Yeah, I was not pleased with the portrayal of Jack as Kyra in CoR, even though I love the actress they used. (As an actor in general, just not in the part.) So much potential in the Jack character, and yet the way they went was disappointing. I mean, on its own, maybe not, but coming from Jack in Pitch Black, yes.

So of the Fast and the Furious movies, you can definitely skip #2, 2 Fast 2 Furious. It is, in my opinion, the worst of the series anyway, and then it has a vastly different setting. Some of the characters from it show up in later movies, but not in a way that you really need to have seen #2 at all.

I'm torn on #3 (based on actual release date), Tokyo Drift. It's a fun movie, though I will forever be mad that studio execs decided a fucking movie called Tokyo Drift needed a white main character in order for audiences to connect with it. It introduces an amazing character, Han, but movies #4, 5, and 6 are set before it takes place.

I think that at some point before #7, you'll need to have watched Tokyo Drift, because #7 appears to be the fallout of Tokyo Drift, but not necessarily before the others.

So really, #1 (Fast and the Furious) and #4 (Fast and Furious) are tied close together. Technically, #5 (Fast Five) can stand alone as an amazing heist movie, though it references a few things and has characters from the first movies, and #6 (Fast and Furious 6) follows pretty tight onto it, so you'll probably need to watch #5 and #6 as a pair. As I said, #2 (2 Fast 2 Furious) is horrible and can be skipped. (Or if you are a big fan of Paul Walker's character, it's probably awesome.) Then #3 (Tokyo Drift) happens after all of these movies, and it looks like #7 (Furious Seven) will run directly from #6 and #3, where a big moment in #3 happens at the end of #6 too, so watching #6 first will spoil #3 for you, but watching #3 first will spoil #6 for you.

Also, the words "fast" and "furious" no longer look like words OMG.