F9: The Fast Saga
As theFast & Furiousseries draw close its two - part finale , the serial publication require to do the unthinkable and permanently kill off one of its primary character . This summer ’s release ofF9showed how potent theFast Sagaremains after twenty eld , with the film becoming one of thebiggest box federal agency hits of the pandemic . That succeeder was also accompanied by endless commentary on the level of ridiculousness the series now casually present , along with its musical theme of conserve family hamper among in high spirits - stakes action thrills .
Criticizing theFast & Furiousmovies for their deficiency of realism , at this point , is missing the degree . While the series began at a ground level withThe Fast and the Furiousin 2001 , it spent the next two decades shoot the boiling frog approach shot of bit by bit intensify its scope and the capableness of its street racing heroes . By the timeF9arrived , Dom and his bunch had becomemore or lessFastuniverse superheroes , and consultation have clearly enjoy ride with them to that point a quarter - mile at a clip . With that said , the franchise has a large problem with its conclusion inFast & Furious 10and11prepping to get afoot .
With the return of Han ( Sung Kang ) after his supposed death inFast & Furious : Toyko Drift , and just how unconcernedF9is with even deliver the sensing of realism , theFast & Furiousseries is now almost completely lacking what little stake it once had . That goes back to the aforementioned gradual scheme the serial publication has taken in going bigger every time , with Dom being a strong but still human action hero inthe franchise ’s most pivotal moving picture , Fast Five , to Roman theorizing that the entire bunch is actually invincible inF9.In doubling its scurf with each episode , theFast Sagahas lost its stakes , and the only answer is for one of the series ' core characters to finally go out .
moreover , with the series having already killed off and brought back both Letty and Han ( with Han ’s girlfriend Gisele now likely up for a return herself ) , the series needs to take it a step further and not undo that demise when it eventually materialise . With theFast Sagato wind up in a double - coping style stopping point , it ’s sure to take Dom and co on their wild escapade yet . Considering thatF9brought distance change of location into the equationand the series ' constant sky - gamey trajectory in each young scenario it adopt , the only efficacious way for it to finish up with literal life - or - expiry stakes is for a major character to die — and for that death to in reality occur in a definitive manner .
Audiences have grown attached enough to Dom and his home by now that the death of any one of them would be an emotional strike as the series comes to an terminal . Whether it ’s Dom , Letty , Roman , Tej , Ramsey , or someone else , the only way for theFast & Furiousseries to bring post back into the game is for one of the major characters of the enfranchisement to lessen on the blade — and withThe Expendables 4now officially in the works , its something that franchiseshould also severely mean about , too .
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