( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW THAT THINGS ARE OPENING UP,
I'M EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE A BIG SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER AT THE
THEATRE AGAIN, STARTING WITH THE LATEST FILM IN THE "FAST AND THE
FURIOUS" FRANCHISE, "F9" WHICH IS COMING OUT THIS
WEEKEND.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH.
SUCH FUN.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PREVIOUS ONES, BUT DON'T LET
THAT STOP YOU FROM HAVING AN INCREDIBLE MOVIE-GOING
EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I'VE PREPARED A RECAP OF ALL EIGHT
"FAST AND THE FURIOUS" FILMS TO GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED
SPEED.
GET IT, SUSAN?
SPEED...
FOR "F9."
>> YEAH.
>> James: OKAY, GOOD.
BE WARNED -- FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
THERE WILL BE MAJOR SPOILERS.
AND NOT JUST THESE KINDS: FIRST UP, 2001'S THE FAST AND
THE FURIOUS.
NOW, I'M ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE CORE CAST IN EACH FILM SO WE
WON'T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN HOW RICHARD FROM SEX AND THE CITY
RITA ORA, OR THIS GUY'S IGUANA FIT INTO ALL OF IT.
NOW, THE ORIGINAL TEAM CONSISTS OF BRIAN O'CONNOR, AN UNDERCOVER
POLICE OFFICER WHO'S A MAVERICK THAT REFUSES TO PLAY BY THE
RULES.
THEN WE HAVE DOM TORETTO, LEADER OF A STREET RACING GANG, WHO
LOVES WEARING A WHITE TANK WHO'S A MAVERICK THAT REFUSES TO
PLAY BY THE RULES.
NEXT WE HAVE LETTY, A BADASS RACER, DOM'S GIRLFRIEND, AND A
MAVERICK THAT REFUSES TO PLAY BY THE RULES.
LET'S JUST SAVE SOME TIME, ALL OF THE CHARACTERS GOING FORWARD
ARE MAVERICKS THAT REFUSE TO PLAY BY THE RULES.
SO, YEAH, THAT O.G. TEAM PULLED OFF A STOLEN DVD PLAYER HEIST
AND THINGS GET PRETTY DICEY.
( SHOUTING ) >> GIVE ME YOUR HAND!
( CRASHING SOUNDS >> James: I KNOW.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT BECAUSE TODAY THAT TRUCK LOAD OF
D.V.D. PLAYERS IS WORTH LIKE $4.
2003'S, "2 FAST 2 FURIOUS" REMEMBER ALL THOSE CHARACTERS
YOU LOVED FROM THE FIRST MOVIE?
WELL, THEY'RE ALL GONE.
EXCEPT O'CONNOR.
NOW HE'S HANGING WITH HIS OLD FRIEND ROMAN, HIS NEW FRIEND,
TEJ.
AND THESE GUYS: SO, O'CONNOR AND ROMAN GO
UNDERCOVER WITH U.S. CUSTOMS AGENT, MONICA FUENTES TO BRING
DOWN A MIAMI-BASED DRUG LORD.
AND THEY DO IT THE ONLY WAY THEY KNOW HOW: DRIVING A CAR OFF A
CLIFF ONTO A BOAT.
[ CRASHING SOUNDS ] >> WHOA!
( BLEEP ) >> James: INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MOVIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
NOW HERE'S WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
THE THIRD FILM, "THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT"
WAS RELEASED IN 2006, BUT ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE IN 2014.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S 2009'S "FAST & FURIOUS,"
WHERE THE TEAM IS HIRED BY THE F.B.I. TO BRING DOWN A HEROIN
IMPORTER.
YOU KNOW, REGULAR CAR RACING STUFF.
SADLY, ROMAN AND TEJ ARE NOT IN THIS ONE.
BUT WE GOT O'CONNOR AND THE RETURN OF TORETTO, MIA AND
LETTY...
UNTIL LETTY GETS MURDERED.
WE ALSO MEET DOM'S RIGHT-HAND MAN, HAN.
AND GISELE, A LIAISON FOR A MEXICAN DRUG LORD AND JUST ONE
OF THE MANY WOMEN IN THE FRANCHISE WHO DEVELOPS ROMANTIC
FEELINGS FOR DOM.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S NOT WHAT DOM'S LOOKING FOR, WHICH IS:
>> 20% ANGEL, 80% DEVIL.
>> James: AH, SO CLOSE, I'M ONLY 18% ANGEL.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, NOW ONTO THE TURNING POINT
IN THE SERIES...
SUSAN, TURNING POINT?
YOU GET IT?
2011'S, "FAST FIVE."
WE STILL GOT OUR GUYS, O'CONNOR AND TORETTO.
ALONG WITH GISELE, HAN AND BRIAN'S GIRLFRIEND/DOM'S SISTER,
MIA.
PLUS, TEJ AND ROMAN ARE BACK AND WE MEET LUKE HOBBS, A DIPLOMATIC
SECURITY SERVICE AGENT WHO IS ALWAYS SWEATY.
WORKING ALONGSIDE HOBBS IS ELENA, WHO EVENTUALLY FALLS IN
LOVE WITH TORETTO, WHO, ALONG WITH O'CONNOR, IS NOW A WANTED
MAN, SO THEY'VE MOVED TO RIO WHERE THEY PULL OFF THEIR
BIGGEST HEIST YET -- STEALING A MASSIVE SAFE FROM A
CORRUPT DRUG LORD CONTAINING $100 MILLION.
THE MODERN DAY EQUIVALENT OF 2 BILLION D.V.D. PLAYERS.
REMEMBER HOW I SAID LETTY DIED?
WELL, TURNS OUT SHE DIDN'T.
THAT'S THE POWER OF BEING IN LOVE WITH DOM TORETTO.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE SORRY, DEATH.
THAT GUY'S TOO HOT.
WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS LATER.
AND NOW 2013'S, "FAST & FURIOUS 6."
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, O'CONNOR IS A DAD NOW.
WHICH MEANS HE'S ABOUT TO GET A SICK UPGRADE TO HIS CAR.
ONE OF THESE -- ( LAUGHTER )
I LOVE THIS ONE BECAUSEIT TAKES PLACE IN LONDON AND IT REALLY
CAPTURES MY FELLOW ENGLISHMAN PERFECTLY:
>> GENTLEMEN, YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY AFFORD THE CARS IN THIS
AUCTION, SUBSTANTIAL LACK AFTER GAUDY JEWELRY, NO ENTOURAGE, NO
HEINIES, CLEARLY, YOU'RE NOT A BALLER.
>> James: WELL, CLEARLY, YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN "BALLERS" ON HBO.
BUT GET THIS, LETTY IS BACK WITH A CASE OF AMNESIA SO STRONG SHE
CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HER LOVE FOR THE HOTTEST GUY ALIVE, DOM
TORETTO AND SHE ENDS UP SHOOTING HIM IN THE CHEST.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK TORETTO DID?
DID HE CALL AN AMBULANCE?
TRY TO GET TO A HOSPITAL?
NO, HE REMOVED THE BULLET ALL BY HIMSELF.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE
CAN'T GET HEALTH INSURANCE.
BUT IT'S FOR THE BEST, BECAUSE TORETTO IS NOW IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH ELENA, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH HOBBS, O'CONNOR, MIA, TEJ,
ROMAN, GISELLE AND HAN IN A FIGHT AGAINST FORMER BRITISH
SOLDIER, OWEN SHAW, WHO HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF LETTY'S
AMNESIA TO TURN HER AGAINST THE FAMILY.
AND SPEAKING OF THE FAMILY, HAN AND GISELLE ARE NOW FULLY IN
LOVE.
SO MUCH SO, THAT GISELE SACRIFICES HER LIFE TO SAVE HAN
DURING A MID-AIR GUN FIGHT ON TOP OF A CAR.
♪ IMAGINE THERE'S NO HEAVEN ♪ ( LAUGHTER )
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO "TOKYO DRIFT."
EVERYONE WE'VE MET SO FAR IS GONE, EXCEPT FOR HAN.
THEN HE DRIFTS, THEN HE DIES.
THESE GUYS WERE THERE TOO.
NOW ONTO 2015'S "FURIOUS 7."
WE ARE BACK WITH O'CONNOR, TORETTO, MIA, LETTY, ROMAN, TEJ,
HOBBS, ELENA AND SEAN.
WE THEN MEET HAN'S KILLER, DECKARD SHAW, A ROGUE SPECIAL
FORCES ASSASSIN SEEKING TO AVENGE HIS COMATOSE YOUNGER
BROTHER.
AND RAMSEY, A COMPUTER HACKER WHO CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED THE
GOD'S EYE, WHICH CAN HACK INTO ANYTHING.
WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN HOW THIS VIDEO EVER CAME TO LIGHT:
♪♪♪ WE LOVE VIN DIESEL, BUT LET'S BE
HONEST- THAT IS TOO TOO FAST AND TOO TOO FURIOUS EVEN FOR US.
NOW, FOR FURIOUS 7, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY AND GET INTO THE
PLOT, I'M JUST GOING TO LIST THE HIGHLIGHTS: HOBBS DECIDES IT'S
TIME TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL, AND REMOVES HIS CAST LIKE THIS:
THEN THEY DRIVE A CAR OUT OF A SKYSCRAPER INTO ANOTHER
SKYSCRAPER.
AGAIN, THESE ARE GUYS WHO RACE STREET CARS.
THEN THEY PARACHUTE CARS OUT OF A MASSIVE PLANE.
THIS ACTUALLY RUINED OUR NEXT BIG IDEA FOR CARPOOL KARAOKE.
NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING - THIS IS SOME PRETTY
UNBELIEVABLE STUFF.
YET THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE IS
THEY DRIVE AROUND DOWNTOWN L.A WITHOUT ANY TRAFFIC.
HE ACTUALLY RAN A RED LIGHT IN THAT LAST ONE.
AND HE'S GONNA GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY
SKIPPED OVER IN THE NEXT MOVIE, "THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS."
THIS IS THE EIGHTH ENTRY IN "THE FAST AND FURIOUS" FRANCHISE.
AND WE ALL KNOW NUMBER EIGHT IS WHEN MOST FILM SERIES REALLY HIT
THEIR STRIDE.
O'CONNOR AND MIA LEFT TO FOCUS ON THEIR FAMILY.
BUT WE STILL GOT HOBBS, SHAW, TORETTO, LETTY,ROMAN, TEJ,
RAMSEY AND ELENA WHO WE LEARN, JUST HAD DOM'S BABY FROM THE
TIME THEY DATED IN "FAST AND FURIOUS 6."
PLUS THE INTRODUCTION OF SCOTT EASTWOOD AS LITTLE NOBODY, HELEN
MIRREN AS THE SHAW BROTHER MOTHER, AND CHARLIZE THERON AS
CIPHER, A CYBERTERRORIST WHO CAN MAKE IT RAIN WITH CARS.
>> MAKE IT RAIN.
TARGET IMMOBILIZED.
>> James: ARE YOU SURE?
( LAUGHTER ) YOU MIGHT WANT TO DROP A FEW
MORE CARS ON TOP OF HIM JUST TO BE SAFE.
SO CIPHER LATER KILLS ELENA RIGHT IN FRONT OF TORETTO.
THEN A COUPLE OTHER LITTLE THINGS HAPPEN, LIKE SHAW KILLING
A BUNCH OF BAD GUYS WHILE HOLDING HIS RIVAL'S BABY
ROMAN SKIING ON A LAMBO DOOR.
SOME CARS FIGHT A SUBMARINE.
YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYDAY KIND OF STUFF.
BUT IN THE END, THIS GROUP OF STREET RACERS MANAGES TO TAKE
DOWN THE MOST POWERFUL CYBERTERRORIST IN THE WORLD.
THAT BASICALLY BRINGS US UP TO SPEED FOR F9.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH,
JUST REMEMBER... YES, THESE MOVIES HAVE HUGE EXPLOSIONS AND
MASSIVE STUNTS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ABOUT ONE THING.
>> FAMILY.
I DON'T HAVE FRIENDS.
I'VE GOT FAMILY.
>> James: SO YOU'RE ALL CAUGHT UP.
WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR THIS FILM.
YOU'RE GOING TO ABSOLUTELYOV IT.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE MOVIE THEATER THIS WEEKEND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ELIZABETH OLSEN.
COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!