Los Bandoleros (film)

Los Bandoleros
Promotional poster
Directed byVin Diesel
Written byVin Diesel
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyShawn Kim
Edited by
  • Justin Bourret
  • Sonia Gonzalez
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish

Los Bandoleros (transl.The Outlaws) is a 2009 American direct-to-video short film written and directed by Vin Diesel. It is the second short film in the Fast & Furious franchise and serves as the prequel to Fast & Furious (2009). It stars Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Tego Calderón, and Don Omar. In the film, runaway fugitive Dominic Toretto (Diesel) sets up the hijacking of a fuel tanker in the Dominican Republic.

Development for this short film began following the announcement of Fast & Furious (2009), and serves as a narrative bridge and a sequel following the events of The Fast and the Furious (2001), The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). The film was released in the United States on July 28, 2009, as part of the Blu-ray and Special Edition home releases of Fast & Furious (2009).[1]

  1. ^ "Vin Diesel "adores" Dominicans, presents 'Los Bandoleros'". dominicantoday.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2011.