The Fate of the Furious Trailer

By Travis Johnson

The Fast and the Furious franchise isn’t just a series of action movies – it’s a kind of soap opera with an emphasis on the primacy of family. You don’t just join the cast, you get adopted, as Kurt Russell and Jason Statham clearly have been (and Luke Evans seemingly was not).

But now the patriarch of F&F’s family-of-choice has turned to the dark side! Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto has gone all evil, apparently at the behest of Charlize Theron’s mystery woman. Let’s go to the synopsis:

Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Oscar winner Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before.

From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage…and to bring home the man who made them a family.

For The Fate Of The Furious, Vin Diesel is joined by a returning all-star cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky and Kurt Russell. In addition to Theron, the series welcomes newcomers Scott Eastwood and Oscar® winner Helen Mirren. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) and produced by returning producers Neal H. Moritz, Michael Fottrell and Diesel.

You know what’s really exciting about this one? At some point Michelle Rodriguez is being to beat the living hell out of Charlize Theron. That kiss will be paid for.

The Fate of the Furious hits Australian cinemas on April 12, 2017.