The potential return of a classic franchise character in the Fast X: Part 2 means that Vin Diesel's Dom can finally meet her. Following the solid $704 million box office performance of 2023's Fast X, a feat that was lessened by the film's remarkably high budget of $340 million, the highly anticipated Fast X: Part 2 is expected to be the final installment of the celebrated series. Fast X's cast is one of the most robust ensembles in the franchise's history, featuring performances from Diesel, Jason Momoa, John Cena, Jason Statham, Brie Larson, Charlize Theron, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, and Tyrese Gibson.

Fast & Furious' 37% Rotten Tomatoes movie hasn't received much love over the years, but I'll always defend the underrated project. Having debuted over two decades ago, Fast & Furious has grown into one of the biggest action franchises of all time, with an incredible box office haul and a number of hit movies. Although Fast X was a box office flop, the saga had a financial hot streak heading into the tenth installment, proving how much it had grown, and despite not always being celebrated by the critics, Fast & Furious has still cemented itself as a cinematic spectacle.

Suki served as a key ally to Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) in 2 Fast 2 Furious, but the character strangely hasn't appeared in any installments since her 2003 franchise debut (that might be about to change, though). Devon Aoki played the prominent female driver who encountered Brian through the local Miami street racing scene in the 2003 action film, directed by John Singleton. Despite being the love interest of Tej Parker (Ludacris) in The Fast and the Furious follow-up, Suki received a concise arc in The Fast Saga.

The best thing about2 Fast 2 Furious, one of the worst Fast and Furious movies, was sadly forgotten by the franchise. It is very difficult for a sequel to match the quality or success of the original movie, and 2 Fast 2 Furious is one of the best examples of it. The sequel to The Fast and the Furious is the second worst-rated entry in the franchise on Rotten Tomatoes. Although it made sense for Fast and Furious to move away from the 2003 disappointment, it ended up ignoring one great thing about the film.

2 Fast 2 Furious teased that its villain Carter Verone would return, but Cole Ha's character still hasn't come back to the Fast & Furious franchise after 20 years. The second Fast & Furious movie introduced several characters who went on to become main parts of the franchise. Roman Pearce and Tej Parker eventually ed Dominic Toretto's crew in sequels thanks to their history with Brian O'Connor and still have roles to play in recent films. Fast Five's post-credits scene even brought back Monica Fuentes for a critical scene. However, 2 Fast 2 Furious' villain Carter Verone is among the characters who have not come back.

Fast 5 is widely acknowledged as the pivotal moment when the Fast & Furious franchise finally lost its grip on the boundaries of physics and became completely outrageous, but the truth is that the saga was always silly. Much has changed since the original 2001 movie. But, while Fast & Furious' focus may have shifted from underground LA street racing to firing Ludacris and Tyrese into space, each movie has stuck to the series' principles of full-throttle action at the expense of realism. Although Fast 5 and the notorious safe chase are often blamed for the departure into fantasy, there are many earlier moments that prove how ridiculous the series has always been.

While Tej Parker might not have debuted in the Fast & Furiousmovies until 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ludacris himself has been in the franchise from its very beginning. The world first met franchise lead Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in 2001's The Fast & the Furious, with Dom leading the way in the Fast Saga's one-of-a-kind evolution over the course of the series. Despite that transformation, two things have never changed about the Fast & Furious movies - the importance of cars, and the even greater importance of family.

Tyrese's Roman Pearce has been a part of the Fast and Furious franchise since 2 Fast 2 Furious, but the character went through a major change after his return in Fast Five - throwing out the original plan for the character. After 2 Fast 2 Furious failed at the box office, the Fast and Furious franchise shifted to something completely different in Tokyo Drift – a high school movie featuring all new characters set in Tokyo. However, Fast & Furious (2009) brought Vin Diesel and Paul Walker back for a more direct sequel to The Fast and the Furious, followed by different worlds colliding in Fast Five's ensemble cast of actors from all the four previous movies in the saga.

What was Brian O'Conner doing between The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious? This question was answered by a promotional short film titled The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious. It was released to select theaters as a special tie-in to the film and featured Paul Walker as Brian in the immediate aftermath of the first movie. It's since been included in many of the home releases for 2 Fast 2 Furious, though it has been largely forgotten by all but die-hard fans of the franchise.