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Gun it to these "Fast and Furious" filming locations

Our guide to living life a quarter-mile at a time.

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Created by Filmtrippers - March 29th 2017

What's not to love about the "Fast and the Furious" franchise? Good-looking people race good-looking cars in good-looking and exotic locations. Sure, the overarching plot is pretty unrealistic, but you can't help but want to see where the next installment goes since it's pretty much guaranteed to at least be a fun watch. What started off as an homage/rip-off of "Point Break", but with street racing instead of surfing, has spun off to become one of the most beloved action series of all time, and the projected 10 films over 20 years are a saga that's become more than just a bunch of sequels. The untimely death of Paul Walker, one of the stars, especially highlighted the impact the films had on fans and stars alike. "Fast and Furious" films are original but familiar, and pretty much always live up to the promise of providing a sense of excitement, freedom, and family.

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Neptune's Net Restaurant

Eat like Brian and Dom do in the first film, "The Fast and the Furious" at Neptune's Net. Just off the PCH in Malibu, this beachside eatery has been a landmark since the 1950s. This is also where scenes from "Point Break", the inspiration for "The Fast and the Furious" were filmed. It's the perfect place for shrimp and a little business talk.

Seven Mile Bridge

It may not be the bridge from "2 Fast 2 Furious"'s infamous bridge jump scene, but the film's Miami setting provided some awesome views of Biscayne Bay, beaches, and bridges like Seven Mile Bridge.

Shibuya Crossing

Pretty much every movie filmed in Tokyo features shots and scenes from Shibuya Crossing, and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" is no exception. Shibuya is most famous for its bright ads and heavy pedestrian foot traffic, leading to the massive crosswalk where hordes of people "scramble" from one side to the other. Of course, the scene where Sean and the other drivers drift through the intersection weren't actually filmed here, but footage of the crossing was incorporated into the scene.

Sunnyside Cemetery

The fourth installment, "Fast and Furious", gets Paul Walker and Vin Diesel back together, along with the rest of the crew. It's in this movie we find out that Letty, Dom's girlfriend, has been murdered in a crash by David Park, the man that Brian O'Connor, now an FBI agent, is chasing in a hunt for drug lord Arturo Braga. The cemetery where Letty is "buried" (spoiler alert, she isn't actually dead, she suffered amnesia in the crash and disappeared for a bit) is Long Beach's Sunnyside Cemetery.

Pullman Rail Yard

A lot of "Fast Five" takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but scenes featuring car heists from a train were filmed at the abandoned Pullman Rail Yard in Atlanta. "The Hunger Games" filmed scenes here as well.

Lambeth Bridge

"Fast and Furious 6" takes us to another exotic locale: London. In exchange for amnesty, Dom's crew agrees to help capture Owen Shaw, a rogue former British special ops soldier who is connected to Artuto Braga, the man Brian had been chasing. At this point, the franchise has fully morphed from being about racing to being about heists... with lots of cars and chases. It was huge that production got to film in London's Picadilly Circus, and other scenes were filmed on the historic Lambeth Bridge.

Pikes Peak

"Furious 7" takes Dom and Co. to Abu Dhabi to stop Owen Shaw's brother from killing all of them to avenge Owen. This was Paul Walker's last film, and the stunt that featured his character, Brian, jumping off a school bus as it goes off a cliff was filmed on Pikes Peak Highway in Colorado.

Halle Bros. Parking Garage

"Fate of the Furious" isn't out at the time of writing this, so we don't know much. We do know that scenes were filmed in Cuba and Iceland (very exotic)... and we also know that stunts were filmed in the even more exotic locale of Cleveland, Ohio. The Halle Bros. Parking Garage was where the shots were filmed.

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I know it's tempting to drive like a maniac after re-living all of those insane races and chases, but you'll definitely want to leave the drifting and speeding to the professionals!

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