abraham) mission of vengeance.
Insurrection brought in Deep Space Nine writer Michael Piller instead of Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga who had written for Generations and First Contact.[49]
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)[edit]
A clone of Picard (Tom Hardy), created by the Romulans assassinates the Romulan senate, assumes absolute power, and lures Picard and the Enterprise to Romulus under the false pretext of a peace overture.
Written by John Logan and directed by Stuart Baird, this film was a critical and commercial disappointment (released December 13, 2002 in direct competition with Die Another Day, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) and was the final Star Trek film to feature the Next Generation cast and to be produced by Rick Berman.
Reboot (Kelvin Timeline) films[edit]
After the poor reception of Star Trek: Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen began developing a new film,[50] entitled Star Trek: The Beginning, which would take place after Enterprise but before The Original Series.[51] In February 2007, J. J. Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the new film, having been previously attached as producer.[52]Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote a screenplay that impressed Abrams, featuring new actors portraying younger versions of the original series' cast. The Enterprise, its interior, and the original uniforms were redesigned.
This revival of the franchise is often considered to be, and referred to as, a 'reboot', but it is technically a continuation of the franchise (Nimoy reprises his role of Spock from the previous films) that establishes an alternate reality from the previous films. This route was taken, over a traditional reboot, to free the new films from the restrictions of established continuity without completely discarding it, which the writers felt would have been 'disrespectful'. This new reality was informally referred to by several names, including the 'Abramsverse', 'JJ Trek' and 'NuTrek', before it was named the 'Kelvin Timeline' (versus the 'Prime Timeline' of the original series and films) by Michael and Denise Okuda for use in official Star Trek reference guides and encyclopedias. The name Kelvin comes from the USS Kelvin, a starship involved in the event that creates the new reality in Star Trek (2009). Abrams named the starship after his grandfather Henry Kelvin, whom he also pays tribute to in Into Darkness with the Kelvin Memorial Archive.[53][54]
Star Trek (2009)[edit]
In the 24th century, a supernova destroys Romulus. Piloting a one-man vessel, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) attempts to contain the supernova by generating an artificial black hole, but is assaulted by a Romulan mining vessel captained by Nero (Eric Bana), who is bent on vengeance for Spock's failure to save Romulus; both vessels are pulled into the black hole and sent back in time to the 23rd century. Nero then captures Spock and uses the black-hole technology to destroy Vulcan. Spock's present-day younger self (Zachary Quinto), who is a Starfleet Academy instructor, and a volatile and arrogant cadet named James Kirk (Chris Pine) must then set aside their current differences, and join forces to prevent Nero from consigning Earth and the rest of the Federation worlds to similar fates.
This film acts as a reboot to the existing franchise by taking place in an 'alternate reality' using the plot device of time travel to depict an altered timeline (known as the Kelvin Timeline, after the ship destroyed in the opening scene),[55] featuring younger versions of the original series' cast. It is the first production to feature an entirely different cast of actors playing roles previously established by other actors, with the exception of an aged Spock played by Leonard Nimoy. It was directed by J. J. Abrams (who produced it with Damon Lindelof) and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. According to Lindelof, this production was designed to attract a wider audience.[56] It received positive reviews[57][58][59] and a number of awards, including the film franchise's only Academy Award, for 'makeup and hairstyling'. A story that covered the events between Nemesis and Star Trek was released as the graphic novel Star Trek: Countdown in early 2009.
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)[edit]
A Starfleet special agent (Benedict Cumberbatch), coerces an officer into blowing up a secret installation in London, shoots up a subsequent meeting of Starfleet brass in San Francisco, and then flees to Qo'noS. The crew of the Enterprise attempt to bring him to justice without provoking war with the Klingon Empire, but find there is much more to the agent's mission, and the man himself, than what the Fleet Admiral (Peter Weller) has told them; the agent is none other than Khan Noonien Singh; his allegiance and his motives are initially not at all clear.
Star Trek Beyond (2016)[edit]
The Enterprise is ambushed and destroyed by countless alien micro-vessels; the crew abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet, and with no apparent means of escape or rescue, they find themselves in conflict with a new sociopathic enemy (Idris Elba) who has a well-earned hatred of the Federation and what it stands for.
Star Trek Beyond was released on July 22, 2016, in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations. Roberto Orci had stated that Star Trek Beyond will feel more like the original series than its predecessors in the reboot series while still trying something new with the established material.[60] In December 2014, Justin Lin was confirmed as the director for the upcoming sequel,[61] marking the first reboot film not to be directed by J. J. Abrams, whose commitments to Star Wars: The Force Awakens restricted his role on the Star Trek film to that of producer.[62] In January 2015, it was confirmed that the film would be co-written by Doug Jung and Simon Pegg,[63] who revealed the film's title that May.[64]Idris Elba was cast as the villain Krall,[65][66] while Sofia Boutella was cast as Jaylah.[67] Filming began on June 25, 2015.[68] This is the last film of Anton Yelchin (Chekov), who died in an automobile accident on June 19, 2016.
Future[edit]
Pine and Quinto signed contracts to return as Kirk and Spock for a fourth film in the reboot series,[69] and Abrams confirmed plans for a fourth film in July 2016, stating that Chris Hemsworth would return as Kirk's father, whom he played in the prologue of the first film.[70][71] Later that month, Paramount announced the return of most of the Beyond cast and producers Abrams and Lindsey Weber; J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were announced as the writers.[72] Abrams said that Chekov would not be recast following Yelchin's death in a motor vehicle incident.[73] In April 2018, S. J. Clarkson was announced as the film's director.[74] By August 2018, talks with Pine and Hemsworth had fallen through after the studio reportedly wanted to reduce their salaries in response to the poor financial performance of Beyond.[75] According to Hemsworth, the reason for his exit was because he had found the script underwhelming.[76] In January 2019, it was reported that Paramount had cancelled the fourth reboot film.[77][78]
In December 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Quentin Tarantino was working on a Star Trek theatrical installment with Abrams, with the intention being that the former will direct the film.[79]Mark L. Smith, Lindsey Beer, Megan Amram and Drew Pearce took part in the writers room before Paramount finalized a deal with Smith to write the screenplay.[80] Tarantino said that he plans to continue developing the film once he finishes post-production on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.[81]
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Reference | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | Adjusted North America[82] | ||||
The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | $82,258,456 | $56,741,544 | $139,000,000 | $283,963,281 | $35 million | [83] |
The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | $78,912,963 | $16,887,037 | $95,800,000 | $207,470,586 | $12 million | [84] |
The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | $76,471,046 | $10,528,954 | $87,000,000 | $184,417,202 | $18 million | [85] |
The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | $109,713,132 | $23,286,868 | $133,000,000 | $250,768,115 | $24 million | [86] |
The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | $52,210,049 | $17,989,951 | $70,200,000 | $105,527,372 | $30 million | [87] |
The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | $74,888,996 | $22,011,004 | $96,900,000 | $137,756,963 | $27 million | [88] |
Generations | November 18, 1994 | $75,671,262 | $44,328,738 | $120,000,000 | $127,913,995 | $38 million | [89] |
First Contact | November 22, 1996 | $92,027,888 | $57,972,112 | $150,000,000 | $147,014,209 | $46 million | [90] |
Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | $70,187,658 | $47,612,342 | $117,800,000 | $107,889,522 | $70 million | [91] |
Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | $43,254,409 | $24,058,417 | $67,312,826 | $60,252,071 | $60 million | [92] |
Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | $257,730,019 | $127,950,427 | $385,680,446 | $300,984,848 | $150 million | [93] |
Into Darkness | May 16, 2013 | $228,778,661 | $238,602,923 | $467,381,584 | $246,067,791 | $190 million | [94] |
Beyond | July 22, 2016 | $158,848,340 | $184,623,476 | $343,471,816 | $165,830,443 | $185 million | [95] |
Total | $1,400,952,879 | $865,770,317 | $2,273,546,672 | $2,325,856,398 | $885 million | [96] |
Critical response[edit]
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | Roger Ebert |
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The Motion Picture | 44% (36 reviews)[97] | 48 (16 reviews)[98] | N/A | 3 Stars[99] |
The Wrath of Khan | 88% (51 reviews)[100] | 67 (18 reviews)[101] | N/A | 3 Stars[102] |
The Search for Spock | 79% (43 reviews)[103] | 56 (17 reviews)[104] | N/A | 3 Stars[105] |
The Voyage Home | 85% (40 reviews)[106] | 71 (17 reviews)[107] | A+[108] | 3.5 Stars[109] |
The Final Frontier | 22% (45 reviews)[110] | 43 (16 reviews)[111] | A−[108] | 2 Stars[112] |
The Undiscovered Country | 83% (52 reviews)[113] | 65 (18 reviews)[114] | A−[108] | 3 Stars[115] |
Generations | 49% (51 reviews)[116] | 55 (22 reviews)[117] | B+[108] | 2 Stars[118] |
First Contact | 93% (55 reviews)[119] | 71 (18 reviews)[120] | A−[108] | 3.5 Stars[121] |
Insurrection | 55% (67 reviews)[122] | 64 (19 reviews)[123] | B+[108] | 2 Stars[124] |
Nemesis | 38% (162 reviews)[125] | 51 (29 reviews)[126] | A−[108] | 2 Stars[127] |
Star Trek | 94% (342 reviews)[128] | 82 (46 reviews)[129] | A[108] | 2.5 Stars[130] |
Into Darkness | 85% (279 reviews)[131] | 72 (43 reviews)[132] | A[108] | 2.5 Stars*[133] |
Beyond | 85% (292 reviews)[134] | 68 (50 reviews)[135] | A–[108] | 2.5 Stars*[136] |
* Not reviewed by Roger Ebert[133]
Academy Awards[edit]
Film | Art Direction | Cinematography | Makeup | Original Score | Sound Editing | Sound Mixing | Visual Effects |
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The Motion Picture (1979) | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | ||||
The Wrath of Khan (1982) | |||||||
The Search for Spock (1984) | |||||||
The Voyage Home (1986) | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | |||
The Final Frontier (1989) | |||||||
The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Nominated | Nominated | |||||
Generations (1994) | |||||||
First Contact (1996) | Nominated | ||||||
Insurrection (1998) | |||||||
Nemesis (2002) | |||||||
Star Trek (2009) | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | |||
Into Darkness (2013) | Nominated | ||||||
Beyond (2016) | Nominated |
Production timeline[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^This count includes The Animated Series, and the original pilot, 'The Cage'. Two-part episodes that were not originally aired at the same time are considered two separate episodes. Ten feature-length episodes were originally aired as two-hour presentations, however, they are counted two individual episodes.
- ^Originally entitled Star Trek, it has in recent years become known as Star Trek: The Original Series or as 'Classic Star Trek'—retronyms that distinguish it from its sequels and the franchise as a whole.
- ^Film titles of the North American and UK releases of the films no longer contained the number of the film following the sixth film (the sixth was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country but the seventh was Star Trek Generations). However, European releases continued using numbers in the film titles until Nemesis.
- ^Star Trek (2009), Into Darkness, and Beyond are often considered to be, and referred to as, a 'reboot'. They are also a continuation of the franchise that establishes an alternate reality from the previous films. This was done to free the new films from the restrictions of continuity without completely discarding it. This new reality was informally referred to by several names, including the 'Abramsverse', 'JJ Trek', the 'alternate timeline' and 'NuTrek'. It was named the 'Kelvin Timeline', as opposed to the 'Prime Timeline' of the original series and films, by Michael and Denise Okuda for use in reference guides and encyclopedias. The name Kelvin comes from the USS Kelvin, a starship involved in the event that creates the new reality in Star Trek (2009). Leonard Nimoy plays an older version of Spock in the film Star Trek to help link the two timelines.
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $250 million (gross)[1] $230 million (net)[1] |
Box office | $1.239 billion[2] |
The Fate of the Furious (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 8 and Fast 8, and often stylized as F8) is a 2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan. It is the eighth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron. The Fate of the Furious follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), who has settled down with his wife Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez), until cyberterrorist Cipher (Theron) coerces him into working for her and turns him against his team, forcing them to find Dom and take down Cipher.
The Fate of the Furious marks the first installment in the franchise since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) not to feature both Paul Walker, who died on November 30, 2013 in a single-vehicle crash while the filming of Furious 7 (2015) was still in progress,[3] and Jordana Brewster.[4] Script rewrites to the seventh installment after Walker's death were intended to complete the story arcs for both of their characters (Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto, respectively).
Plans for an eighth installment were first announced in March 2015 when Diesel appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and announced that the film would be set in New York City. Preparations for the film began immediately after the release of Furious 7, with Diesel, Morgan and producer Neal H. Moritz re-signing. After setting an initial release date in the same month, casting took place between April and June 2015. In October 2015, Gray was announced to direct the film in the place of James Wan, who had directed the previous installment. Principal photography began in March 2016 in locations such as Mývatn, Havana, Atlanta, Cleveland and New York City, continuing the franchise's tradition of filming in exotic locations around the world.[5]
The Fate of the Furious premiered in Berlin on April 4, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 14, 2017, playing in 3D, IMAX 3D and 4DX internationally. The film received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom praised the action sequences and acting performances but criticized the storyline. The film grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the thirtieth film (and the second in the franchise, after Furious 7) to gross over $1 billion, the third-highest-grossing film of 2017 and the seventeenth-highest-grossing film of all time.[6] The film grossed $542 million worldwide during its opening weekend, which is the third highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time. A sequel is scheduled to be released on April 10, 2020.[7]
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Plot
Dominic 'Dom' Toretto and Letty Ortiz are on their honeymoon in Havana when Dom's cousin Fernando gets in trouble owing money to local racer Raldo. Sensing Raldo is a loan shark, Dom challenges Raldo to a race, pitting Fernando's reworked car against Raldo's, and wagering his own show car. After narrowly winning the race, Dom allows Raldo to keep his car, earning his respect, and instead leaves his cousin with his show car.
The next day, Dom is approached by the elusive cyberterrorist Cipher who coerces him into working for her. Shortly afterwards, Dom and his team, comprising Letty, Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, and Ramsey, are recruited by Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs to help him retrieve an EMP device from a military outpost in Berlin. During the getaway, Dom goes rogue, forcing Hobbs off the road and stealing the device for Cipher. Hobbs is arrested and locked up in the same high-security prison he helped imprison Deckard Shaw in. After escaping, Deckard and Hobbs are recruited by intelligence operative Mr. Nobody and his protégé to help the team find Dom and capture Cipher. Deckard reveals that Cipher had hired his brother Owen Shaw to steal the Nightshade device and Mose Jakande to steal God's Eye, Ramsey's software program. The team tracks Dom and Cipher to their very location just as the latter two attack the base, injuring the team and stealing God's Eye. When Dom questions Cipher's motives, she reveals that she has been holding hostage Dom's ex-lover and DSS agent Elena Neves—as well as their son, of whose existence Dom was previously unaware. Elena tells Dom that she wanted him to decide the child's first name, having already given him the middle name Marcos.
In New York City, Cipher sends Dom to retrieve a nuclear football held by the Russian Minister of Defence. Prior to the theft, Dom briefly evades Cipher—with the help of Raldo—and persuades Deckard and Owen's mother, Magdalene Shaw, to help him. Cipher hacks into the electronics systems of a large number of cars, causing them to drive automatically and taking out the convoy so that Dom can take the football. The team intercepts Dom, but Dom escapes, shooting and apparently killing Deckard in the process. Letty catches up to Dom, but is ambushed and nearly killed by Cipher's enforcer, Connor Rhodes, before Dom rescues her. In retaliation, Cipher has Rhodes execute Elena in front of Dom.
Dom infiltrates a base in Russia to use the EMP device to disable their security and then to disable a nuclear submarine, enabling Cipher to hijack it and attempt to use its arsenal to trigger a nuclear war. They are once again intercepted by the team, who attempt to shut down the sub, and then drive out toward the gates that would prevent the sub from leaving into open waters. Meanwhile, Deckard, whose death was faked, teams up with Owen, and at Magdalene's behest, infiltrates Cipher's plane to rescue Dom's son. Once Deckard reports that the child is safe, Dom turns on Cipher and kills Rhodes, avenging Elena's death, before rejoining his team. Outraged, Cipher fires an infrared homing missile at Dom, but he breaks away from his team and maneuvers around it, causing the missile to hit the submarine instead. The team quickly forms a vehicular blockade around Dom, shielding him from the ensuing explosion. Deckard reaches the front of the plane and confronts Cipher, who jumps from the plane with a parachute.
Mr. Nobody and his protégé visit Dom and his team in New York City to report that Cipher is still at large in Athens. Hobbs is offered his DSS job back, but he declines in order to spend more time with his daughter. Deckard delivers Dom his son, putting his differences aside with Dom and Hobbs. Dom names his son Brian, after his friend and brother-in-law Brian O'Conner, and they celebrate.
Cast
- Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a former criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty. He is coerced by Cipher to work against his team.
- Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent who allied with Dom and his team following their outings in Rio de Janeiro and Europe.
- Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin who was imprisoned by Hobbs and the DSS after his defeat in Los Angeles, who serves as an ally to help Dom's team take down Cipher.
- Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dom's wife and a former professional street racer.
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, a former criminal from Barstow and a member of Dom's team.
- Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges as Tej Parker, a mechanic from Miami and a member of Dom's team.
- Scott Eastwood as Eric Reisner / Little Nobody,[8][9] a law enforcement agent working under Mr. Nobody.
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, a computer hacktivist and a member of Dom's team.
- Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, the mother of Dom's child and a former Rio de Janeiro police officer who moved to the United States to become Hobbs' new partner at the DSS.
- Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody,[10] an intelligence operative and the leader of a covert ops team which previously aided Dom and his team in taking down Deckard in Abu Dhabi.
- Charlize Theron as Cipher, a criminal mastermind and cyberterrorist who coerces Dom into working against his team by holding Elena and their son hostage.
Tego Calderón and Don Omar reprise their roles from previous films as Tego Leo and Rico Santos, former members of Dom's team from the Dominican Republic and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. Luke Evans reprises his role from Fast & Furious 6 (2013) as Owen Shaw, Deckard's younger brother and a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier who formerly opposed Dom's team in Europe, and who helps his brother in rescuing Dom's son. Kristofer Hivju appears as Connor Rhodes, Cipher's enforcer and right-hand man. Patrick St. Esprit appears as DS Allen.[11]Helen Mirren makes an uncredited cameo appearance as Magdalene Shaw, the mother of Deckard and Owen Shaw.[12] Celestino Cornielle portrays Raldo, a street racer whose respect Dom earns.[13]
Production
Development
Following the release of Furious 7 (2015), Vin Diesel said regarding a possible sequel:
I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul Walker used to say that [an eighth film] was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass ... so if fate has it, then you'll get this when you hear about it. [Furious 7] was for Paul, [the eighth film] is from Paul.[14]
—Neal H. Moritz, The Fast and the Furious franchise producer[15]
Diesel further hinted at an eighth film on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he stated that Kurt Russell's character would span multiple films. He also stated that the next film would take place in New York City.[16]Chris Morgan wrote his sixth script in the franchise, while Neal H. Moritz returned to produce. Moritz later stated, '[The story] is going to have to be something enticing for all of us. It has to be as good as or better [than Furious 7]'.[17]
At the 2015 CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Diesel announced the film for an April 14, 2017 release date.[18][19] On August 16, 2015, at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards (where Furious 7 received the award for Choice Movie – Action and Walker received the award for Choice Movie Actor – Action), Diesel gave the film the initial title Fast 8.[20] In September 2015, Diesel stated that the script had almost been completed,[21] and expressed interest in Rob Cohen, who directed the first film, to direct the eighth installment.[22] On October 14, 2015, Diesel announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray would direct the film.[23][24]
In July 2015, Moritz said that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would not appear in the film, following the use of CGI in the previous film after Walker died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with Moritz stating that his character had 'moved on'.[15] It had previously been reported that Paul's younger brother, Cody Walker, would either join the cast in a new role,[25] or replace his older brother in the role of O'Conner;[26] however, it was later announced that the character will not return to the franchise.[27] Moritz also said that the film would shift the focus of the franchise from a series of heist films to a spy caper, following a similar change in focus from street racing in Fast Five (2011).[28] In December 2016, the film was retitled The Fate of the Furious.[29]
Casting
Diesel, Russell and Michelle Rodriguez were the first to confirm their involvement in the film, and Tyrese Gibson and Chris Bridges both confirmed their return soon after.[30]Lucas Black had signed on to reprise his role from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Sean Boswell for Furious 7, and two more installments in September 2013, though he did not appear in Fate.[31] In May 2015, Dwayne Johnson confirmed his involvement in the film, additionally hinting at a possible spin-off film involving his character, Luke Hobbs.[32]Jason Statham also confirmed his return.[33] In April 2016, Charlize Theron and Kristofer Hivju were confirmed as additions to the cast, in villainous roles,[34][35] while Scott Eastwood also joined the film as a law enforcement agent.[36] On May 17, 2016, Diesel posted a photo on his Instagram page of himself and Elsa Pataky on set, indicating that she had also returned for the film,[37] and was followed two days later by a video on set with Nathalie Emmanuel, who also starred in the previous film.[38] In June 2016, Helen Mirren announced in an interview with Elle that she would appear in the film.[39] In July 2016, Don Omar tweeted that he and Tego Calderon would return to the franchise for the eighth picture.[40] During an interview with Chris Mannix on July 21, 2016, Lucas Black confirmed he would not appear in the eighth installment, due to scheduling conflicts.[41]
Filming
In keeping with the franchise's penchant for filming in 'exotic' locations, such as Dubai and Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016 it was announced that Universal was seeking approval from the United States and Cuban governments to shoot part of the film in Cuba.[42][43]Principal photography began on March 14, 2016, in Mývatn, Iceland,[44][45] where strong winds sent a plastic iceberg prop flying into a paddock. The prop struck two horses: one was wounded and the other mortally injured; it was later euthanized.[46] In late April, filming began in Cuba's capital city, Havana.[47][48][49][50] In May, filming also took place in Cleveland, Ohio.[51][52] Franchise cinematographer Stephen F. Windon returned for the eighth installment.[53] Filming also took place in Atlanta[54] and New York City.[55]
Music
Brian Tyler, who scored the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh installments, was tapped to compose the film score for the eighth picture.[56] A soundtrack album by Atlantic Records was released on April 14, 2017, coinciding with the film's US theatrical release.[57] The film's score album was released on April 27, by Back Lot Music.[58]
Release
The Fate of the Furious had its world premiere in Berlin on April 4, 2017.[59] The film was theatrically released in the United States on April 14, 2017, playing in 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX internationally, and received a day-and-date release across major markets such as Australia, the United Kingdom, China, and India, beginning on April 12, 2017.[60] The film was released day-and-date in 1,074 IMAX screens around the world, making it the widest day-and-date opening in IMAX history.[61]
Home media
The Fate of the Furious was released on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on 11 July 2017, but has yet to be released in 3D Blu-ray.[62]
Reception
Box office
The Fate of the Furious grossed $226 million in the United States and Canada and $1.010 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.236 billion, against a production budget of $250 million ($350 million including marketing costs).[6] It is Universal Pictures' most ambitious worldwide distribution release in the studio's history. The film was released day-and-date in 64 territories worldwide, including almost all major markets (minus Japan), starting from April 12, 2017, and was projected to earn anywhere between $375–440 million in its five-day opening weekend.[63][64] By the end of the weekend, it ended up earning $539.9 million from nearly 23,000 screens, way above initial projections, to score the biggest global opening in cinematic history until it was surpassed by Avengers: Infinity War the following year. It also marked the third time that a film earned over $500 million in a single weekend, after Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($529 million) and Jurassic World ($525.5 million).[65] In IMAX, the film made $31.1 million from 1,079 screens to record the biggest IMAX April debut and the fourth-biggest overall at the time.[65]
On April 30, it crossed the $1 billion threshold, becoming the second release of 2017 (following Beauty and the Beast), the fifth film released by Universal Pictures (after Jurassic Park, Furious 7, Jurassic World, and Minions) and the thirtieth film overall in cinematic history to gross over $1 billion.[66][67] It is currently the third-highest-grossing film of the year, behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Beauty and the Beast,[68] the second-biggest action film that is not a fantasy or superhero movie, behind Furious 7,[69] and is Universal's highest-grossing live-action release since Jurassic World back in June 2015.[70]
The Fate of the Furious concluded 2017 as the third highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.[71]
North America
Like many of its predecessors, The Fate of the Furious was released in the United States and Canada in the month of April, and like its immediate predecessor, occupied the lucrative Easter week holiday period slot, where it was expected to open with $100–125 million. It received the widest pre-summer release ever, at an estimated 4,304 venues, besting the 4,242 opening theater count of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice the previous March.[63][72][73][74] The film made $10.4 million from Thursday night previews from 3,310 theaters, the second-highest of the franchise behind Furious 7's $15.8 million.[75] On its opening day it grossed $45.6 million, with Thursday previews making up 22.8% of the amount, slightly better than the 23% for Furious 7.[76] Earning a total of $98.8 million on its opening weekend, the film scored the second-biggest opening in the franchise (the third-biggest adjusted for inflation) and the third-biggest April debut, behind Furious 7 and The Jungle Book. It posted an almost identical weekend multiplier like its immediate predecessor (2.166× vs 2.18×).[77][78] However, this is not surprising considering how both films opened over Good Friday/Easter Sunday stretch. Scott Mendelson of Forbes magazine compared the opening to how Spectre (2015) opening fell from Skyfall (2012). One notable record the film set was the best opening for a film with an African-American director, with Gray besting his own record set with Straight Outta Compton in 2015.[79]
Sticking to the franchise's famous and lauded habit of including a multi-ethnic cast of characters, the film played to audiences of all ethnicities. Domestically, Caucasians made up 41 percent of the audience, followed by Hispanics (26 percent), African-Americans (21 percent), Asians (11 percent), and Native American/Other (3 percent), according to comScore's exit polling service PostTrack. The pic skewed male at 58 percent, far more than the last film at 51 percent.[80][81] 2D ticketbuyers represented 57% of the film's opening compared to its predecessor's 71%. This means more die-hard moviegoers came out to watch the eighth installment rather than people who do not typically go to the movies.[75]
While The Fate of the Furious's debut is 34% less than its predecessor's opening,[75] critics have noted that the debut is still considered a massive success and not a big let down given how it is the eighth installment in an action franchise. Universal Pictures was well aware that the robust debut of Furious 7 could not be duplicated[78] due to the wave of good reviews and publicity over the death of star Paul Walker, as well as the notion that the installment was both a farewell to said actor and a kind of coronation for the franchise as a whole. Nevertheless, the film benefited from Easter holiday business with 74% of all K-12 schools off on Good Friday as well as a third of the nation's colleges.[75] The film comes out in the wake of its parent franchise celebrating 16 years of availability in cinemas. To wit, few film franchises which are close to 20 years old have demonstrated a box office ability to increase their openings with each installment over time or maintain them in close proximity in terms of debut numbers; James Bond film series, Batman film series, Jurassic Park franchise, and Star Wars franchise.[75]
Its hefty opening was followed by the second-biggest April Monday gross ever with $8.5 million, behind the seventh installment. Its Sunday to Monday drop was 60% compared to its prequel's 57% drop which is far better than the Monday dropped witnessed by other April releases; The Jungle Book (-76%) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (-73%), albeit without the advantage of a school holiday.[82][83] Despite the entry of four new wide releases, critics and box office prognosticators kept a close watch on how much the film would drop in its second weekend.[84] The film fell precipitously on its second Friday earning $11.17 million for a 76% drop which is the biggest in the franchise's history, besting the 72% drops for both its two immediate predecessors. The steep decline maybe attributed not because of the onslaught of competitions, but rather due to the polarised reception received by the film and due to just 12% K-12 schools beings off compared to 74% on Good Friday.[85] It kept its hold at No. 1, albeit dropping about 61% in its sophomore frame for an estimated $38.4 million. That domestic drop is right in line with the 59–63% drops of the six previous installment in the franchise’s on their second weekend out.[86] It topped the box office for three straight weekends, witnessing similar weekend-to-weekend percentage drops like its prequel, albeit earning lesser in terms of numbers.[87]
Outside North America
Internationally, The Fate of the Furious secured a release in 69 countries.[88] The film was projected to post an opening between $275–330 million from over 20,000 screens, with some analysts believing it could go as high as $350–400 million.[63][88][89] It opened Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in 8 countries, earning $17.9 million (including previews from 12 countries).[88] It opened in 33 more countries on Thursday, April 2, for a total of 41 countries, earning $58.4 million, marking Universal Pictures overseas' highest-grossing Thursday ever, and for a two-day total of $82.2 million.[88] It added 22 more countries on Friday, April 3, earning $112.1 million to score Universal International's highest-grossing Friday of all time, for a three-day total of $194.8 million. The robust Friday take helped Universal push past $1 billion internationally in 2017 which is the second-quickest ever and the studio's eleventh consecutive year overall the pass the mark. Moreover, on the same day, the franchise crossed the $4 billion milestone.[88] In total, through Sunday, the film registered an opening of $441.1 million from 64 markets, setting new records for the biggest April international debut, Universal's biggest, and the biggest of all time overall (ahead of Jurassic World)—It is the first such film to open past $400 million in a single weekend with a bulk of it coming from China. Around $22.6 million came from (681) IMAX screens which is Universal's second-biggest behind only Jurassic World.[65] It topped the international charts for a second consecutive term, adding another $158.1 million[90] after which it was surpassed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, another film starring Diesel and Russell, in its third weekend.[91] In IMAX, the film has grossed north of $58 million.[91] On May 28, the film officially passed the $1 billion threshold to become the second film in the franchise, following Furious 7, and the sixth film to pass the said mark.[92][93]
It set the record for the biggest opening day of 2017 in every territory it has been released at, the biggest opening day of all time in 16 markets, Universal's biggest opening day ever in 22 territories and the biggest opening in the franchise in 38 markets. Moreover, it recorded the biggest paid previews of all time in Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[88] In terms of opening weekend, the film debuted at No. 1 in all markets where it set the biggest opening weekend of all time in 20 markets; Universal's biggest opening weekend ever in 28 markets; and the biggest opening in the franchise in 40 markets.[65][90][94] The top openings were recorded in China ($192 million), Mexico ($17.7 million), the UK and Ireland ($17.5 million), Russia ($14.2 million), Germany ($13.6 million), Brazil ($12.8 million), India ($10.7 million), Korea ($10.6 million), Middle East combined ($9.9 million), Taiwan ($9.3 million), France ($9.2 million), Australia ($9.5 million), Argentina ($9 million), Indonesia ($8.5 million), Italy ($6.7 million), Malaysia ($6.3 million), Spain ($6.1 million), Colombia ($4.9 million), Thailand ($4.9 million), Panama ($4.8 million),[65] and Romania ($1.7 million).[95] Comparing market-to-market performance, Furious 7 had an opening worth $250 million without China and Russia while The Fate of the Furious delivered $228.2 million debut, sans the two aforementioned markets.[65] In Japan, the film debuted with $7.5 million. Although that's a new record for the franchise, the film debuted at number three behind Disney's Beauty and the Beast and local film Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter—their robust second-weekend earnings blocked the former from taking the top spot, making Japan one of the few markets where the film didn't open at No. 1.[91][96]
Expectations were high for the film's performance in China, as its predecessor set notable records and went on to become the biggest film release there (now the biggest Hollywood release). The film was rebranded in Chinese as The Fast and the Furious 8 to make clear its connection to Furious 7. After ticket sales began on April 2, the film pre-sold more than RMB 125 million ($18.1 million) worth of tickets before its release, breaking the previous record held by local film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons three months prior. Moreover, it also set a record for the fastest IMAX advance sales, with RMB 16.5 million ($2.4 million), breaking the previous record held by Captain America: Civil War, according to leading local movie site Mtime.[63][97][98] In total, it pre-sold around $43.5 million tickets two hours before previews began, the biggest ever in the country.[88] It earned a record-breaking RMB 59.8 million ($8.7 million) from Thursday paid previews ($8 million excluding online ticketing surcharges which now count as grosses), breaking its predecessor's former record of RMB 52.5 million ($8.5 million in 2015; $7.6 million in 2017 exchange rates).[99][100] On Friday, the film was screened in approximately 158,000 screens, a new record for any film, breaking Warcraft's former 122,000 screen counts, and almost double the estimated 80,700 screen count of its predecessor.[101] By Friday noon, it had already grossed $30 million.[102] Buoyed by positive word-of-mouth—9.4/10 user rating on mobile ticketing platform Maoyan, and 7.4/10 from reviews aggregator Douban—and effective marketing campaign, it set a new record for the biggest single-day ever at the Chinese box office, including previews. This was achieved at 7 p.m. local time.[100] In total, the film grossed an estimated RMB 452.8 million ($65.8 million) on its opening day, inclusive of previews and online ticketing surcharges, compared to the RMB 398 million ($57.8 million) posted by its predecessor. It is the first film in Chinese history to register above RMB 400 million ($58 million) in a single day.[103][88] Earning a total of RMB 1.323 billion ($192.2 million), according to Chinese sources and RMB 190 million, according to Universal, in its debut weekend, it set a new milestone for three-day opening weekend and overall the second-best debut ever behind only local pic The Mermaid, which had the benefit of four days of previews over the New Year period in February 2016. An estimated $14 million came from 395 IMAX screens, the second-biggest-ever in the country, behind Warcraft.[65] Its three-day debut alone made it the biggest Hollywood release of 2017 and the third-biggest overall. Factoring out online ticketing surcharges, the total comes to a slightly less-hefty RMB 1.245 billion ($182.2 million).[104] In just nine days, the film passed the historic RMB 2 billion ($300 million) and thereby became the biggest release of the year.[105] The film fell precipitously by 71.4% in its second weekend (from its $190 million debut), earning RMB 374 million ($54.3 million) for a massive 10-day total of RMB 2.19 billion ($318 million).[106][107] On April 30, it became the biggest Hollywood/foreign release of all time with RMB 2.44 billion, surpassing its prequels former record of 2.41 billion. However, in terms of US currency, The Fate of the Furious ($381 million) is still behind Furious 7 ($391 million).[91][108] After three consecutive weeks of topping the charts, it slipped to fourth place after being dethroned by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from the top spot.[109] It has so far grossed a total of RMB 2.671 billion ($392.8 million) and is the country's second-biggest grosser ever, behind only The Mermaid at the time of its release.[70]
In India, the film secured a release across approximately 1,600–1,800 screens (1,000–1,200 screens fewer than its predecessor). Like other Hollywood releases, it was released in both 2K projections and normal projections, and dubbed in local languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. It is the first international film to be dubbed into the Kannada language. Despite clashing with local film Begum Jaan, analysts believe the two films will not affect each other's performance, as they appeal to distinct moviegoers.[110][111][112] Universal had high hopes in the territory, after Furious 7 grossed an unprecedented $24.9 million in 2015, and became the biggest foreign release ever in the country at the time of its release (now the second-biggest). The Central Board of Film Certification gave the film a UA rating (parental guidance suggested for children under 12), rather than an A for adults, after the studio agreed to cut several profanities (CBFC was willing to pass the film with an A certificate with no cuts but Universal wanted a UA certificate leading to the board censoring all profanities with few cuts).[113] It earned around ₹8.50 crore (US$1.2 million) net from Wednesday paid previews.[114] The following day it grossed ₹22.50 crore (US$3.3 million), including previews.[115] On its official opening day, it grossed ₹16.10 crore (US$2.3 million) for a three-day total of ₹38.60 crore (US$5.6 million).[116] Earning a total of $10.7 million, it set a new record for the biggest-ever foreign opening in the country, toppling its prequel's former record. As such, it is the first foreign film to open north of $10 million.[88][117] Following its record breaking opening, it fell about 58% on its second weekend excluding previews, earning another $4 million for a two-weekend total of over $17.4 million,[118] With over $19.2 million it is currently the biggest foreign release of the year.[119] However, in terms of net earnings—which is the base for box office calculations in India—the film was unable to break past the ₹100 crore (US$14 million) mark, stalling at around ₹85.59 crore (US$12 million). Despite a record breaking opening, it lost significant amount of screen counts and audiences thereafter, partly due to the release of Baahubali: The Conclusion.[120]
The biggest-earning markets are China ($392.8 million), followed by Brazil ($41.8 million), the UK and Ireland ($37.5 million), Mexico ($36.8 million) and Germany ($32.4 million).[121] In Peru, it has become Universal's highest-grossing film ever.[122] With over $1 billion in international receipts and representing a boffo 82% of the film's total worldwide gross, it is currently the seventh-biggest overseas earner behind Avatar, Titanic, Furious 7, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Jurassic World.[123]
Critical response
The Fate of the Furious received mixed reviews.[124][125][126] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 279 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, 'The Fate of the Furious opens a new chapter in the franchise, fueled by the same infectious cast chemistry and over-the-top action fans have come to expect.'[127] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 56 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.[128] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'A' on an A+ to F scale,[129] while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 81% overall positive score and a 71% 'definite recommend.'[75]
Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, writing: 'This isn't my favorite of the series—that's still Furious 7 (it's hard to top those jumps from skyscraper to skyscraper, but this is a worthy entry). These movies know what they are. These movies know they are fun. These are fun movies!'[130]Owen Gleiberman of Variety, in his positive review of the film, wrote: 'Most franchises, after eight films, are feeling a twinge of exhaustion, but this one has achieved a level of success—and perpetual kinetic creative energy—that's a testament to its commercial/cultural/demographic resonance.' He also wrote, 'If this series, over the last 16 years, has taught us anything, it's that just when you think it's about to run out of gas, it gets outfitted with an even more elaborate fuel-injection system.'[131]
Conversely, David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a C− and called it the worst entry of the franchise, saying: 'As much a mess of conflicting tones and styles as it is of locations, this setpiece—like the rest of Gray's movie—feels like a heap of random parts that were thrown together in the hopes that fate might somehow weld them into a roadworthy vehicle. But it's not all groundbreaking.'[132] J. R. Kinnard of PopMatters magazine gave a lukewarm review, writing: 'It's unlikely that devotees will consider The Fate of the Furious one of the stronger entries in the series. Still, the filmmakers and actors are clearly dedicated to making a quality product, avoiding the complacency that often plagues action sequels.'[133]Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying: 'Moments after Dom has gone rogue and apparently wants to kill them, they're making jokes. As they're racing through the streets of New York City or skidding along the ice in Russia, killing bad guys and narrowly avoiding getting killed themselves, they're crackin' wise. Even within this ludicrous universe, it's jarring to hear these supposedly smart folks, who refer to themselves as 'family,' acting like idiots who don't seem to care if they live or die, or if their friends survive.'[134]
Professor of international political economy Richard E. Feinberg has commented on the political significance of the film's opening setting of Havana in the context of shifting U.S.–Cuban relations, calling the eighth installment, 'Hollywood's love letter to Havana'.[135] He writes, 'In the Cuban sequence's dramatic climax, Dom wins his hard-fought one-mile race ('a Cuban mile') against a tough local competitor, by a nose. The loser is gracious: 'You won my car and you earned my respect,' he admits to the FF hero. Dom's response is equally magnanimous: 'Keep your car, your respect is good enough for me.' In this instance, FF8 captures the essence of the relations between the United States and Cuba: it's all about mutual respect.'[135]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturn Awards | June 27, 2018 | Best Action or Adventure Film | The Fate of the Furious | Nominated | [136] |
Best Editing | Christian Wagner and Paul Rubell |
Sequel
On February 3, 2016, Universal Pictures set initial release dates for the two remaining films in the franchise, with the first, tentatively titled Fast & Furious 9, given an initial release date of April 19, 2019.[137] However, on October 4, 2017, the release date was pushed back to April 10, 2020 to accommodate for the spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw,[7] which is scheduled to be released on August 2, 2019.[138] The announcement of the spin-off provoked a response on Instagram by Tyrese Gibson, criticizing Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks Productions co-creator Hiram Garcia (who will serve as producers for the spin-off) for causing the ninth Fast & Furious film to be delayed for another year.[139]
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Furious 7 (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 7 and Fast Seven)[4] is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan and Reilly Sutherland. It is the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. Furious 7 follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker), and the rest of their team, who have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesty for their past crimes in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), until Deckard Shaw (Statham), a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts the team in danger once again.
With the previous three installments set between 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 is the first installment in the franchise to take place after Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013 with filming only half-completed.[5] Following Walker's death, filming was delayed for script rewrites, and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes.[6] These script rewrites completed the story arcs for both Walker and Brewster's characters, which were subsequently retired.
Plans for a seventh installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of Fast & Furious 6. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced to direct the film in place of Justin Lin, who left the franchise after directing the previous four installments. Casting began in the same month with the returns of Diesel and Walker, and an initial release date was set. Principal photography began in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2013, resumed in April 2014 and ended in July 2014, with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi, and Tokyo.
Furious 7 premiered in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 3, 2015, playing in 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX internationally. Upon release, the film became a critical and blockbuster success, with praise being aimed at the film's action sequences and its emotional tribute to Walker. The film grossed $397.6 million worldwide during its opening weekend, which is the sixth highest-grossing opening of all time. The film has grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of the franchise after just twelve days, the third highest-grossing film of 2015[7] and the eighth highest-grossing film of all time.
A sequel, The Fate of the Furious, was released on April 14, 2017.
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Plot[edit]
After defeating Owen Shaw and his crew and securing amnesty for their past crimes,[N 1]Dominic 'Dom' Toretto, Brian O'Conner and the rest of their team have returned to the United States to live normal lives again. Brian begins to accustom himself to life as a father, while Dom tries to help Letty Ortiz regain her memory. Meanwhile, Owen's older brother, Deckard Shaw, breaks into the secure hospital that the comatose Owen is being held in and swears vengeance against Dom and his team, before breaking into Luke Hobbs' Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) office to extract profiles of Dom's crew. After revealing his identity, Shaw engages Hobbs in a fight, and escapes when he detonates a bomb that severely injures Hobbs. Dom later learns from his sister Mia that she is pregnant again and convinces her to tell Brian. However, a bomb, disguised in a package sent from Tokyo, explodes and destroys the Toretto house just seconds after Han, a member of Dom's team, is killed by Shaw in Tokyo.[N 2] Dom later visits Hobbs in a hospital, where he learns that Shaw is a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his brother. Dom then travels to Tokyo to claim Han's body, and meets and races Sean Boswell, a friend of Han's who gives him personal items found at Han's crash site.
Back at Han's funeral in Los Angeles, Dom notices a car observing them, and after a chase, confronts its driver, who is revealed to be Shaw. Both prepare to fight, but Shaw flees when a covert ops team arrives and opens fire, led by Mr. Nobody. Nobody says that he will assist Dom in stopping Shaw if he helps him obtain God's Eye, a computer program that uses digital devices to track down a person, and save its creator, a hacker named Ramsey, from a mercenary named Mose Jakande. Dom, Brian, Letty, Roman Pearce, and Tej Parker then airdrop their cars over the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, ambush Jakande's convoy, and rescue Ramsey. The team then heads to Abu Dhabi, where a billionaire has acquired the flash drive containing God's Eye, and manages to steal it from the owner. With God's Eye near telecommunications repeaters, the team tracks down Shaw, who is waiting at a remote factory. Dom, Brian, Nobody and his team attempt to capture Shaw, but are ambushed by Jakande and his men and forced to flee while Jakande obtains God's Eye. At his own request, the injured Nobody is left behind to be evacuated by helicopter while Brian and Dom continue without him. To reduce their disadvantage, the crew returns to Los Angeles to fight Shaw, Jakande and his men. Meanwhile, Brian promises Mia that once they deal with Shaw, he will retire and fully dedicate himself to their family.
While Jakande pursues Brian and the rest of the team with a stealth helicopter and an aerial drone, Ramsey attempts to hack into God's Eye. Hobbs, seeing the team in trouble, leaves the hospital and destroys the drone with an ambulance. Brian engages Jakande's henchman Kiet and throws him down an elevator shaft before hijacking a signal repeater tower, allowing Ramsey to regain control of God's Eye and shut it down. Dom and Shaw engage in a one-on-one brawl on top of a public parking garage, before Jakande intervenes and attacks them both. Shaw is defeated when part of the parking garage collapses beneath him. Dom then launches his vehicle at Jakande's helicopter, tossing Shaw's bag of grenades onto its skids, before injuring himself when his car lands and crashes. Hobbs then shoots the bag of grenades from ground level, destroying the helicopter and killing Jakande. Dom is pulled from the wreckage of his car, believed to be dead. As Letty cradles Dom's body in her arms, she reveals that she has regained her memories, and that she remembers their wedding. Dom regains consciousness soon after, remarking, 'It's about time'.
Shaw is taken into custody by Hobbs and locked away in a secret, high-security prison. At a beach, Brian and Mia play with their son while Dom, Letty, Roman, Tej, and Ramsey observe, acknowledging that Brian is better off retired with his family. Dom silently leaves, Ramsey asks if he's gonna say goodbye. Dom says, 'It's never goodbye.' He drives away, but Brian catches up with him at a crossroad. As Dom remembers the times that he had with Brian, they bid each other farewell and drive off in separate directions.
Cast[edit]
- Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a former criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty.
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent turned criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his partner, Mia, and their son, Jack. This was Walker's last role in a film before his death in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013.
- Caleb and Cody Walker, Paul's younger brothers, were used among others as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes following their brother's death.[6]
- Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent who allied with Dom and his team after their outings in Rio de Janeiro and Europe. Johnson initially said that if Universal Pictures pursued the accelerated development of a seventh film beginning in the summer, he would be unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts with filming on Hercules.[8] However, as production for the film would commence in September, he confirmed his return for the film, as Hercules would complete production in time to enable him to film a significant part.[9]
- Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dom's wife and a professional street racer, who was revealed to have suffered from amnesia after being presumed dead in Fast & Furious.
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, a former criminal and childhood friend of Brian from Barstow, and a member of Dom's team.
- Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges as Tej Parker, a mechanic from Miami and a member of Dom's team.
- Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's younger sister and a former member of his team who has settled down with her partner, Brian, and their son, Jack.
- Djimon Hounsou as Mose Jakande, a Somali mercenary and terrorist who leads a private military company that allies with Shaw and uses the God's Eye to track its creator and use her to track down his enemies.[10]
- Tony Jaa as Kiet, a member of Jakande's team who possesses great agility, athleticism and fighting prowess. Thai martial arts actor Jaa was confirmed to have joined the cast in August 2013, making his Hollywood debut.[11][12]
- Ronda Rousey as Kara, the Head of Security for an Abu Dhabi billionaire. Rousey's involvement was confirmed in August 2013. Having committed to The Expendables 3 at the same time (along with Russell, who later pulled out, and Statham), Rousey was forced to shoot both films back-to-back in order to allow herself 45 days to focus on training for her UFC championship rematch against Miesha Tate. Her participation in the film was similar to that of Gina Carano making the transition from mixed martial arts fighting to acting, following Carano's involvement in Fast & Furious 6.[13]
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, a British computer hacktivist and the creator of the God's Eye, who allies with Dom and his team after being saved from Jakande and helps them to regain control of her program.[10]
- Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody, the leader of a covert ops team who agrees to help Dom stop Shaw if he can help him prevent Jakande from obtaining a computer program called the God's Eye.
- Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother after his hospitalization at the hands of Dom and his team in Spain.
- Sung Kang as Han, a member in Dominic's crew, appearing in archive footage.
- Gal Gadot as Gisele, a member in Dominic's crew, appearing in archive footage.
- Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, an American street racer who lives in Tokyo whom Dom meets when he travels to Tokyo to claim the body of Han, a mutual friend of theirs killed by Shaw. In September, it was confirmed that Black had signed on to reprise his role as Boswell for Furious 7 and two more installments.[14][15]
- Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, a DSS agent and former Rio police officer who moved to the United States to become Hobbs' new partner at the DSS.
- Noel Gugliemi as Hector, a street race organizer, reprising his role from the first film.
- John Brotherton as Sheppard, Mr. Nobody's right-hand man.[10][16][17][18]
- Ali Fazal plays Safar, a friend of Ramsey to whom she sent the God's Eye for safekeeping. Fazal described his role as a cameo.[19]
- Luke Evans briefly reprises his role from the previous film as Owen Shaw, the comatose younger brother of the film's primary antagonist.[20]
- Australian rapper Iggy Azalea makes a cameo appearance as a Race Wars fan and a female racer; she contributed to the soundtrack.[21][22][23] American singer-rapper T-Pain appears as himself as he DJs a party in Abu Dhabi.[24][25]Klement Tinaj cameos as a Race Wars Racer.[26]
- Bow Wow and Nathalie Kelley appear in archive footage from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Twinkie and Neela, respectively.
- Tego Calderón and Don Omar appear as Tego Leo and Rico Santos, respectively, in archive footage from Fast Five.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On October 21, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that Universal Studios was considering filming two sequels--Fast Six and Fast Seven—back-to-back with a single storyline running through both films. Both would be written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin, who had been the franchise's writer and director, respectively, since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).[27] On December 20, 2011, following the release of Fast Five, Vin Diesel stated that Fast Six would be split into two parts, with writing for the two films occurring simultaneously. On the decision, Diesel said:[28]
We have to pay off this story, we have to service all of these character relationships, and when we started mapping all that out it just went beyond 110 pages ... The studio said, 'You can't fit all that story in one damn movie!'[28]
However, in an interview on February 15, 2012, Dwayne Johnson stated that the two intended sequels would no longer be filmed simultaneously because of weather issues in filming locations, and that production on Fast Seven would only begin after the completion of Fast Six.[29]
In April 2013, during post-production of the retitled Fast & Furious 6, Lin announced that he would not return to direct a seventh film, as the studio wanted to produce the film on an accelerated schedule for release in summer 2014. This would have required Lin to begin pre-production on the sequel while performing post-production on Fast & Furious 6, which he considered would affect the quality of the final product. Despite the usual two-year gap between the previous installments, Universal chose to pursue a sequel quicker due to having fewer reliable franchises than its competitor studios.[30] However, subsequent interviews with Lin have suggested that the sixth film was always intended to be the final installment under his direction.[31]
In April 2013, Australian director James Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced as the sequel's director, with Neal H. Moritz and Michael Fottrell returning to produce and Morgan returning to write the script, his fifth in the franchise. On April 16, 2013, Diesel announced that the sequel would be released on July 11, 2014.[32] In May 2013, Diesel said that the sequel would feature Los Angeles, Tokyo, and the Middle East as locations.[33][34]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began in early September 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, with a casting call issued.[35][36]Abu Dhabi was also a filming location;[37] the production crew chose it over Dubai, as they would benefit from the Emirate's 30% rebate scheme.[38]Pikes Peak Highway in Colorado was closed in September to film some driving sequences.[39]
On September 16, the production filmed with Paul Walker and the Kimsey twins, playing his son, Jack,[40] in front of an Atlanta elementary school.[41] Han's funeral scene was filmed at Oakland Cemetery,[42] with extras needed for the scene being 'hot, hip and trendy cool types of all ethnicities between the ages of 18 and 45'.[43] On the evening of September 19, Lucas Black joined the production[44] for his sole scene with Diesel, in an Atlanta parking garage. Separate scenes with Walker also shot in the same location on the same night,[45] including one half of a phone conversation between his character and Jordana Brewster's. The day after, Diesel posted a picture from the night shoot with Black on his Facebook page.[46]
On October 24, over a month into the film's production, Johnson tweeted he had started shooting for the film after wrapping up on Hercules.[47] Five days later, Diesel posted the first photo of Johnson on the set, in the hospital scene.[48]
On November 30, 2013, while on a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, Walker, who portrayed Brian O'Conner, died in a single-vehicle accident.[49][50] The next day, Universal announced that production would continue after a delay that would allow the filmmakers to rework the film.[51] On December 4, 2013, Universal put production on hold indefinitely.[52] Wan later confirmed that the film had not been cancelled.[53][54][55] On December 22, 2013, Diesel announced on his Facebook page that the film would be released on April 10, 2015.[56] On February 27, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that filming would resume on April 1, and that the cast and crew had headed to Atlanta to prepare for about eight more weeks of shooting.[57] Principal photography ended on July 10, 2014.[4]
Stunts[edit]
The 'air drop' sequence was conceived by stunt coordinator, Spiro Razatos, who also supervised on the franchise's two previous installments; Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6.[61][62] Razatos told Business Insider that he wanted to rely more on real stunts rather than CGI because he wanted the whole sequence to 'feel real' and fulfill audience's expectations.[61] The stunt took months of prep-solving problems. Cameras needed to be mounted onto cars in a way that they would not be destroyed when the cars landed, and the crew had to figure out a safe way to get the cars out of the plane. They performed a dry run with a single car falling out of a plane[61] and did this six times.[62] Cars were dropped from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules high above the Arizona desert, but close up shots that show the cars landing on a mountain road were filmed in Colorado.[62] There were two airplanes, flying at a height of 12,000 feet, each dropping two cars apiece.[61]BRS parachutes enabled with GPS were secured to each of the cars before dropping off the C-130 plane. At about 5,000 feet, the parachutes deployed.[62] Over 10 cameras were used for the sequence. In addition to cameras on the ground, there were cameras remotely operated inside the plane and another three mounted outside each car. Additional cameras were on a helicopter, where Razatos was stationed watching monitors. Three skydivers used in the shoot wore helmet cameras to help shoot the sequence from multiple angles. Sky divers would either jump out before cars or after them.[61] While all the cars landed on their drop zones, 70% landed perfectly and 30% didn't.[62] For the close-up scenes which show the actors inside their cars, a giant gimbal with a 360-degree range of movement were attached to each of the cars and was filmed against a green screen to reproduce their tumble through the sky.[63] The last part of the scene, which shows the cars hitting the road was shot separately. To get that right, the team set up a pulley system that had cars six to ten feet above the ground. When they were dropped from the cranes, the stuntmen who were sitting in the driver's seats raced their engines at about 35 to 40 miles per hour and slid to the ground at full speed. Those cranes were then later removed from the film with computers.[62][63] Razatos admits that the air drop sequence was 'all real' and that it would be 'hard to top'.[61][62]
The scene featuring Brian jumping off a bus off a cliff was performed by a stuntman and was all done without any computer graphics.[64] The shooting for this particular sequence along with the scene in which Dom and his team are pursuing to rescue Ramsey almost didn't happen due to the absence of tax break in Colorado.[64] The studio originally wanted to shoot the sequence in Georgia which provides tax breaks for film productions, and then they'd add woods in the background later in post production to which Razatos denied saying, 'the audience is going to know [it's CGI] and aren't going to feel good about it.'[64] Shooting finally took place in Colorado.[64]
A total of 340 cars were used in the film,[63] and more than 230 cars were destroyed in the making of the film, including several black Mercedes-Benzes, a Ford Crown Victoria, and a Mitsubishi Montero.[65] The film featured the on-screen destruction of a Lykan HyperSport by W Motors, valued at $3.4 million,[66] though the actual car destroyed was a less expensive model made for the film rather than one of the seven actual production HyperSports.[67] The mountain-highway chase scene on Colorado's Monarch Pass proved to be the most damaging sequence with over 40 vehicles being destroyed.[65][68] Only 10 percent of the action sequences in the film were computer-generated, and even then, much of the CGI was employed simply to erase the wires and other contraptions that were used to film real cars and drivers or to add a background.[63] It took more than 3,500 man-days to complete the various stunts of the film.[63] For safety reasons, stunt coordinator, Joel Kramer said that he doesn't let his drivers go above 50 miles per hour.[69]
Redevelopment of Walker's character[edit]
—James Wan, director of Furious 7[70]
In January 2014, Time reported that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would be retired instead of killed, and that new scenes would be developed in order to allow the franchise to continue without him.[71] To recreate Walker's likeness, the filmmakers hired Peter Jackson's Weta Digital visual effects house (which had previously produced the imagery of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings franchise and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes franchise).[72] Initially, what Weta could do was severely constrained by the quality of the reference materials available for Walker's physical appearance.[72] In April 2014, it was reported that Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody had been hired as stand-ins.[73] Their cooperation, along with their strong resemblance to their late brother, enabled the filmmakers to use Walker's likeness throughout the finished film.[72] That is, Weta Digital no longer needed to recreate Walker's entire body from scratch, and could focus on accurately modeling his face.[72] The final film showed Walker's face superimposed over the bodies of his brothers or actor John Brotherton in 350 visual effects shots.[72] 260 used a computer-generated face, while 90 repurposed actual footage of Walker's face borrowed from outtakes or older footage.[72]
Music[edit]
The musical score was composed by Brian Tyler, who scored the third, fourth, and fifth installments of the series.[74] 'There's an emotional component to Fast & Furious 7 that is unique', said Tyler about his experience scoring. 'I think people are really going to be amazed by it.'[75] A soundtrack album to the film was released by Atlantic Records on March 17, 2015.[76]
Songs featured in the film include:
- 'Go Hard or Go Home' (Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea)[77]
- 'Ride Out' (Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, YG & Rich Homie Quan)[78]
- 'See You Again' (Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth)
- 'My Angel' (Prince Royce)
- 'Hamdulillah' (Narcy feat. Shadia Mansour)
- 'Get Low' (Dillon Francis and DJ Snake)
- 'Ay Vamos' (J Balvin feat. Nicky Jam and French Montana)
- 'Tempest' (Deftones)
- 'Meneo' (Fito Blanko)
- 'Payback' (Juicy J, Kevin Gates, Future and Sage the Gemini)
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's 'See You Again', which plays over the film's emotional ending, received both popular and critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for the Song of the Year for the BBC Music Awards and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.[79] 'See You Again' was the best selling-song of 2015 worldwide, with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 20.9 million units according to IFPI.[80]
Release[edit]
The film, which began principal photography in September 2013, was originally designed as a Summer 2014 release. It was put on hold following the fatal car crash that claimed Paul Walker's life on November 30, 2013. The production resumed in April 2014. In October 2014, Universal revealed that the film was officially titled Furious 7,[81] and that the debut trailer would be released during an interactive fan event over social media. In the days leading up to the event, seven-second, behind-the-scenes videos were released, titled '7 Seconds of 7'.[81] On February 1, 2015, a new trailer featuring all-new footage debuted during Super Bowl XLIX.
The film was originally scheduled for release on April 10, 2015, but it was announced that the film's release date had been brought forward a week to April 3, 2015 (the same release date from the 2009 film Fast & Furious). The official announcement in change of date was made in July 2014.[82]Furious 7 premiered at the SXSW Film Festival at 12:07 a.m. at Austin's Paramount Theatre on March 16, 2015.[83] On March 27, 2015, a free standalone expansion for the video game Forza Horizon 2, titled Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, was released to help promote the film.[84] For its global premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, IMAX Corporation installed a new laser projection which was the first such installation in the U.S. and the second worldwide, following The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which opened at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto in December 2014.[85]
Unauthorized distribution[edit]
According to infringement tracking site Excipio, the film was downloaded illegally 2.59 million times in four days (April 2–6) through various torrent sites with India being the top country for the illegal downloading with 578,000 downloads followed by Pakistan (321,000), China (289,000), the U.S. (251,000) and the UK (101,000).[86] A survey revealed that most Indians tended to resort to copyright violation due to lack of availability, pricing concerns, soaring internet costs and censorship, but the main reason being that most of the films are released months after their US dates.[87] It was illegally downloaded 44,794,877 times in 2015, making it the most pirated film released that year and the second most pirated film overall, behind Interstellar which saw over 46.7 million illegal downloads the same year.[88]
Home media[edit]
Furious 7 was released on 7 September 2015 in the UK and was released via DVD and Blu-ray on September 15, 2015 in other countries. The Blu-ray edition features an all new extended edition, deleted scenes, stunts, behind-the-scenes, and the music video for Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's 'See You Again'. The Blu-ray and DVD version include behind-the-scene footage of the 'Race Wars' scene including rapper Iggy Azalea and making of the cars featured in the film.[89] In the U.S. and Canada, it sold roughly 2.5 million units on Blu-ray and DVD in its first week of release, making it the highest-selling home entertainment live-action film of 2015.[90] This record was later surpassed by Jurassic World the following month,[91] which in turn was surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens by the end of the year.
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Furious 7 made $353 million in the United States and Canada and $1.163 billion in other countries, for a worldwide total of $1.516 billion, against its $190 million production budget.[3] Worldwide, it is the eighth highest-grossing film of all time,[92] the third highest-grossing film of 2015,[93] the highest-grossing film in The Fast and the Furious franchise and the second highest-grossing Universal Pictures film.[94] It was also the fastest film to reach the $1 billion mark at the time, doing so in 17 days;[95][96][97] It is also the 20th film to gross over $1 billion. It also became the first film to pass 1 million in 4DX admissions worldwide.[98]Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $513 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film.[99]
Worldwide, Furious 7 was released across 810 IMAX theaters, which was the largest worldwide rollout in IMAX's history,[100][101] Its worldwide opening of $397.6 million was the fifth-highest opening of all time.[102] The film had an IMAX opening weekend total of $20.8 million.[103]Furious 7 also became the first of three films distributed by Universal Pictures with Jurassic World and Minions to earn more than $1 billion in its original run.
North America[edit]
Predictions for the opening weekend of Furious 7 in the United States and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $115 million to $150 million.[104][105] It opened on Friday, April 3, 2015, across 4,004 theaters, including 365 IMAX theaters, which made it the widest opening for a Fast and Furious film and Universal's widest opening release ever (until first surpassed by Jurassic World and Minions).[106][107][108] and earned $67.3 million, marking the tenth-biggest opening day.[109][110] The film's Friday gross included a $15.8 million late-night run (which began at 7 p.m.), from 3,069 theaters, marking Universal's highest late-night run, of which $2.2 million came from IMAX showings, marking the third largest IMAX preview gross ever.[111][112] Based on pure Friday gross (with the omission of revenues from Thursday shows), it earned $51.5 million, marking the fifth-biggest of all time.[113][114] Through Sunday, April 5, it had an opening weekend total of $147.1 million, breaking the record for the biggest April opening (the record was later broken in 2018 by Avengers: Infinity War with $257.7 million),[115] the biggest opening in the Fast & Furious franchise, the biggest Easter opening (the record was broken a year later by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's opening gross of $166 million),[116] the fourth-biggest opening of 2015, the third biggest pre-summer opening ever,[117] and the thirteenth-biggest opening of all time.[118] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $13.3 million, marking the second-biggest of all time for a 2D movie.[119][120] Premium large format comprised 8% ($11.5 million) of the total opening gross from 400 PLF screens, which is the biggest 2D PLF opening.[121] It was Universal's fastest film to reach the $200 million mark at the time, doing so in eight days.[122][123]
In its second weekend, the film expanded to 4,022 theaters, thereby breaking its own record of being the widest Universal Pictures release ever, and earned an estimated $59.6 million, declining by 60%, which is the third best second weekend holdover for a pre-summer film release.[124][125] It became the highest-grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, doing so only in ten days (the previous record which was held by Fast & Furious 6 took fifteen weeks to reach its entire lifetime gross of $238.67 million).[124][126] It also set the record for the biggest second-weekend April gross.[127] It topped the box office for four consecutive weekends,[128] becoming the first film to top the box office for four consecutive weekends since The Hunger Games in March 2012 and one of only 29 films since 1985 to have had four straight box office wins during their theatrical runs, although this highly depends on many factors, including the release time and the competition around.[129][130] It ended its theatrical run on July 24, 2015, playing in theaters for a total of 112 days[3] and became the thirty-first highest-grossing film of all time,[131] the fifth highest-grossing film of 2015,[132] the highest-grossing film in The Fast and the Furious franchise,[133] the second highest-grossing Universal film of 2015 (behind Jurassic World and Minions),[134] and the fifth highest-grossing film distributed by Universal.[134]
Outside North America[edit]
Outside the US and Canada, the film became the third highest-grossing film,[135]the highest-grossing Universal distributed film,[135] and the highest-grossing 2015 film.[136] On April 26, 2015, it became the third film in cinematic history to earn over $1 billion overseas.[137] It opened on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in 12 countries, earning $16.9 million (including previews from 22 countries).[138] It opened in 33 more countries on Thursday, April 2, for a total of 45 countries, earning $43 million from 8,407 screens, marking Universal Pictures overseas' highest-grossing Thursday ever, and for a two-day total of $60 million.[139] It added 20 more countries on Friday, April 3, earning $59.2 million from 9,935 screens in 63 countries, for a three-day total of $120.6 million.[140][141] The film set all-time opening-day records in 15 countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, the Middle East and Thailand,[139][142][143][144][145] and opening day records for Universal Pictures in 40 countries including Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy and Mexico.[140] Through Sunday, April 5, it earned a 4-day opening weekend total of $250.4 million from 10,683 screens in 64 countries, which is the fourth-highest international opening ever, in all which it reached first place at the box office[103][119][146][147] It earned an IMAX opening weekend total of $7.5 million from 175 IMAX screens, breaking the record for the biggest April IMAX gross, previously held by The Winter Soldier ($6.43 million).[103] It set opening weekend records in 29 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam.[103][146] In its second weekend, it held the top spot and fell gradually by 20.4% to $198.7 million (including China's opening day gross) from 18,374 screens in 66 territories as a result of minor competition, and remaining at number one in all 63 territories where it was released the previous week. It added three new countries in its second weekend; China, Russia and Poland.[148] Earning $167.9 million in its third weekend, it topped the box office outside of North America for three consecutive weekends,[149] until surpassed by Avengers: Age of Ultron in its fourth weekend.[150]
The film was a massive box office hit in China. It opened there on April 12 and set an all-time midnight run record with $8.05 million[148][151] and an opening day record with $68.8 million.[148][152] Its opening day included a record breaking $5 million from IMAX run (also breaking Transformers 4's former record of $3.4 million).[148] Through its opening week (April 12–19), it earned $245.9 million.[149][153] For the weekend alone, it took in $88.7 million from 5,454 screens (Friday to Sunday) and $182.4 million (Monday to Sunday) at the Chinese box office. It grossed CN¥1 billion in five days—the fastest time in which that has been achieved—and soon became the highest-grossing foreign film ever in China.[149][153][154] In 15 days, its gross in China surpassed those in Canada and the United States[155] and became the first film in China to make more than 2 billion renminbi.[156] Its success has been credited to China Film Group Corporation, the state-owned film distributor, which had invested considerably in the film, reportedly taking a 10% stake.[157]
The largest openings outside North America and China occurred in Mexico ($21.5 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($18.7 million), Germany ($15.9 million), Russia and the CIS ($15.9 million), Brazil ($11.4 million), France ($11.4 million), Australia ($11.3 million), Taiwan ($10.3 million), Argentina ($9.3 million), Korea ($8.9 million), India ($8.7 million), Italy ($8.2 million), Malaysia ($7.3 million), Spain ($6.3 million), Venezuela ($6 million), Thailand ($6 million), Colombia ($5.2 million)[146][148] and Pakistan ($2.4 million). In the UAE, where parts of the film was shot, it opened with $4.8 million.[146] Out of the 68 countries it was released in, the only country not to open at number one was Japan (locally released with the title, Wild Speed: Skymission) where it earned $6.2 million in its opening weekend, behind Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ($7.6 million).[149] and Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno ($7.4 million).[158] It became the highest-grossing film of all time in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, the UAE, Uruguay, Trinidad and Vietnam and Universal Pictures' highest-grossing film of all time in 29 countries including Argentina, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam.[149] In Latin America, it became the second highest-grossing film ($200 million), the first time Universal has reached the milestone and the second film in history to earn more than $200 million after The Avengers.[159] In total earnings, the largest countries outside the U.S. and Canada are China ($391.2 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta ($60 million), Mexico ($50.9 million), Brazil, ($46.5 million) and Germany ($40.3 million).[160][161][162] It grossed a total of $39 million in IMAX ticket sales in China, the biggest ever in the market.[163]
Critical response[edit]
Furious 7 received positive reviews, with critics praising the film's action set pieces, performances, and its poignant tribute to Walker.[164] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 81% rating based on 253 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, 'Serving up a fresh round of over-the-top thrills while adding unexpected dramatic heft, Furious 7 keeps the franchise moving in more ways than one.'[165] On Metacritic the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.[166] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave Furious 7 an average grade of 'A' on an A+ to F scale.[167]
The film received highly positive reviews upon release at a secret screening at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival on March 16, 2015. Ramin Setoodeh of Variety noted that fans started lining up outside four hours before the film was scheduled to start. The film closed with a tribute to Walker, which left many in the theater 'holding back tears'.[168] Critic Dave Palmer gave the film 7/10, saying, 'Furious 7 is the type of movie Michael Bay has spent his entire career trying to make: filled with shots of scantily clad women, fast cars, and clever one liners'.[169]
A.O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five and said, 'Furious 7 extends its predecessors' inclusive, stereotype-resistant ethic. Compared to almost any other large-scale, big-studio enterprise, the Furious brand practices a slick, no-big-deal multiculturalism, and nods to both feminism and domestic traditionalism.'[170]
John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film however, describing it as 'stupidly diverting', saying the running time was 'overinflated'; he compared watching the film to a morbid game, in addition to criticizing the screenplay.[171]
Accolades[edit]
Year | Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Action | Won | [172] | |
Choice Movie Actor: Action | Vin Diesel | Nominated | |||
Paul Walker | Won | ||||
Choice Movie Actress: Action | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominated | |||
Jordana Brewster | Nominated | ||||
Choice Movie: Villain | Jason Statham | Nominated | |||
Choice Movie: Chemistry | Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris | Nominated | |||
Choice Music: Song from a Movie or TV Show | 'See You Again' by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth | Won | |||
2016 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Won | [173] | |
Favorite Action Movie | Won | ||||
Favorite Action Movie Actor | Vin Diesel | Nominated | |||
Favorite Action Movie Actress | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominated | |||
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Won | [174] | |
Best Action Movie | Nominated | ||||
Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Nominated | [175] | |
Houston Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Nominated | [176] | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Nominated | [177][178] | ||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Won | [179] | |
MTV Movie Awards | Best Action Performance | Vin Diesel | Nominated | [180] | |
Ensemble Cast | Nominated | ||||
Satellite Awards | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Nominated | [181] | |
Saturn Award | Best Action or Adventure Film | Won | [182] | ||
Best Editing | Christian Wagner, Dylan Highsmith, Kirk Morri, and Leigh Folsom Boyd | Nominated | |||
Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release | Furious 7 (Extended Edition) | Nominated | |||
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Original Song | 'See You Again' | Runner-up | [183] | |
Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Mike Wassel, Karen Murphy, Martin Hill, Kevin McIlwain, Dan Sudick | Nominated | [184] |
Sequel[edit]
Regarding a possible sequel, Vin Diesel said:
I was trying to keep it close to the vest throughout the release. Paul Walker used to say that [an eighth film] was guaranteed. And in some ways, when your brother guarantees something, you sometimes feel like you have to make sure it comes to pass ... so if fate has it, then you'll get this when you hear about it. [Furious 7] was for Paul, [the eighth film] is from Paul.[185]
Diesel further hinted at an eighth film on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he stated that Kurt Russell's character would span multiple films. He also stated that the film would take place in New York City.[186] Chris Morgan wrote his sixth script in the franchise, while Neal H. Moritz returned to produce. Moritz later stated, '[The story] is going to have to be something enticing for all of us ... it has to be as good as or better [than Furious 7]'.[187]
At the 2015 CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Diesel announced the film for an April 14, 2017 release date.[188][189] On August 16, 2015, at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards (where Furious 7 received the award for Choice Movie – Action and Walker received the award for Choice Movie Actor – Action), Diesel gave the film the initial title Fast 8.[190] In September 2015, Diesel stated that the script had almost been completed,[191] and expressed interest in Rob Cohen, who directed the first film, to direct the eighth installment.[192] On October 14, 2015, Diesel announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray would direct the film.[193][194]
In July 2015, Moritz said that Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, would not appear in the film, following the use of CGI in the previous film after Walker died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with Moritz stating that his character had 'moved on'.[195] It had previously been reported that Paul's younger brother, Cody Walker, would either join the cast in a new role,[196] or replace his older brother in the role of O'Conner;[197] however, it was later announced that the character will not return to the franchise.[198] Moritz also said that the film would shift the focus of the franchise from a series of heist films to a spy caper, following a similar change in focus from street racing in Fast Five (2011).[199] In December 2016, the film was retitled The Fate of the Furious.[200]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^As depicted in Fast & Furious 6 (2013).
- ^As depicted in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Fast & Furious 6.
References[edit]
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | |
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Directed by | Justin Lin |
Produced by | Neal H. Moritz |
Written by | Chris Morgan |
Based on | The Fast and the Furious by Gary Scott Thompson |
Starring | |
Music by | Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
Edited by | |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures[1] |
Release date | (United States) |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | |
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Budget | $85 million[3] |
Box office | $158.5 million[4] |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 3[5] or Tokyo Drift) is a 2006 American-German action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the third installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. It was released in the United States on June 16, 2006. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift follows high school car enthusiast Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), who is sent to live in Tokyo with his father, and finds solace in the city's drifting community.
Unable to secure the returns of any of the series' initial cast members, plans were made by developers to reconsider Tokyo Drift and make it a distinct entry in the franchise, which was achieved by including a car subgenre, incorporating a location outside the United States, and establishing new characters.[6] Subsequently, the chronological timeline of the franchise shifted, with all future installments (until 2015's Furious 7) being set between 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and Tokyo Drift.
The film also marks the first to begin the franchise's longtime association with director Justin Lin and writer Chris Morgan, with Lin going onto direct the following three sequels (and is attached to direct two additional future films), while Morgan wrote the next five installments.[7] Casting began in April 2005, and principal photography began in Los Angeles in August 2005, with the majority of the film being shot on location in Tokyo.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift achieved some financial success, eventually grossing over $158 million worldwide. However, it is the lowest-grossing film in the franchise.[8] The film received generally mixed to negative reviews, with some critics disliking some elements of the plot, action sequences, and acting.[9][10] However, some praised Lin's direction and parts of the story.[11][12] A prequel, titled Fast & Furious, was released in April 2009 to box office success, and became the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
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Plot[edit]
In Oro Valley, Arizona, high school students Sean Boswell and Clay race their cars to win the affections of Clay's girlfriend Cindy, driving their respective vehicles, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo and a Dodge Viper. When Sean cuts through a structure and catches up to Clay, Clay hits Sean's car repeatedly until they reach a high-speed turn, which causes both cars to crash; Sean's car is totaled. Clay and Cindy's wealthy families help them escape punishment, but because Sean is a repeat offender for street racing, he is sent to live in Tokyo, Japan with his father, a U.S. Navy officer, in order to avoid juvenile detention or jail.
While in Tokyo, Sean befriends Twinkie, a military brat who introduces him to the world of drift racing in Japan. Sean has a confrontation with Takashi—the Drift King (DK)—over Sean talking to Takashi's girlfriend, Neela. Though forbidden to drive, Sean decides to race against Takashi, who has ties to the Yakuza. He borrows a Nissan Silvia from Han Lue, now a business partner to Takashi, but loses his first race with Takashi and ends up totaling the car due to his inability to drift.
To repay his debt for the car he destroyed, Sean agrees to work for Han. This leads to the duo becoming friends, with Han agreeing to teach Sean how to drift. Han also loans him a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution for future races, explaining that he is helping him as Sean is the only person willing to stand up to Takashi. Sean moves in with Han and soon masters drifting, gaining some clout after defeating DK's right-hand man, Morimoto. Sean soon asks Neela out on a date, and learns that after her mother died, she moved in with Takashi's grandmother, which resulted in their relationship. Takashi beats up Sean the next day, telling him to stay away from Neela; Neela subsequently leaves Takashi and moves in with Sean and Han.
Takashi's uncle Kamata, the head of the Yakuza, reprimands Takashi for allowing Han to steal from him. Takashi and Morimoto confront Han, Sean, and Neela about the thefts. Twinkie causes a distraction, allowing Han (in his Mazda RX-7), Sean, and Neela (both in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution) to flee, who are then pursued by Takashi and Morimoto (driving their respective Nissan 350Zs). During the chase, Morimoto is killed in a crash, leaving Takashi to pursue the trio on his own. Han allows Sean to overtake him in order to hold Takashi off, but the chase ends when Sean and Neela crash. Meanwhile, moments after escaping from Takashi, Han is critically injured from a t-bone collision. Han's car explodes, dying instantly just seconds before Sean has a chance to save him.
Takashi, Sean, and his father become involved in an armed standoff which is resolved by Neela agreeing to leave with Takashi. Twinkie gives his money to Sean to replace the money Han stole, which Sean then returns to Kamata. Sean proposes a race against Takashi, with the loser having to leave Tokyo. Kamata agrees to the challenge, but on the condition that the race take place on a mountain, revealed to be the mountain where Takashi himself is the only person to make it down successfully. With all of Han's cars impounded, Sean and Han's friends then rebuild a 1967 Ford Mustang that Sean's father was working on, with a Nissan Skylineengine salvaged from Han's Silvia that was totaled by Sean in his first drift race, and other spare parts.
That night, on the mountain, crowds gather to see the race; Takashi takes the lead initially, but Sean's training allows him to catch up. Determined to win, Takashi resorts to ramming Sean's car, eventually missing and driving off the mountain while Sean crosses the finish line. Kamata keeps his word, and lets Sean remain in Tokyo and is now christened the new Drift King.
As Neela, Twinkie and Sean, the new Drift King, enjoying themselves in their newfound homeplace and freedom. An American shows up to challenge Sean with his muscle car, and Sean accepts after the American proclaims himself as Han's family. Before the two begin to race, the challenger reveals himself to be Dominic Toretto.
Cast[edit]
- Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, a young man interested in street racing and the protagonist of the film.
- Sung Kang as Han Lue, DK's business partner (and old friend of Dominic Toretto) who befriends Sean and teaches him how to drift.
- Bow Wow as Twinkie, Sean's first friend he meets in Tokyo and who sells various consumer goods and catastrophically introduces Sean to drift racing.
- Brian Tee as Takashi, Sean's enemy who is acknowledged as the best drift racer and given the title 'Drift King.'
- Nathalie Kelley as Neela, an Australian who is Takashi's girlfriend, but later on falls for Sean.
- Sonny Chiba as Kamata, Takashi's uncle who is the head of the Yakuza.
- Leonardo Nam as Morimoto, Takashi's close friend and right-hand man.
- Brian Goodman as Lieutenant Boswell, Sean's father.
- Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay, the quarterback of Sean's school whom Sean races at the beginning of the film.
- Lynda Boyd as Ms. Boswell, Sean's mother, who, fed up with moving Sean around, sends him to Tokyo, Japan to live with his father.
- Jason Tobin as Earl, one of Han's friends.
- Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko, Earl's friend.
- Nikki Griffin as Cindy, Clay's girlfriend, who suggests that Clay and Sean race to win her.
- Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto (uncredited), who makes a cameo appearance at the end of the film.
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner in an archived footage in the beginning, which smartly explains his absence in the film.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Neal H. Moritz[13]
Neal H. Moritz, who had produced the two previous installments, began working on the film in 2005. On June 8, 2005, Moritz hired Justin Lin to direct The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.[14] Lin, who wasn't intimately familiar with drifting when he was approached to helm the project, recalled: 'I was in film school when The Fast and the Furious came out, and I saw it along with a sold-out crowd who just ate it up. What really excited me about directing this film was the chance to harness that energy—create a whole new chapter and up the ante by bringing something new to the table for the audience who loves action and speed.'[13]
Vin Diesel agreed to make a cameo in the film in exchange for Universal's ownership to rights of the Riddick series and character, in lieu of financial payment.[15]
Technical[edit]
The Nissan Silvia which Sean trashes in his first race in Japan is depicted as having an RB26DETTengine swap which itself is donated to the Ford Mustang. However, the car in the movie was actually powered by the Silvia's original engine.[16] The Veilside body-kitted Mazda RX-7 driven by Han was originally built by Veilside for the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon, but was later bought by Universal and repainted from dark red, to orange and black, for use in the movie.[17] The car in which Dominic appears in at the end of the film is a highly customized 1970 Plymouth Satellite, which was built for the SEMA Show.[citation needed]
SCC tested the cars of the film, and noted that the cars in Tokyo Drift were slightly faster in an acceleration match up with the cars from 2 Fast 2 Furious.[18]
Notable drifting personalities Keiichi Tsuchiya, Rhys Millen, and Samuel Hübinette were consulted and employed by the movie to provide and execute the drifting and driving stunts in the film.[19]Tanner Foust, Rich Rutherford, Calvin Wan and Alex Pfeiffer were also brought in as none of Universal's own stunt drivers could drift.[20] Some racing events were filmed within the Hawthorne Mall parking lot in Los Angeles, as filming in Tokyo required permits the studio was unable to obtain.[21] They instead used street lights and multiple props to help recreate Tokyo.
Toshi Hayama was also brought in to keep elements of the film portrayed correctly, who was contacted by Roger Fan, an old high school friend who starred in Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow. Hayama ensured certain references were deployed correctly, such as the use of nitrous oxide in straights but not in turns, and keeping the use of references to sponsors to a minimum.[22] One of Kamata's henchman has missing fingers, a punishment typically deployed by the Yakuza. He had to have the missing fingers digitally added in to appease cultural concerns.[20]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Tokyo Drift brought in over $24 million on its opening weekend. The film itself was in limited release in Japan (released under the name Wild Speed 3). The US box office was $62.5 million, and it grossed another $95,953,877 internationally, resulting in total receipts of $158.5 million.[4]
Critical reception[edit]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift gained a 38% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 136 critics; the average rating is 4.9/10. The site's consensus reads: 'Eye-popping driving sequences coupled with a limp story and flat performances make this Drift a disappointing follow-up to previous Fast and Furious installments.'[23] On Metacritic, which determines a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream critics, the film received a score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics meaning 'mixed or average reviews.'[24]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the film, giving it three out of four stars, saying that director Justin Lin 'takes an established franchise and makes it surprisingly fresh and intriguing,' adding that Tokyo Drift is 'more observant than we expect' and that 'the story [is] about something more than fast cars'.[25]Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun felt that 'the opening half-hour may prove to be a disreputable classic of pedal-to-the-metal filmmaking.'[26]Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said that 'it's not much of a movie, but a hell of a ride'.[27]
Michael Medved gave Tokyo Drift one and a half stars out of four, saying: 'There's no discernible plot [...] or emotion or humor.'[28]James Berardinelli from ReelViews also gave it one and a half stars out of four, saying: 'I expect a racing film to be derivative. That goes with the territory. No one is seeing a Fast and the Furious movie for the plot. When it comes to eye candy, the film is on solid ground—it offers plenty of babes and cars (with the latter being more lovingly photographed than the former). However, it is unacceptable that the movie's action scenes (races and chases) are boring and incoherent. If the movie can't deliver on its most important asset, what's the point?'[29]
Richard Roeper strongly criticized the film, saying, 'The whole thing is preposterous. The acting is so awful, some of the worst performances I've seen in a long, long time.'[30]Similarly, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said that Tokyo Drift 'suffers from blurred vision, motor drag and a plot that's running on fumes. Look out for a star cameo—it's the only surprise you'll get from this heap.'[31]Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said: '[The main character] has no plan and no direction, just a blind desire to smash up automobiles and steal a mobster's girlfriend. [...] As for the racing scenes, who cares about the finesse move of drifting, compared to going fast? And who wants to watch guys race in a parking lot? For that matter, who wants to watch guys race down a mountain, with lots of turns?'[32]
Rob Cohen, who directed the first film of the series, was very critical of this film, saying: 'If you were to just watch Tokyo Drift, you'd say 'I never want to see anything related to Fast & Furious again.'[33]
Music[edit]
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on June 27, 2006.[34][35] The album was released by Varèse Sarabande on June 27, 2006.[36]Brian Tyler also partnered with music producers Pharrell Williams and Dr. Dre to help curate the soundtrack. It was followed by the Original Score, which was also composed by Tyler.
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Length | 64:10 | |||
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No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Tokyo Drift' | Teriyaki Boyz | 4:15 |
2. | 'Six Days (Remix)' (featuring Mos Def) | DJ Shadow | 3:52 |
3. | 'The Barracuda' | The 5.6.7.8's | 2:28 |
4. | 'Restless' | Evil Nine | 4:54 |
5. | 'Round Round' | Far East Movement | 3:20 |
6. | 'She Wants to Move (DFA Remix)' | N.E.R.D | 3:34 |
7. | 'Cho Large' (featuring Pharrell) | Teriyaki Boyz | 5:14 |
8. | 'Resound' (without intro) | Dragon Ash | 4:45 |
9. | 'Speed' | Atari Teenage Riot | 2:50 |
10. | 'Bandoleros' (featuring Tego Calderón) | Don Omar | 5:06 |
11. | 'Conteo' | Don Omar | 2:23 |
12. | 'Mustang Nismo' (featuring Slash) | Brian Tyler | 2:25 |
Total length: | 45:54 |
The Original Score[edit]
All music composed by Brian Tyler.
No. | Title | Composer | Length |
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1. | 'Touge' | Brian Tyler | 0:46 |
2. | 'The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift' | Brian Tyler | 7:05 |
3. | 'Saucin' | Brian Tyler | 4:28 |
4. | 'Neela Drifts' | Brian Tyler | 3:27 |
5. | 'Preparation' | Brian Tyler | 1:10 |
6. | 'N2O' | Brian Tyler | 0:49 |
7. | 'Mustang Nismo' | Brian Tyler | 2:21 |
8. | 'Underground' | Brian Tyler | 1:33 |
9. | 'Hot Fuji' | Brian Tyler | 1:55 |
10. | 'This Is My Mexico' | Brian Tyler | 1:23 |
11. | 'Welcome To Tokyo' (written by Slash and Brian Tyler) | Brian Tyler | 1:54 |
12. | 'DK VS Han' | Brian Tyler | 3:32 |
13. | 'Downtown Tokyo Chase' | Brian Tyler | 2:33 |
14. | 'Aftermath' | Brian Tyler | 1:22 |
15. | 'Empty Garage' | Brian Tyler | 1:01 |
16. | 'DK's Revenge' | Brian Tyler | 1:09 |
17. | 'Journey Backwards' | Brian Tyler | 0:58 |
18. | 'Sumo' | Brian Tyler | 1:37 |
19. | 'Sean's Crazy Idea' | Brian Tyler | 2:24 |
20. | 'Dejection' | Brian Tyler | 1:12 |
21. | 'Kamata' | Brian Tyler | 1:32 |
22. | 'Two Guns' | Brian Tyler | 1:29 |
23. | 'I Gotta Do This' | Brian Tyler | 1:14 |
24. | 'Megaton' | Brian Tyler | 2:16 |
25. | 'Neela Confronts DK' | Brian Tyler | 1:47 |
26. | 'Winner ... Gets ... Me' | Brian Tyler | 1:21 |
27. | 'War Theory' | Brian Tyler | 1:54 |
28. | 'I Don't Need You To Save Me' | Brian Tyler | 0:57 |
29. | 'Neela' | Brian Tyler | 1:44 |
30. | 'Symphonic Touge' | Brian Tyler | 6:50 |
Total length: | 1:04:10 |
Fast & Furious Continuity[edit]
Although this is the third movie released in the franchise, it has chronologically been placed as the sixth movie. At the end of Fast & Furious 6 the scene where Han is killed when hit by a car is replayed. In an added scene it is shown that the car was driven by Deckard Shaw. This introduces the main antagonist of Furious 7.
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