Which 2009 Fast & Furious short film serves as a prequel to Fast & Furious (2009)?

Los Bandoleros is the 2009 short film that serves as a prequel to Fast & Furious (2009). Written and directed by Vin Diesel, it shows Dominic Toretto assembling the crew and organizing the fuel-tanker hijacking that leads into the feature film.

The short is set largely in the Dominican Republic and brings together several important franchise characters, including Dom, Letty Ortiz, Han Lue, Tego Leo and Rico Santos. Its story helps explain how Dom’s team is reunited before the events of Fast & Furious.

Los Bandoleros is easy to confuse with The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious, another short film from the franchise. That earlier short focuses on Brian O’Conner after the first movie. Los Bandoleros instead bridges the earlier franchise history to the 2009 reunion film.