JoBlo Originals's video: Fast Furious 6: The Most Underrated of the Fast Saga

When Fast Five came out in the summer of 2011, it was a smash hit. While people expected the franchise to do well, no one thought that the film would be so big that it would turn what had, up to then, been a series of glorified B-movies into the next major tentpole franchise. To capitalize on the film’s success, Fast & Furious 6 (whose on-screen title is simply Furious 6) was immediately put into production. In fact, director Justin Lin and star Vin Diesel had already planned out an epic conclusion for what they hoped would be the next film before Fast Five ever came out. With their sequel now a reality, Lin and his crew opted to make this an even bigger film than its predecessor, with their home studio, Universal, now granting them the kind of tentpole movie budgets reserved for the 007 and Mission: Impossible Franchises, as Fast Five had been an international smash as well as a domestic one. In the end, Fast & Furious 6 would be an even bigger hit that Fast Five, despite opening against The Hangover - Part III, a movie that many thought would crush the Fast Family. The reverse was true, with Fast & Furious 6 more than doubling that film’s box office take, both at home at internationally. Yet, in the ten years since it hit theaters, people seem to have forgotten just how big of a film it was, with it being overshadowed by the next movie, Furious 7, which stands as the franchise’s biggest hit to date. If people remember Fast & Furious 6 now, it’s mainly for the epic (and gloriously silly) runway chase, and Jason Statham’s cameo in the post-credits sequence. Yet, it remains an important addition to the franchise, with it being the last film Paul Walker completed, while also marking the “death” of Gal Gadot’s Gisele and the return of Michelle Rodriguez as Letty. In this instalment of Revisited, which is written by Cody Hamman, edited by Juan Jimenez and voice by Travis Hopson. Do you think Fast & Furious 6 holds up? Let us know in the comments! For more MOVIE NEWS, visit: http://www.joblo.com SUBSCRIBE for more of all the LATEST JoBlo Videos here: https://goo.gl/R9U81J