23. Ten years after the beloved film about surfing bank robbers, why not a movie about illegal-street-racing thieves?! The Fast and the Furious—also inspired by a magazine article—found a road map in Point Break, from the hot undercover member of law enforcement who gets drawn into a very particular scene thanks to a charismatic ring leader and a pretty girl and ends up conflicted to the familial bond among close-knit criminals.
In addition to the overall plot parallels, TFATF sweetly winked at its predecessor: Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto and Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner, despite not living remotely close by, eat lunch at Neptune's Net in Malibu, the real-life seafood shack where Tyler is a waitress in Point Break. And, we refuse to think this is a coincidence: There's major Corona beer placement early on in Point Break when Pappas is showing Utah all the clues he's compiled about the Ex-Presidents. TFATF just took it—and everything else—to the next level.