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  1. career (career): Justin Lin → Fast Five. Sean credits Justin Lin as most responsible for pushing the franchise from street racing to bigger action.
    “Justin Lynn is probably most responsible for taking the franchise from this grounded street level action”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:04:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Fast Five → The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five.
    “He figures it out perfectly in fast five.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Fast Five: Amanda came to the series with Fast Five and it was her first Fast film, a baptism by fire.
    “I was taken by friends to see Fast 5 in a theater.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:06:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries.
    “That's why the 1st one was so effective.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Fast Five: Onion video: interview with a child as Fast 5's screenwriter.
    “the interview was with a small child”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:14:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Fast Five → F9. Same villain structure: the Rock isn't quite a villain in Fast Five and Cena turns good in F9.
    “But then they do it again in fast 5 with the rock, and he's not really the villain, but he's the villain.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:22:57 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Fast Five → Citizen Kane. Amanda says the franchise has room alongside Citizen Kane.
    “And is it Citizen Kane?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:27:34 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. industry (industry): Fast Five → The Fast and the Furious. Franchise films fund other films like bestselling books float a publisher.
    “They don't get made if you don't have movies like these that are fucking just bringing in every dollar.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:28:16 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Fast Five → Furious 7. Amanda's personal order puts Fast Five first, and she ranks Furious 7 third.
    “I obviously am putting Fast 5 at number one.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:05 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2.
    “If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75 sure it was them)
  11. contrast (contrast): Furious 7 → Fast Five. Shea argues Furious 7 beats Fast Five on emotion; Amanda says Fast Five opens up all the possibility.
    “But like fast 5 is that it opens up all the possibility.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  12. craft (craft): Fast Five → Furious 7. Amanda defends Fast Five over Furious 7 by the Rio safe-drag set piece.
    “Like they took the safe out of the wall and then they just dragged it through the city and then they switched it to another safe.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  13. verdict (verdict): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Shea's sequel-vs-original ranking: original at 1 as start of everything and best Dom/Brian, Fast Five at 2.
    “It's the start of everything.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:31:03 · Shea Serrano (0.80 sure it was them)
  14. theme (theme): Hobbs & Shaw → Fast Five. Sean expects the franchise to become expansion titles because Statham and Diesel do not want to make movies together.
    “clearly Jason Statham and Vin Diesel don't necessarily want to make a lot of movies together”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  15. lineage (lineage): Fast and Furious 6 → Fast Five. Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece.
    “That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  16. lineage (lineage): The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift → Fast Five. Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart.
    “If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  17. verdict (verdict): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Final ranking has the original at number one, Fast Five second, as a compromise.
    “number two, Fast five, number one, the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:45:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about Fast Five: Amanda's evergreen: the Rio safe drag, which she yells about again at the close.
    “So they just hitched their cars to it and took the safe with them.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 1:01:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  19. industry (franchise peak at five): Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation → Fast Five. Both are fifth entries considered the best of their franchise.
    “I mean, Fast and Furious.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:35:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  20. craft (craft): The Avengers → Fast Five. Both are ensemble movies where everyone shines, setups pay off, and every moment is fun.
    “here's a big ensemble cast. everyone shines, everything that's set up is paid off, elegantly, and every moment is fun.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:06:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. programming (programming): Thor → Fast Five. Thor's opening was the Memorial Day-season release, with Fast Five as the number two film in its 2nd weekend.
    “Number 2 is one of the best movies of this year.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:50:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  22. industry (industry): The Incredible Hulk → Fast Five. The film belongs to a 2007-2011 window where everything was set in Rio favelas with rooftop chases, like the Fast and Furious entries.
    “in, like, there's a four-year gap window in Hollywood where they're like, everything should be set in the favelas of Rio.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:07:17 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)