So successful that it has its own spin-off already, the history of The Fast and the Furious is the arc of a small action movie turning into a franchise behemoth. Who could have guessed that 2001’s “ The Fast and the Furious,” a movie about an undercover cop infiltrating a group of drag racers, would become arguably the biggest franchise of its generation? The history of The Fast and the Furious is a history of how the blockbuster has changed over the last decade, going from a relatively realistic movie about fast cars to a series that has gotten more bombastic and ridiculous with each installment.
