It’s a shame that Tokyo Drift was the least profitable of the Fast & Furious franchise. That’s been a fan favorite ever since it came out. And as you said once that movie has JDM cars with wide body kits & big turbos, awesome race scenes, and hot Asian women. What’s not to love?
Cool movie but has lots of inaccuracies! The use of an EVO in a movie about *Drifting* is one of them… The best movie is and will always be the original one!
@@Kev27RS I wonder if another timeline did the series split and we got Tokyo Drift movies every other main movie. I don't mind them tying TK into the main series, I just really wanted Hans return to be done much better. It was a lazy cop out
@@sonicallstarify Yeah, the way that the producers handled Tokyo Drift regarding its connection to the rest of the movies, is bullshit! If it wasn’t for the popularity of the character "Han", the UNIVERSAL producers wouldn’t have brought him back for the fourth movie and the storyline / timeline of the franchise wouldn’t be such a mess nowadays… It messed everything up! The producers decided to kill the coolest character of the movie while creating the movie Tokyo Drift. That movie takes place after Fast & Furious 6 NOW… It wasn’t supposed to be that way initially though. The producers took around 8 years to decide where to place and connect Tokyo Drift in the franchise’s timeline… All because they decided to bring the character "Han" back for the fourth movie. I guess the first big mistake was to kill the character Han in the Tokyo Drift movie. Then bringing him back in the fourth movie was the pivotal moment that messed everything up… It was the last nail on the coffin when Furious 7 came out and the producers started to "reinvent" everything related to Tokyo Drift… Han‘s comeback in Fast And Furious 9 doesn’t make any sense at all… It was all "fan service"! As much as I enjoy Tokyo Drift for what it represents, that movie will always leave a sour taste in my mouth… It’s unfortunate!
I think most of the F & F from 1-6 was good but after that it’s just a no go unless Craig is their lead advisor again because they definitely need help with getting the franchise back on track with real scenarios for car enthusiasts with real street racing and no space travel or cars flying . Great job on the research Mr Lieberman. Hope you and the family are well.
The tokyo drift R33 was up for sale in the UK around 2009. As was one of the 350Zs (one of the stunt ones had roof panel damage) not even expensive, both going for around £10k
I keep thinking that one of the reasons why the third movie didn’t sold profitable tickets is because during that time the pirate movies were at all times high. 🏴☠️ 💿 But I do remember go and watch that movie in theaters and the room was full with people that by the time the movie end and everybody started leaving, they couldn’t help themselves but to rev their engines on their way out. No matter if your car even sucked. So people did liked the movie, but when pirates movies were so available why bother. 🏴☠️ 💿
The silver and blue R33, i saw it for sale as a chassis on Yahoo Auctions japan about 6 years ago. It still had the chrome star stickers around the body.
The GT-C was the VS-KF of the early 2000s. There was a grey S15 Spec-R with a Vertex Ridge kit and GT-C that was my teenage dream car for years. Then everyone became obsessed with the Stance movement and 3-piece wheels and the GT-C, GT-V and similar Volk Racing wheelsnof the time, fell to the back of the car scene. the GT-C was even featured on the Need for Speed Underground 2 cover. It was truly the wheel of the early 2000s.
Tokyo Drift is my favorite out of the first 5 movies. What ever happened to the RB powered Mustang, that was the car in the movie that made me love it...
@@DmitriyKl adding to your point, If I'm correct, the only one that's RB powered is the Hero-1 car, the rest of them are V8 powered. And they just change up the sound in editing...
Many years ago, I was working at a Nissan dealership here in CA. One of the black 350 Z cars had come in for an inspection and minor repairs. Had A F&F Tokyo Drift license plate frame. At the time I didn't know what that meant cause there was no Tokyo Drift movie. Only 2 Fast 2 Furious. Months later Tokyo Drift came out in theaters.
The scene with Han's Veilside RX7 and the R33 GT-R, is without doubt, the purest moment to the entire series - I've long thought it was the best scene by far and it's interesting to hear your thoughts on it too. I've seen something similar in real life, long before the films were produced and it was utterly EPIC.
Craig, thanks for continuing to make videos on the FF franchise. It's awesome to be able to watch Tokyo Drift in 2024, jump on here and see recent content about a nearly 20 year old movie.
I remember the mustang with the RB26 for sale on eBay well over a decade ago. Believe it sold for like 30-40k. 😂 I tried to convince my dad to get it and it would be an investment. He laughed. I would’ve been not much over 18 at the time.
I think the far greater interest in Japanese cars comes from the fact these were the first well-known movies that really put "Tuners" in the spotlight, and a spotlight that's hard to put it out, and most importantly these cars were heavily customized and that helped to build the personality of these cars and the character who drives them. Muscle cars and exotic cars in the other hand are prominently featured in just about every movie Hollywood makes, so they just become things people will roll their eyes and say "yet another movie Charger", "yet another movie Lamborghini", that's not to say that these cars aren't incredible in their own, but they aren't that special in the context of media presence. I'd love to know where is Han's 1997 RX-7 these days, the VeilSide demo car that is. I think a few years back one of the Fortune RX-7s went up for sale, but that was the backup to the hero car built from a silver 1992 RX-7, would be nice to know where the car is now as well. Shame about Dom's RX-7 though, that's an iconic car and to think the owner is just letting it sit and pick up dust like that is heartbreaking.
Tokyo drift won the time challenge.. And it's got lots of rewatching potential just like the first two movies. Every movie after is single-serving. Don't wanna watch them again
I don't know if it's still here, but one of these R33 was part of private collection in Munich Germany, when he bought it around 2 years ago it was missing rims and star stickers but his project was to source these parts. Also for Mona Lisa she is now in south east of France and prior to that it was in Ireland
I have a weird "history" with Han's Orange car.. I really liked it, but did not recognized what model was it. Spent some time searching what was it. Then I discovered it was an RX7 and ... I still prefer the original lines of the model. It's stupid on my part, but in my head (and knowing/respecting how iconic the movie model is) it felt as a downgrade on the original design. (Note: I don't dislike the mocvie's car, I'm talking in direct comparison on it and an original RX7).
The orange Veilside RX-7 (FD3S) and the gold Top Secret 350Z (Z33) are absolute masterpieces. But my biggest question in that movie is, who drove the yellow Toyota Chaser (JZX100) that was racing against a blue RX-7 (FD3S) in the scene where Sean saw what drifting is about before his first race against D.K. (a.k.a. Takashi Kamata)?
Also Romens white mustang fastback is in a junkyard in the United Kingdom that is being parted out. All three wheels that were left and the front clip were all sold to my friend also
Is that RX-7 at 10:25 the same one used on Dennis Hopper's 2004 movie "The Last Ride"? It was a underfunded version of the first F&F, but I watched it several times on DVD and this car even appears in the back of the DVD cover. I was always curious about it.
I believe the muscle cars aren't that exciting because they arent AS modified as the JDMs. Doms charger was a highlight and definitely was a monster of a car but besides the motor and the stripped interior it looked like a regular charger. The jdms were all bodykitted wings lights etc, thats what made most of us fall in love with them, and they were "fast," not just show. ❤
one of the 350z is (or was) in Norway. was for sale back in 2016. and one of the chargers from the first movie is also in Norway (if it is not sold and exported) i also think we got a evo here. and a couple of other cars from the F&F franchise
I could be wrong, but as far as I know the original yellow chaser from Tokyo Drift has to be somewhere in russia. I can search for some information if you want. I think I saw a video on RU-vid about it.
I believe one of the veilslide rx7s from the movie currently lives is Perth Western Australia Its in the Lee Collections Warehouse I remember reading that the hero 1 car was sold to an avid car collection in australia and then a little while later the lee collection then posted a photo of it in their warehouse
I think the hero 1 “mona Lisa” was imported to Ireland around 2008 it was still in the country up untill 2018 I think when it then got sold on to where I don’t know.
I can tell you this i'm in the car industry. This was a years back after fast four. There was a trailer of cars that was for sale around texas. They had a trailer full of cars and no buyers
A childhood friend of mine had one of the stuntcar version of Mona Lisa, Felix Lindvall which is competing Dmec but then I think he sold it to a finnish driver
Fast and furious was big and we were all waiting for the next instalment, I remember going to watch Tokyo drift at the movies not realizing it was the sequel to 2 fast to furious. It was a great movie but it dident have Paul walker.
Universal Studios Florida has a Veilside RX-7 and a Blue Ford that Paul drove on display in their F&F ride. No idea if they're screen used or not though..
Also the main cars from later movies Fast 4 - 7 go already for six figure money Craig. We have proof since some from our club members and friends got hold of screen used cars the last couple years.
We can not quite follow your argument that JDM cars are more expensive than muscle cars. EG the Fast 5 Vette went for + 160k about 3 years ago, we were bidding on it. Ask the current museum owners in the U.S .what the prices were for a Fast 6 Charger Daytona? Fast 6 offroad Charger? Fast 7 Maximus Charger? Fast 8 Ice Charger? Fast 9 Speedkore Widebody Charger? Fast 4 Chevelle? We know these owners, just ask them. ;)
