Universal Pictures has decided that, with just four days until Fast X hits theaters, that you really need one more plus-sized trailer for the film. It’s as if they think there are people out there who are undecided on this franchise after more than two decades, with minimal dropoff in terms of box office. Seriously, who thought this was necessary?
Then again, perhaps they’re trying to cover for recent news, like the potential for a twelfth movie that splits this final adventure even further. Or the leak of a very special cameo by someone who fans were meant to believe would never return? Those fans are rightfully pissed and so am I as someone who is seeing the film tonight.
Anyway, you know what’s up. Vin Diesel and the crew are back. Jason Momoa’s the baddie seeking revenge. Louis Leterrier directs. That’s what’s up. Here’s the synopsis:
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever. In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price. Dante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance.
Fast X opens on May 19th.
