“Fast X” opens with a flashback, or relatively, an added perspective to an occasion that we’re already acquainted with: the vault heist in Rio de Janeiro, the place Dom and his household stole Hernán Reyes’ lifelong fortune. Apparently, his son Dante was on the scene, and he watched his father die and fell right into a river after his automotive flipped over and crashed. Ten years later, he is again with a vengeance to punish Dom and everybody he loves, abiding by his father’s philosophy of by no means accepting dying when struggling is owed. This is a well-enough set-up for the movie’s first main motion set-piece, which takes place in Rome and includes a large bomb rolling across the metropolis, whereas Dom and co. strive their damndest to defuse it earlier than Dante units it off. While severe casualties are prevented, the catastrophe will not be absolutely averted.
While some mechanics of this action-piece are fairly far-fetched (though, they went to SPACE in “F9,” so a rogue bomb feels fairly tame/plausible compared) the breathless, high-octane nature of this chase is thrilling to witness, as Dante’s sudden emergence even makes Dom really feel out of his aspect. He’s nonetheless unbelievably calm behind the wheel, obsessively determining a solution to win this race in opposition to time, however it’s attention-grabbing to see him challenged by somebody as impulsively lawless as Dante. Dom has had many enemies through the years, and plenty of of them have later become allies, however Dante looks as if a wild card, who can’t be lured into the notions of loyalty or household, as he scoffs at these beliefs after having misplaced every thing.
Also, this time, Dom’s crew is unable to band collectively to face this new menace with out being outsmarted at each level.