Random Dumbest Decisions In The ‘Fast And Furious’ Saga (11 items)

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  (#1) Sean Challenges The 'Drift King' To A Drift Race, Despite Not Knowing How To Drift ('The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift')

  There's a reason Sean Boswell, the nominal protagonist of Tokyo Drift, has only starred in one Fast film. He's not the shiniest hubcap on the block.

  After the high schooler is effectively exiled from the United States for street racing, he ends his first day in Japan by challenging Takashi Kamata, the local "Drift King," to a drift off. There's just one problem: Sean literally has no idea what drifting is.

  Han loans Sean his car, and then watches with quiet amusement as the kid absolutely demolishes it in his attempts to drift.
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  (#9) Whatever's Going On With Brian And Monica ('2 Fast 2 Furious')

  The Fast saga could really use more Monica Fuentes, the undercover US Customs Agent who gathered intelligence on Carter Verone and kept Brian and Roman alive in 2 Fast 2 Furious.

  Here's the weird thing, though: It is never clearly established what the relationship between Monica and Brian is. Throughout the film, it seems like something's going on between them, and a strong argument can be made that the two have met prior to their introduction in the film's opening. It's possible that Monica and Brian are just super flirty, but it kind of feels like these characters have definitely hooked up before. That would at least explain why they share a kiss near the end of the film without remarking on it at all.

  Regardless, whether the two have a thing going on or they're just really into the idea, the fact remains that Monica is in an incredibly precarious position. She's the only government agent to last in Verone's employ, and a single slip up could scuttle the whole operation and put her life in jeopardy. Brian knows that better than anyone, and yet he and Monica continue to make eyes at each other over Verone's shoulder and generally flirt like teenagers. 
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  (#2) Jakande Attempts A Military Assault In Los Angeles ('Furious 7')

  Unlike many of the Fast saga's charming or quirky villains, Mose Jakande is strictly business. He's a ruthless mercenary with a literal army at his beck and call. He doesn't quip, he seldom smiles, and he's absolutely not messing around. So it kind of makes sense that he'd do everything in his power to get Ramsey, since she's the only person who can stop him from exploiting her God's Eye hacking program. 

  Dom understands the stakes, and tells Brian that "war is coming to us whether we like it or not." Except, war doesn't just come to Dom and his crew; it comes to Los Angeles. 

  Jakande enters LA's air space with a military helicopter and proceeds to blow the ever-loving shiznit out of local landmarks. It doesn't matter what kind of fancy hacking software you've got, that kind of heat would immediately attract the attention of every armed force the US has at its disposal.

  As Tony Stark would say, "Not a great plan."
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  (#4) Elena Doesn't Tell Dom About His Son ('The Fate of the Furious')

  Dom and Elena hook up at the end of Fast 5, then part ways in Fast 6 after Dom learns Letty is still alive. In Fate of the Furious, Elena says she found out she was pregnant around the same time, and decided not to share the news with Dom until after he and Letty got back from their honeymoon. Cipher nixes that plan when she abducts them.

  Alright, let's rewind for a second. If Dom's baby is around six months old, as the child actor who portrays him is, and Elena had a nine-month pregnancy, that means she's been sitting on this secret for 15 months. Even if Elena is the most saintly and understanding ex-girlfriend on Earth, and would rather not harsh Dom and Letty's buzz with something as consequential as, y'know, bringing a human being into the world, there's one very good reason she should have told Dom right away: People try to attack him and his "family" all the time. Elena and her baby get snatched by Cipher because of course they would be.

  Dom, being a multi-millionaire and freelance government agent, would have the resources to protect them - if he knew. Also, if he knew, he could have saved Elena six months of awkwardly telling people she's waiting for her baby daddy to give the kid a first name.
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  (#7) Deckard Shaw Wildly Overreacts To His Brother's Fate ('Furious 7')

  In the Fast saga, family is everything, so it makes sense that Deckard Shaw would want revenge on Dom for kicking his little brother out of a plane. Put that way, it almost sounds like Dom deserves it, but context is key.

  First of all, Owen Shaw is no innocent man. He's a mercenary responsible for taking the lives of several people and causing a considerable amount of collateral damage. He knew the risks inherent to his line of work, and so did Deckard. Second of all, while Owen was indeed booted from a plane and badly wounded, he wasn't slain outright. He's seen in the opening of Furious 7 in what appears to be a coma, and in the next movie he's not only walking around but healthy enough to carry out a military strike on Cipher's plane.

  So, knowing that Owen is, essentially, fine, what does Deckard do? He goes to Tokyo and crashes his car into Han's, ostensibly ending Han's life. He then blows up Dom's house and nearly takes out Mia, her unborn child, Brian, and their son. After that, he proceeds to track Dom and his crew around the world, blowing up government agents left and right, and even teams up with a straight-up terrorist to wipe everybody out.

  But he and Dom have a beer at the end of Fast 8, so apparently they're cool now.
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  (#10) Dom Leaves Vince's Share Of The Money On His Kitchen Table ('Fast 5')

  This is another instance when Dom's nobility stumbles on the execution. It happens like this: Vince loses his life during the course of Dom and Brian's Rio job, which is a common hazard among people who cross their path, but Dom promises to take care of Vince's family no matter what. Cool. Unfortunately, Dom decides the best way to do this is to leave a large sack of money on Vince's kitchen table for his wife, Rosa, to find.

  Let's set aside the fact that Rosa has no idea what happened to her husband at this point, and the fact that "Uncle" Dom offers no explanation beyond "I'll see you soon." The bigger problem is that Dom figured it would be cool to leave several million dollars just sitting in front of an open window, in a neighborhood that appears to be fairly crime-ridden. 

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