The INSIDER Summary:
- "The Fast and the Furious"was released in 2001. Since then it has spawned seven sequels, including "The Fate of the Furious," which is coming to theaters on April 14th, 2017.
- Family has become the dominant theme of the franchise, especially in the later films.
- The films revolve around Dominic Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, and his tight-knit group of friends and colleagues. They consider each other to be family, rather than just friends and coworkers.
- The main conflict of "The Fate of the Furious" appears to be Dom's betrayal of his family.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is also in the series as the character Hobbs (no relation to the 17th century philosopher or the stuffed tiger).
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