What to remember about Fast and Furious before Fast X

The latest movie in the Fast and Furious franchise, Fast X, stops frequently for quick recaps and overviews of the past nine films. There are so many callbacks and follow-ups to this movie that it gets dizzying at times: Fans are supposed to be quoting the MCU’s Captain America every three minutes with a perky “I understood that reference!But if you haven’t been rewatching every Fast movie lately, if you’ve missed a few along the way, or if you’re reserving all your brain cells to keep track of everything that’s happened in the MCU, you might want a primer . so you can follow the action. Here’s a non-spoiling rundown of things to look out for from previous Fast movies before you watch Fast X.

Who is Hernan Reyes again?

Fast X opens with a flashback to some action in it Fast Five, where Dom Toretto and crew stole a safe from Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida). Why do they hate Reyes? Because he is a notorious drug kingpin in the Fast and Furious universe, someone the Fast family in Brazil came into contact with. After Dom and company unknowingly steal one of Reyes’ cars, which happens to contain a chip containing information about all of Reyes’ financial crimes, Reyes captures and interrogates them.

That leads Dom and his friends to decide that Reyes might not be a great guy, and they decide to steal some of his money to build a new life for themselves. They burn the first bit of money they steal to send a message, which leads to Reyes consolidating the rest of his money in a police station safe, which the team steals in a big, ostentatious action sequence.

Who is Mr. Nobody?

mr. Nobody is the head of the shadowy government organization known only as The Agency. mr. Nobody, played by Kurt Russell, showed up first Furious 7. His second-in-command, codenamed Little Nobody (and played by Scott Eastwood), is the current Agency handler for Dom’s crew. He was last seen in 2017 The fate of the furious.

Who does the family work for these days?

The Agency seems like some kind of behind-the-scenes shadow operation for the whole world, and a responsibility so great that they need a team as incredible as Dom’s to get things done, which means being sent on missions. sent for valuable tech, blasting their cars into space and making them stop a nuclear submarine. Because mr. Nobody isn’t there Fast XLittle Nobody is in charge, but Mr. Nobody’s daughter Tess (Brie Larson) also steps in for the first time, along with acting Agency head Aimes (Alan Ritchson, who plays Jack Reacher on Amazon’s Jack Reacher series).

Who is Cipher, and where have we left her?

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Cipher (Charlize Theron) is a brilliant programmer and hacker, and a dedicated criminal. She first appeared on the Fast family’s radar in The fate of the furious, where she kidnapped Dom’s son and his former girlfriend, Elena (Elsa Pataky), when they all wanted to use him to help her hijack a nuclear submarine. Then she came back in F9, this time in an attempt to kill Dom. But towards the end of that movie, she formulated a clever escape.

How did Elena die?

Elena and Dom briefly dated while he lived in Rio, shortly after Letty’s (Michelle Rodriguez) apparent death. They eventually stopped seeing each other, but she had already become pregnant with Dom’s child. Cipher killed Elena in front of Dom The fate of the furious.

What’s the bad blood between Deckard Shaw and Han?

The reasons for their feud are extra complicated at this point. On the one hand, Han (Sung Kang) helped Dom and the rest of the crew thwart Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), Deckard’s little brother. That eventually led to Owen’s disability. For that, Deckard (Jason Statham) decides to get revenge on Dom and the crew, starting with supposedly killing Han. Except (in the most infamous retcon of the Fast and Furious movies), Han didn’t actually die. So Han is angry that Shaw tried to kill him, and Shaw is angry that Han did (sort of? Maybe?) kill his brother.

What’s with Dom’s brother Jakob?

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Jacob (John Cena) was the villain of F9, but at the moment he is Fast Family. However, some small dialogue choices make more sense when you remember his history. After a dispute that leads Dom to believe his brother, Jakob, killed their father, he challenges Jakob to a race that more or less banishes Jakob from his life. That gives Jacob about 30 years of downtime before he re-enters his brother’s life F9looking for revenge.

What is the eye of the god?

God’s Eye is a device created by Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) that first appears in Furious 7. It arms every camera and microphone on the planet by using them all at once to locate someone no matter where they are. It can pick them up with their face or voice. Given the franchise’s global setting, God’s Eye is useful for easily letting the team know the location of a good or bad guy they might need to find.

What’s with that crucifix chain?

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Dom’s cross necklace has been handed back and forth lot in the Fast and Furious movies, usually to symbolize Dom’s devotion to his family. It is an important part of his character, and he often gives it to Letty or others for an important farewell, implying that it is both a totem of symbolic protection, and a promise that he will see them again, to retrieve it for the next time. Handover.