Tanks, the longest runway ever, and one perfect (albeit pants optional) trilogy. We’re celebrating our 2nd anniversary with what might just be the greatest bad movie we’ve ever covered. That’s right — after Fast and Furious got us started two years ago, and Fast Five blew our minds at our 1-year anniversary, we’re closing out Justin Lin’s perfect trilogy with Fast and Furious 6 (or as it’s known in the actual movie: Furious 6).

This is peak Fast and Furious. A tank on a highway. The longest runway in cinema history. Vin Diesel catching Letty in mid-air. Luke Evans being absolutely perfect as Owen Shaw. Gina Carano with a Han Solo gun. Shea Whigham getting his nose broken again. And practical stunts that put modern CGI-fests to shame.

We learned that Letty can’t remember anything (but knows one thing about herself). That Owen Shaw has a code, and it’s precision. That the Rock is very, very shiny. That this might actually be better than Fast Five. And that after watching the credits roll, Greg literally shed a tear.

Justin Lin delivers a masterclass in action filmmaking — with seven different vignettes happening simultaneously during that insane plane sequence, all perfectly edited together by a team that deserved Oscar nominations. The direction is flawless, the stakes feel real (they actually lose battles!), and somehow a movie about stealing a component for a weapon that can blind a country’s military for a day makes perfect emotional sense.

Is this the high watermark for the franchise? Absolutely. Is it borderline ridiculous? Yes. Is it objectively terrible but undeniably pleasurable? Without question. Did Greg think to himself an hour in, “this might be the best movie I’ve ever seen in my life”? He’s not joking.

This three-movie run (Fast and Furious → Fast Five → Furious 6) is some of the best action movie storytelling you’ll ever see, and we’re honored to cap off two years of Great Bad Movies with the conversation that needed to happen about this film.

Also: Drinking Games (tire squeals, glass breaks, and Vin Diesel’s lip flare), Very Important Questions, Joe’s Real Back of the Box, what album this movie is, and why both of us think this might be the greatest bad movie ever made.

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