They don’t have buddies — they’ve household. Quite a bit has occurred within the Quick and Livid universe for the reason that franchise debuted, each onscreen and off.
Again in 2001, few viewers may have imagined that the primary entry within the collection, The Quick and the Livid, would spawn even one sequel, not to mention a multibillion-dollar franchise that features an animated TV collection and a theme park trip.
The unique movie was loosely based mostly on Ken Li’s “Racer X,” a Vibe journal article about unlawful road racing in New York Metropolis. The late Paul Walker, then comparatively unknown, starred as Brian O’Conner, a Los Angeles police officer despatched to infiltrate a heist crew led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel). Naturally, Brian involves respect Dom for his driving abilities and strict ethical code, and by the tip of the film decides to let him go free.
Whereas the film racked up $40 million on the field workplace throughout its opening weekend, critics weren’t blown away. “The Quick and the Livid is Insurgent And not using a Trigger with out a trigger,” the Washington Submit wrote in June 2001. “The Younger and the Stressed with gasoline fumes. The Fast and the Useless with skid marks.”
The late Roger Ebert, nevertheless, was barely extra impressed by the film’s unusual mix of intense motion scenes and honest bromance. “It doesn’t have a mind in its head, nevertheless it has some nice chase scenes,” he wrote. “The Quick and the Livid just isn’t an awesome film, nevertheless it delivers what it guarantees to ship, and is aware of {that a} chase scene is meant to be about one thing greater than particular results.”
Diesel, then pursuing marquee stardom in XXX and The Chronicles of Riddick, didn’t return for 2003’s 2 Quick 2 Livid or 2006’s The Quick and The Livid: Tokyo Drift, however by film No. 4 — 2009’s Quick & Livid — he had seen the error of his methods. (The actor did make a cameo in Tokyo Drift, however solely after Common agreed to provide him the movie rights to the Riddick collection.)
The California native now sees the franchise as his legacy, particularly since Walker’s 2013 demise in a automobile accident.
“It’s not unusual that I’ll give a speech on set the place I’ll say, ‘We’re making this franchise for those who are not with us,’ which may be very actual, and the implications of which can be very heavy,” he advised Males’s Well being in June 2021. “‘However on the similar time, we’re making the franchise for the people who aren’t born but.’ When you’ve a singular perspective of making a franchise that spans generations, you notice, OK, all of us need to be as sensible as doable. We’ve got to succeed in as excessive as we are able to. As a result of it might be extra vital than only a film. Extra vital than two hours of escapism. There could also be one thing extra at play.”
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