10 Movie Sequels With Massively Improved Rotten Tomatoes Scores
6. Fast And Furious (29%) To Fast Five (77%)
Score Difference: 48%
It's not often that the fifth instalment of a franchise is by far and away the best, but in 2011, Fast Five proved that this was possible.
Up until this point, the Fast and Furious series had consistently delivered average-to-poor movies, with a decent first, terrible second and third, and a watchable fourth. A big issue was that the series had an identity problem; it didn't know whether it wanted to be about neon-coloured cars and street racing, or gangs, crime, explosions and undercover cops, and a constantly-shifting cast didn't help.
2009's Fast and Furious made some progress towards rectifying these issues, but it wasn't until Fast Five that the series truly found its footing.
The five-quel veered away from the street racing of its predecessors and went into full-on action-heist territory, complete with phenomenal stunt sequences, an insanely likeable squad of heroes, and an inspired casting choice in The Rock's Luke Hobbs.
As a result, the franchise's worldwide appeal skyrocketed, and the series has gone from strength-to-strength since. Fast Five is the movie that changed everything, so it's not surprising to see how much higher its Rotten Tomatoes score is than the first four.