News culture This action film has completely re-released its saga in the cinema with grosses of 360 million: it is available for free on TF1+
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ (to name a few) were helpless to witness the strong emergence of a new player in France’s highly competitive SVOD market. The TF1 group launched its new streaming platform at the beginning of 2024, the catalog of which is being expanded very regularly. At the end of April, an action film that grossed $360 million at the international box office thrilled subscribers.
A first cult film
Fast and Furious, the first of its kind, is a legendary film that awakened a generation’s passion for urban motorsports and tuning. Starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, this motorized action film catapulted them to instant stardom, grossing $207.3 million on a modest budget of $38 million. Sure, Fast and Furious is heavily inspired by Point Break, a 1991 cult film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, but it knew how to find its way.
A first perfectable trilogy
Published barely 2 years later 2 Fast 2 Furious without Vin Diesel, but with Paul Walker. Although this sequel is a disappointment from a critical point of view, it performed significantly better at the box office, which confirms the start of production on a new part that, in hindsight, seems to be a spin-off of the franchise. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift was released in 2006 and struggled to win over fans who were reluctant to go to the cinema. The absence of Paul Walker AND Vin Diesel from the cast may have given the saga its edge, although the latter does make a cameo appearance at the very end of the Justin Lin-directed feature.
A new direction for Fast and Furious
3 years after the semi-failure of “Fast and Furious”: Tokyo Drift, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and several actors and actresses who were brought in to become members of the “family” bring the franchise to the cinema with a film with the sober name “Fast & Furious” new on the market. Angry. This original title sets the tone. This fourth episode aims to give the saga a new direction, still focused on action but with a more detailed plot that evolves from film to film. “Fast and Furious 4” is off to a flying start at the box office, with $360 million in its pocket compared to $85 million invested (excluding marketing costs). Since then, the franchise has grown significantly with seven new films, including a spin-off, while the eighth is currently in development. Fast and Furious is available for free on TF1+ until April 3, 2024.
Watch Fast and Furious 4 on TF1+
