The first trailer for Fast & Furious 9, officially titled F9, has finally been released - and here’s our breakdown on everything it contains. What started back in 2001 as a potential street racing franchise, the Fast & Furious brand has grown far beyond that limitation. After a few semi-connected films early on, the true franchise started to form on the fourth entry, with Fast Five sending the series’ trajectory even higher. Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious each earned over $1 billion and after some spinoffs and TV shows, the main entries in the Fast Saga return this year.
Directed by Justin Lin - who returns for his fifth entry in the franchise - F9 is one of the biggest franchise films of 2020. Vin Diesel returns to star as Dominic Toretto, but the recent character posters have teased the returns of Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Mia (Jordana Brewster), Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Tej (Ludacris), and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) - as well as the new addition of John Cena’s Jakob. This large ensemble doesn’t even account for all of F9’s returning characters and new faces either.
Fans of the nitrous-infused franchise have anxiously awaited the release of the first trailer, especially after a trailer teaser arrived a few days before. Now that the full trailer has been released, details on F9’s story, characters, and much more have been revealed. Here’s our full breakdown of the footage.
15. F9 Picks Up Years After Fate of the Furious
The trailer for F9 begins with Dom and Letty settled down in the country to raise their son Brian, and the young Toretto is the best indicator at just how much time has passed since Fate of the Furious. Brian was just a baby during the events of the last film, but here he has grown up quite a bit since then. His age isn’t specified, but its clear that at least a few years have passed in the Fast & Furious universe since the team was on their last mission together.
14. Letty Gives Brian Dom’s Necklace
This domestic life has not completely removed the danger that Dom and Letty are so used to being part of their lives. In a moment that teases the threats that will still come, Letty gives Brian the cross necklace that Dom once gave her. She says it is a sign of protection from future danger. Letty lovingly puts it around Brian’s neck, while Dom clutches the necklace when it is no longer around the neck of his son.
13. Mia Is Back With The Crew
In typical Fast & Furious fashion, the trailer also shows Dom’s crew getting back together for their next mission, but this time Mia is with them. She was last seen at the very end of Furious 7 with her husband Brian O’Conner. Sadly, the tragic real life death of Paul Walker means O’Conner is no longer part of the franchise, which makes Mia’s return without him all the more interesting. Since she was not featured in Fate of the Furious, it will be up to F9 to explain her return to the crew and the absence of Brian.
12. Dom Catches A Flipping Car - Using An Exosuit?
The trailer also appears to reveal that Dom is going to use some enhancements this time around to fight his brother. During what is sure to be one of F9’s biggest set pieces, Dom is shown standing on the side of a sliding car in a black suit. But, when a car begins flipping towards him, he doesn’t attempt to jump off the vehicle, but rather catch the oncoming one. With his arms stretched out in front of him, a shot from the trailer appears to indicate that he will be using some type of exosuit during the film. Whether this tech is built upon the cybernetic implants introduced in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw remains to be seen, but the increasingly tech-based crew looks to have equipped their leader with some upgrades.
11. F9 Introduces Dom’s Brother, Jakob
The Fast & Furious 9 trailer also officially introduces John Cena’s character Jakob and includes the reveal that he Dom’s brother. Described as a master thief, assassin, and high-performance driver, Jakob presents a brand new challenge for Dom and his crew. It isn’t clear what led to Dom - a man built around the importance of family - and his brother not having a good relationship, but the trailer teases that all is not right with the Toretto brothers.
10. Jakob Attacks Dom & His Team
While Dom and his crew set up shop in some underground bunker, this won’t be a safe location for them for too long. The trailer clearly shows that Jakob and his army of soldiers will attack the team here. They are completely surrounded in what appears to be the first confrontation between the Toretto brothers. What brings them together at this point is not clear, but clearly Jakob brought enough firepower to the reunion to ensure that he’d be the one in control.
9. Jakob Works With Cipher To Kill Dom
Not only is Jakob shown chasing down and cornering his older brother and friends, but he is working with a familiar face. He has teamed up Cipher (Charlize Theron) from Fate of the Furious to kill his brother. As she’s confined to a glass prison, Cipher says that she’s ready to kill Dom if Jakob is. Based on what else transpires in the trailer, it appears as though he agrees with her and wants his brother gone.
8. The Toretto Brothers Fight Across Edinburgh
Stitched throughout the trailer is one of the Toretto brothers’ fights, which looks to take place across Edinburgh. Jakob shoots a zipline above the city to travel quickly and eventually winds up fighting Dom in the house of some locals. Their battle leads them to fall on top of busses and fight across the entire city. Both are bleeding from their heads, showing that this may be an even fight and that Jakob can finally hold his own against his older brother.
7. Helen Mirren Returns As Magdalene Shaw
In an appearance that is only possible after the events of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, this trailer also confirms the return of Helen Mirren as Magdalene Shaw. The mother of Deckard (Jason Statham), Owen (Luke Evans), and Hattie (Vanessa Kirby) is once again shown working with Dom and providing him with some words of advice. Whether or not her appearance indicates cameos from any of her children remains to be seen.
6. Mia Gets In On The Action
Mia’s return in F9 also appears to be filled with a more hands-on role for the Toretto sister. After mostly being kept on the sidelines or inside of a car in past films, Mia is shown in the trailer to get in on the action. She fights multiple guys with her sister-in-law and proves that the fighting spirit runs in the Toretto blood. While Letty is the more skilled fighter, Mia holds her own and cracks some skulls along the way. And since the trailer only shows a few seconds of this fight, there’s likely more of Mia in action in the actual movie.
5. Tokyo Drift Stars Build A Rocket Car
In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in the trailer, F9 is now confirmed to feature the return of Lucas Black as Sean Boswell. The star of Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift made a return to the franchise in Furious 7 in a small role to try and smooth out the franchise’s timeline, but now he’s back working with the team in a larger capacity. Shown in a scene with Roman and Tej, Sean has helped develop a rocket car by strapping a rocket engine to a Pontiac Riviera - and he did it with Jason Tobin’s Earl, another character from Tokyo Drift returning in the sequel.
4. Roman Tests Out The Rocket Car
Of course, the concept of a rocket-powered car is too big to tease and not use, but the trailer promises we’ll see it in action. After Roman and Tej are introduced to the rocket car, it is up to Roman to take the vehicle for a test drive. At an unknown facility, he races a jet with his new ride, and even though the trailer stops short of showing us who wins, it is made clear by Roman that the Rocket car is going extremely fast. Perhaps this is all set up to allow the Fast & Furious franchise to head to space as many want to see.
3. Cipher Has A Magnetic Jet
But, Roman isn’t the only one who gets to show off a new, advanced ride. Near the end of the trailer, Jakob speeds his car off the side of a cliff towards what would likely be his death if it wasn’t for Cipher. She swoops in flying a special jet that is perfectly suited to save Jakob’s life. After dropping over the edge of cliff with him, what appears to be a magnetic claw extends from the bottom of the jet to catch Jakob’s car. It’s an impressive feat and a luxury that Dom and his team - who were chasing Jakob - do not have.
2. Dom’s Broken Bridge Slingshot
While Dom doesn’t have a magnetic jet to catch him (that we know of), he still decides to continue his pursuit of Jakob by any means necessary. This brings the trailer to another one of the franchise’s ridiculous stunts, as Dom hits the pole of a broken bridge so part of it can become attached to the car. Zooming off the cliff with Letty in the passenger seat, Dom’s plan is to let the car freefall with the bridge attached until the slack is gone, which will slingshot them around to the other side - and possibly into the sky to meet up with Cipher and Jakob once again.
1. Justice For Han
The surprise of all surprises in this first F9 trailer though comes at the very end when Sung Kang appears as Han Leu. Thought to have died after the events of the sixth entry in the franchise, his killer - Deckard Shaw - has since been welcomed into the family with open arms. As a result, fans have clamored for #JusticeForHan, and now we know that F9 will help do just that. He’s featured at the very end of the trailer being welcomed back to the group. Not only will this surprise fans, but the characters in the movie appear to be just as surprised to see Han back, so F9 will have plenty to explain.
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- F9: The Fast Saga Release Date: 2021-06-25
