Has he ever been presumed dead?: No, Dominic Toretto literally made a city street collapse on him and he was fine. Relation to the Family: Growing up did you have a friend who you met because you beat up his brother and sent his brother to prison so he pulled up to a street race in Tokyo and seemed to kill one of your boys as retribution and then chased you around the world trying to beat you to gaining control of a military surveillance program and eventually you had to summon an earthquake to beat him and a few years later you were begrudgingly forced to work together to save the world from a hacker played by Charlize Theron and he really came through in making sure your son (who you didn’t even know existed until a few days before) made it out safe so you decided he’s cool despite the fact that he for sure murdered your friend and then it turns out he didn’t murder your friend because your friend faked his death so now it’s all truly water under the bridge?Įasy enough. Photo: Everette Collection/©Universal/Courtesy Everett ColĪnother bald guy?: Yeah but this one’s British. But wait, he came back from the dead in F9?: Yeah, it was a whole thing.Ĭan we do a new character now?: Yeah, calm down. F7 and everything that follows takes place post– Tokyo Drift (albeit with Dom’s trip to Tokyo being briefly depicted in the film). The timelines finally converged at the end of F6, albeit with a slight retcon: new big bad Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) is revealed to be the driver of the car that killed Han, an act of revenge against the Family for their defeat of his younger brother, Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), in the film. It’s nowhere near as complicated as some make it out to be - it simply became clear that any F&F movie featuring Han from here on out took place before Tokyo Drift. When Lin came back to direct F4 (and 5 and 6) he brought Han with him, immediately setting up a new chronology for the franchise. Han dies in a car wreck in Tokyo Drift, hence the Dom cameo - he’s in Tokyo to pay respects to an old friend. Han was an instant fan favorite and something of a pet project for director Justin Lin, with a version of the character having appeared in the director’s second film, Better Luck Tomorrow. Long story short: Tokyo Drift was originally mostly standalone in the franchise, with the only ties to the larger F&F world being a Dom cameo at the end. Yes, Han is presumed dead in both Tokyo Drift (the first Fast film in which he appears) and F6, which technically depict the same event due to the series’ slightly wonky chronology. Has he ever been presumed dead?: *sigh* We doing this? Okay. He’s integrated into the larger Family in F5 during the Brazil job. Relation to the Family: We first see Han as a member of the Family in F4, where he’s a member of Dom’s crew in the Dominican Republic. Below, you can find some brief background on how they became a part of the Family, the role they play in it, and where they stand as the franchise’s latest installment revs its engine. Going into the first part of the supposed two- ( or, if Vin Diesel gets his way, three-) part franchise finale, there are a handful of key characters whom fans should be up to date on (we’re going to leave Dom out because it feels reasonable to assume anyone buying a ticket to the yet another F&F movie knows who Diesel is playing). Even the most fervent of Fast Fans could probably use a refresher now that we’re 11 movies deep. That said, at this point the Family is so sprawling it’s easy to forget that famously memorable leading man Scott Eastwood is technically a member. Members drift in and out on the whim of actor availability (and, occasionally, story), but Fast X, now in theaters, is a reminder that Family Is Forever. They’re about family, as well as the Family, the latter referring to the sprawling cast of characters that orbits around Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: EveretteĪnyone who’s seen even one of the 11 (11!) Fast & Furious movies can tell you that these supercharged blockbusters aren’t about cars going vroom.
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