One can never be too sure if a
delayed 2020 movie’s current release date this year will stay put, or get moved
back further seeing as the COVID pandemic shows no signs of significantly
getting better anytime soon. Some major studios have already done so to avoid
stepping on each other’s toes premiere-wise. For Universal Pictures’ “F9,” aka “Fast
& Furious 9,” their current date of June 25 (after five changes) looks to
be set. They even have a new trailer out that hangs an epic lampshade on just
how off-the-wall the franchise has gotten, and perhaps off to space?
Screen Rant has to goodies on what little spoilers there are
sprinkled on the latest trailer for “Fast 9,” the ninth installment of the
remarkably long-running “Fast & Furious” series. It has been suggested by
director Justin Lin that this film is the first part of a trilogy that is set
to conclude the franchise, meaning a “Fast 11” sometime in the future. Vin
Diesel as Dom Toretto is set with his former team of carjacker/mercenaries to
take on his most dangerous challenge yet: his embittered younger brother Jakob (John
Cena), who is working for criminal mastermind Cypher (Charlize Theron).
Following the harrowing events of
2017’s “Fate of the Furious,” Dom and his wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) have
settled down as a family, reminiscing with their friends about the weird
shenanigans they had been up to, from crime to being reluctant government
assets and more. The peace is shattered when Jakob comes into the scene,
looking to settle scores with Dom whom he accuses of abandoning him. This plays
into the hands of Jakob’s hander Cypher, whose plans for Armageddon go hand in
hand with an obsession for torturing Dom.
But that is really not what the
trailer focuses on. The lion’s share of scenes go to Dom’s crew using
electromagnets to make their cars do the craziest stunts yet, such as playing
demolition derby with an armored land train. Or how about making a car jump off
a cliff to be caught midair by aircraft? The money shot must be how Tyrese
Gibson and “Ludacris” Bridges launch a car with attached rocket boosters off a
high-altitude plane while wearing pressure suits. Are they going for a space
shot there? It almost overshadows the awesome return of Han (Sung Kang) from
his supposed death in “Tokyo Drift” and “Fast 6.”
Also starring Jordana Brewster,
Nathalie Emmanuel and Helen Mirren, “Fast 9” is shaping up good to premiere on
June 25 for the US. Globally, it will start releasing on May 19 starting in
South Korea. Here is hoping there are enough cinemas open for that.
Image courtesy of Esquire
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