"Franchise." The word can shut down whole blocks of Movieland these days as we groan in anguish over the next prequel, sequel, reboot, or remake. But some series endure and even evolve to survive. In the 19th entry of the long-running CINEMA DRIVE (Aw man, ANOTHER one?!), your hosts honor the longevity and surprising quality of those franchises making all the right moves to stay in the game.
The Deep Question: What is a movie that you could act out from beginning to end?
This Week's Features:
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Creed (2015)
Creed II (2018)
F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Fast Five (2011)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Furious 7 (2015)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1993)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
