FILM · 2023 · USA
Fast X
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- #001
The word "family" is spoken 56 times in the film.
- #002
The film's budget was reported to be around $280–300 million, but people with knowledge of the production revised the figure to roughly $340 million. That is 70% more than the $200 million budget reported for F9: The Fast Saga (2021), making Fast X the most expensive entry in the series.
- #003
Michelle Rodriguez and Charlize Theron shot their fight scenes without a director.
- #004
One indication that Aimes is a double agent working for Dante is that he tells Dom his team is going to Portugal. Dom never told anyone outside his team where they were headed, and Aimes could not have known this because he did not use God's Eye to track the crew after the failed mission in Rome.
- #005
On November 7, 2021, Vin Diesel posted a photo on Instagram saying he had ended his feud with Dwayne Johnson and was trying to bring him back into the Fast family for the final installment.
- #006
The film ends on a cliffhanger, with the second part of the finale expected in 2026. Vin Diesel, however, suggested it could be a trilogy finale with three films instead of two. When the film came out, Vin said it would now be a three-part film, but that the true end of the series would now be Fast 11.
- #007
The film was initially said to be the first part of the series' two-part finale, but it has now been confirmed to be the first of a three-part finale. Vin later said Fast 11 would now be the final part of the series.
- #008
The only actors remaining from the saga's first film are Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster. Diesel is also the only one to appear in every film except 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), in which he is only briefly mentioned.
- #009
The Fast & Furious timeline is notoriously complicated: the fourth, fifth and sixth installments take place before Han's "death" in the third film, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), released in 2006 (later revealed to be faked); the seventh film folded Han's death into the narrative, and every subsequent film is set after Tokyo Drift. This film, however, at least tries to capture the timeline accurately: the six-year gap between it and the previous installment covers both the pandemic-related production delays and, according to the plot, Dom's son "Little Brian" now being nine years old. In his preamble to Tess, Aimes also notes that the saga began in 2001, when Brian (then an LAPD officer) was tasked with bringing down a street-racing crew; that was the year the series debuted.
- #010
Paul Walker's brothers confirmed they would not reprise their former stand-in roles.
- #011
In September 2022, cast and crew returned to Puerto Rico for the first time since Fast Five (2011) was shot there; scenes were filmed on the Teodoro Moscoso bridge and in parts of San Juan.
- #012
The film's first full trailer explains why Dante holds a grudge against Dom. In keeping with Fast & Furious tradition, Dante seeks revenge after Dom and his crew injured and killed members of his family, specifically the villains of Fast Five (2011). This mirrors Deckard Shaw's motivation in Furious 7 (2015), avenging his brother, who was nearly killed by Dom's crew at the end of Fast & Furious 6 (2013). Also in keeping with tradition, the ending of Fast Five (2011) was reworked to include Dante. This had been done twice before with the scene showing Han's presumed death in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006): first in Furious 7 (2015) to show Deckard's first act of revenge, and again in F9: The Fast Saga (2021) to show that Mr. Nobody faked Han's death.
- #013
The characters shown at the Toretto family barbecue in the trailer are Dom, Letty, Mia, Tej, Roman, Han, Ramsey, "little" Brian and Rita Moreno's matriarch, later revealed to be Dom and Mia's abuela (grandmother). There is an obvious empty space beside Mia's place at the table, possibly arranged that way to avoid spoiling a surprise reveal, but in the finished film no one sits in the chair. That chair is likely meant for Brian and kept empty in memory of the late Paul Walker.
- #014
This marks Jason Statham's return as Deckard Shaw, who had previously appeared in an uncredited cameo in the post-credits scene of F9: The Fast Saga (2021); that scene now appears as part of a longer sequence in Fast X.
- #015
In an interview with Esquire Middle East, director Louis Leterrier shared more about the film, including how his approach differed from Lin's on F9. "What I wanted to do with this one, because it's my style, was to ground it more in reality. No pun intended, I wanted to bring it back down to Earth. With number nine they went to space, and I was like, 'OK, they went to space, there's no way I can top that.' But what I can do is things we haven't done practically before, like throwing a one-ton bomb — an actual one-ton metal ball — through the streets of Rome and hoping not to destroy the Colosseum."
- #016
One of the cars shown in Deckard Shaw's garage is the Flip car his brother used in Fast & Furious 6.
- #017
The code to Jason Statham's safe house is the same as the code for his car in "The Transporter" (1732).
- #018
According to the film's official studio synopsis, Kurt Russell's character Mr. Nobody has been replaced by Alan Ritchson's character Aimes, who is now Little Nobody's boss and not a fan of Dom and his crew. The opening of F9: The Fast Saga (2021) showed that Jakob arranged Mr. Nobody's plane crash in a Central American jungle and that Mr. Nobody sent an SOS message to Dom's crew shortly before the crash, but when Dom and the crew arrived he was gone and his whereabouts are unknown. Brie Larson's character Tess is described as a "rogue operative" who is also part of Mr. Nobody's anonymous "Agency."
- #019
After the crew's bank accounts are stolen by Dante Reyes, Roman pulls money out of his clothes. This is a callback to 2 Fast 2 Furious, when Roman stole money from Carter Verone at the end of the film and stuffed it into his pants.
- #020
The cars shown in the main trailer are two vehicles Dom has long driven (a 2022 four-door Dodge Charger Hellcat and an older two-door car); a 1970 Chevelle SS that Dom built with Little B; Dante's 1960s Chevy Impala SS; and Han in a 1970s Alfa Romeo GTV painted in the character's signature orange and black.
- #021
The film's cast includes four Oscar winners: Rita Moreno, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren and Brie Larson.
- #022
It marks Luis Da Silva Jr.'s return as Diogo, twelve years after his appearance in Fast Five (2011).
- #023
While Aimes and Little "Miss" Nobody discuss what Dom and his family have done, the screens show footage of events that were impossible for them in previous films.
- #024
Brie Larson said that working on the film was a dream come true.
- #025
It was released on the 20th anniversary of 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
- #026
In the tunnel car chase scene in Portugal, Dante (Jason Mamoa) comes right behind Jakob (John Cena) and Little Brian (Leo Abelo Perry). As two chase cars enter the frame, the sound of Star Wars TIE Fighters can be heard.
- #027
In an interview with Esquire Middle East, director Louis Leterrier continued to talk about the practical set effects and physical stunts used in the film: "Obviously we had visual effect help, but we had to keep everything practical. The visual effects were mainly for safety and scope, but we needed a foundation to stay in our reality. Without that, it would have been too much. I wanted it to feel like the films that feel solid, like Fast 1, Fast 3 and Fast 5. That was my thinking. The style, and everyone accepted it, so everyone was really in on it. Everyone was excited to rediscover the physical stunts."
- #028
The film's rising budget stemmed from tax incentives, which can result from numerous factors such as the rising salaries of franchise star Vin Diesel and the rest of the series' cast. The overall increases in production costs stem from global inflation and mainly the pandemic testing requirements mandated by COVID-19 safety protocols.
- #029
Before Louis Leterrier was hired to replace Justin Lin, the studio approached directors such as James Wan (who directed the seventh film), Anthony and Joe Russo, Peyton Reed and Rawson Marshall Thurber.
- #030
Dwayne Johnson wanted Jason Mamoa to appear as one of his brothers in Samoa in Hobbs And Shaw (2019).
- #031
It is the second Fast and Furious film to be nominated for a Razzie, after 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
- #032
Paul Walker appeared as Brian O'Conner in this film through archival footage, marking his first appearance in the franchise since Furious 7 (2015) due to his death in November 2013.
- #033
The first trailer was viewed 94 million times in its first 24 hours and 295 million times in its first 72 hours.
- #034
Filming began in late April 2022.
- #035
With a net budget of $378.8 million, this film is the fourth most expensive film in history, after the following list: * Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - $446.6 million. * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - $431.6 million. * Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - $416.1 million.
- #036
Vin Diesel was paid $20 million, ten times his salary for The Fast and the Furious (2001).
- #037
Shaw's car license plate reads RO4D RGE…"Road Rage".
- #038
Portugal has deep roots in Fast X, and much of the film's finale does not take place in Portugal. However, both Daniela Melchior (Isabel) and Joaquim de Almeida (Hernan Reyes) are Portuguese-born natives; Joaquim was born in the capital, Lisbon, while Daniela was born across the river in Almada, on the outskirts of Lisbon. Both play Brazilian-born characters in the Fast Saga. Also, Jason Mamoa (Dante Reyes) plays the son of Portuguese-born Joaquim De Almeida in the film. Another interesting fact: The famous dam scene actually takes place at the Aldeadávila Dam, which sits on both sides of the Portugal-Spain border.
- #039
This will be Vin Diesel's ninth role as Dominic Toretto, after The Fast and the Furious (2001), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017) and F9: The Fast Saga (2021).
- #040
The surgical laser machine in "Agency" appears to be a nod to Saturn 3, a science fiction film released in 1980, including when it is activated during Letty's fight with Cipher. (Farrah Fawcett's character was killed by a survival laser machine in Saturn 3.)
- #041
Leon is the only character in The Fast and the Furious (2000) whose fate remains unknown, since he never reappears and is not mentioned in later installments.
- #042
Four 1970 Dodge Chargers were used in the film. A special promotional video shows three cars with different specifications used in Rio, Portugal and Los Angeles. The fourth car is the Charger used in the opening, with a standard interior, a handbrake and a roll cage, resembling the hero car. The Rio car has a roll cage and no visible gauges, the hero car is seen while Dom drives, and there may be another car used as a backup.
- #043
Before Louis Leterrier was hired to replace Justin Lin, David Ayer was considered for the directing job. Ayer had previously worked as a co-writer on The Fast and the Furious (2001).
- #044
Jason Momoa is the third Aquaman (2018) alumnus to join the Fast & Furious franchise, after James Wan, who directed the seventh film Furious 7 (2015), and Alan Ritchson, who in a sense played Aquaman on Smallville (2001).
- #045
The film reunites John Cena with Daniela Melchior after The Suicide Squad (2021). However, they do not share a scene.
- #046
A man being beaten inside a punching bag also appeared in Die Another Day (2002).
- #047
With this film, the Fast & Furious franchise's global box office gross passed 7 billion dollars.
- #048
Filming took place in Genzano di Roma in mid-May. Shooting ran for two weeks in mid-May and one week in mid-July; scenes were filmed at Via Cristoforo Colombo, Lungotevere, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Ponte Umberto I, Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, and the area around Castel Sant'Angelo and the Spanish Steps. Filming then took place in Turin between 24 May and 6 June; action scenes were shot at Piazza Crimea and Corso Fiume, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Murazzi del Po, Via Roma and Piazza IV Marzo. Other filming locations were in Portugal, including Lisbon, Almada, Viseu and Vila Real. Filming also took place on the IP5, a highway in the municipality of Vouzela.
- #049
Dominic's nickname is "Saint Dominic". St Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists. The saint drivers pray to for protection is St Christopher.
- #050
During the confrontation between Dom's and Dante's groups in Rio, Dom's 'troops' have stainless steel-bodied Taurus PT-92s, while Dante's side has the traditional blue/blued ones.
- #051
At 1:08:25, Jason Momoa briefly looks directly at the camera.
- #052
Jason Momoa and Nathalie Emmanuel played Khal Drogo and Missandei respectively on Game of Thrones (2011). Their characters never shared a scene, and were not even in the same season.
- #053
When Han's dating profile is shown, his age is listed as 39. However, actor Sung Kang would be 51, since he was born in 1972. The writers used the film Better Luck Next Time, which is considered Han's backstory even though it is not officially part of the Fast series. In that film Han is a high school senior, so his age is probably 18. Better Luck Next Time premiered in 2002. Fast X premiered in 2023, so: 2023-2002=21, 21 years between the films… 21+18=39.
- #054
Alan Ritchson (Aimes) and Brian Tee (DK from The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)) appeared in Paramount's live-action adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ritchson served as the motion-capture and voice actor for Raphael, while Tee played the turtles' arch-enemy The Shredder.
- #055
This film marks the first collaboration between Daniela Melchior and Joaquim de Almeida, who will reunite in Road House (2024).
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