This brings me rather untidily to theFast & Furiousfranchise.
But beneath all the banter and fireworks, there are darker forces at play.
And in every film released so far, these horrifying tragedies have passed by entirely unremarked.
But as they do so, they cause extraordinary damage to just about everything in a ten mile radius.
The safe smashes through the front window of a bank, sending its customers fleeing in terror.
When Vin Diesels wayward mechanic Dom is rescued from a moving bus, the vehicles trashed in the process.
Instead, a news reporter tells us that the crash amazingly, resulted in no fatalities.
That really kicked up a notch.
But thank goodness all those dozens of civilians and cops made it out of their cars unscathed.
Even the ones who collided with the safe at a combined speed of around 120 miles per hour.
Cars run into one another at ridiculous speeds, and some flip over and land on their roofs.
In the fourth movie, an SUV smashes into the side of a saloon car.
At the very least, the driver would have suffered terrible whiplash.
In fact, its so tragic, its worth breaking down into a little photo essay.
Among them are Paul Walkers undercover cop Brian and his new sidekick Roman (Tyrese Gibson).
At any rate, its at this moment that the film begins to darken.
Now trapped, the Mustangs flipped around and crushed like tin foil.
The drivers given no chance of escape, and no doubt met his maker on that anonymous Miami freeway.
As wince-inducing as this crash is, no one else appears to notice it.
We dont see Brian or Roman look in their wing mirrors in horror.
