The Fast and Furious franchise has almost done it all. Audiences have seen cars fly into space, out of airplanes, and jump off skyscrapers. Fast X will once again keep viewers guessing according to star Michelle Rodriguez.
Fast X, which is the penultimate entry into the storied franchise, looks to once again keep audiences on the edge of their seats. The movie will see the return of most of Dom Toretto’s crew and the introduction of some new faces.
The high-octane team will be facing off against a new villain in Jason Momoa’s Dante Reyes. Michelle Rodriguez, who is reprising her role as Letty Ortiz teased that Dante is “the best male villain we’ve had in the entire franchise.” She also described the villain’s plan as “revenge with a smirk.
The actor also revealed that Fast X will have a really big ending.
“I think people are gonna be really, really surprised and we’re gonna get a lot of open mouths at the end of Fast X,” Rodriguez said. “Let’s just put it that way. It’s gonna be like, ‘Really? What?’ Like that! Like that’s how I was in theater. I was like, ‘Oh my god. What have we done?'”
This latest statement from one of the franchise mainstays echoes the promise of Fast X director Louis Leterrier that the movie will have a major cliffhanger. The director also teased that the film will be “gigantic, in terms of action, scope, and emotion.”
Momoa’s Dante, who is seen as the franchise’s replacement for Dwayne Johnson, is trying to get revenge against Dom and the rest of the crew. The Toretto team is responsible for taking down his father Hernan Reyes, a Brazillian drug kingpin, who was then executed by Luke Hobbs during the events of Fast Five.
The movie takes place 12 years after Dante witnessed the death of his father, and has always blamed Dom’s crew. He has come up with a sinister plan that targets Dom’s son Brian, hoping to do as much damage as possible by hurting the family.
It will be interesting to see if Dante becomes part of the team at the end of the movie, like many of the other villains in the franchise. Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw, Luke Evan’s Owen Shaw, and John Cena’s Jakob Toretto were villains when they first appeared in the movies.
Fast X will be the first entry in the series directed by Louis Leterrier after the departure of Justin Lin. The longtime director of the series reportedly stepped down from the project due to creative differences with Vin Diesel. Leterrier will be directing the final two movies of the franchise.
Fast X is arriving in theaters on May 19, 2023.
