Fast & Furious 6

Fast & Furious 6

The Fast And The Furious franchise began back in 2001 and I don't think anybody ever expected it to be going strong over a decade later.

But that is exactly what has happened and this summer sees the sixth instalment hit the big screen - and there is some really excitement beginning to grow around this movie.

The movie comes just two years after the success of Fast 5; a film that went on to become the most successful instalment of the franchise to date.

It is not very often that the fifth movie is the most successful and so it should come as no surprise that this sixth film was given the green light.

Justin Lin is back in the director's chair while Chris Morgan is also back to pen the screenplay.

Franchise originals Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster are all back while Dwayne Johnson reprises his role of Luke Hobbs from the fifth film.

While there are many familiar names on the cast list such as Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris there are a couple of new faces to watch out for.

Luke Evans and Gina Carino are the two big additions sixth time around; Evans plays baddie Owen Shaw while Carino plays Riley, a member of Hobbs' team.

Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian’s (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete.

Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez).

The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

With Fast Five the parameters of the franchise were changed as this became more than just a movie about fast cars it became a heist movie - no doubt this is what contributed to it's success.

Fast & Furious 6 looks set to be another action filled movie that should be a box office smash over the summer.


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