After eight years out of the game, Dom is forced out of hiding and returns to California in Fast & Furious to join forces with Brian and the familia. It's almost like Diesel felt like he had something to prove, because in just the cold open, he and the gang highjack a huge fuel tanker as they weave through winding mountain roads. And just as one of the tanks catches alight and starts tumbling towards him, he manages to manoeuvre the car underneath it and speed off to safety.
A lot more happens in Fast & Furious — like Dom and Brian racing through secret tunnels across the border to Mexico to avenge Letty's death — but the cold open really sets the scene for all the crazy that's to come. Brian and Dom aren't immediately best friends when this movie kicks off, but of course, they're once again brothers by the end.