The Fast & Furious franchise shifted from street racing to action-packed adventures after the commercial and critical failure of 2006's The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
The flop of one of the earlier movies in the Fast & Furious franchise led to the series completely changing course, and eventually turning into an action series. 2001's The Fast and the Furious was the first film in the long-running franchise, and was a grounded story about an undercover police officer who joined a group of street racers. At its core, the Fast & Furious franchise has always been about street racing, and the first few films in the series showcased this.
However, it didn't take long for the Fast & Furious movies to become increasingly more action-packed. 2 Fast 2 Furious showed hints of the over-the-top action the franchise was capable of, but it was 2009's Fast & Furious, the fourth film in the series, that truly transformed the franchise from a series about street racing to pure action movies. The direction that Fast & Furious took was a result of the flop of the third movie in the franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The series' third movie was a spinoff film that flopped both critically and commercially. After the failure of Tokyo Drift, the Fast & Furious franchise changed dramatically. Tokyo Drift’s Flop Caused Fast & Furious To Course Correct After 2 Failed Sequels Tokyo Drift Was A Spinoff Movie That Didn't Perform Well Close The first Fast & Furious movie was about the relationship between Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto and Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner. However, the second film in the series only focused on Brian, since Diesel did not return for the sequel. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift then focused on neither Brian nor Dom, and instead followed a new character, Sean Boswell. Ultimately, Tokyo Drift flopped at the box office, only making $157,794,205 on a budget of $85 million (via The Numbers). Furthermore, Tokyo Drift did not receive many strong reviews. The film has an underwhelming score of 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the lowest-rated entries in the series (via Rotten Tomatoes
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