Reaching back into the past, “F9” retcons a long-lost Toretto brother named Jakob (John Cena), whose bitter history with Dom predates even 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious.”Īnd as the Toretto clan splits up to stop Jakob from acquiring world-threatening weapons tech, a side mission sends Tej (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) and Roman (Tyrese Gibson) to find a trio of rocket scientists who might help - rocket scientists who happen to be ex-Tokyo drifters Sean, Earl (Jason Tobin) and Twinkie (Shad “Bow Wow” Moss).īack in 2006, in the first “Fast” movie directed by Lin, they were car-crazy high school students in over their heads with the Yakuza. With the final chapters of the “Fast” saga on the horizon, many roads seem to point to the origins of the franchise. Actor Sung Kang on the return of his “Fast” character, Han Even as the actor who plays him, I’m like, ‘How did this happen? Even as the actor who plays him, I’m like, ‘How did this happen?’” How many pictures do you see of Han’s grave?” said Kang, who credits his return to the films in part to the “ Justice for Han” fan campaign.

“I really thought Han was put to rest there’s vigils, there’s a tombstone. Not that Kang was counting on a resurrection. Now in “F9,” Han makes the ultimate return - back in action and alive, in the present, thanks to a soapy twist explaining that his death had been faked all along. “F9” star Vin Diesel, director Justin Lin, a returning Sung Kang and more stars on the “Fast & Furious’ family reunion and what’s next for the franchise.īending time, after all, is what first brought Kang’s Han back to life in 2009’s “Fast & Furious,” the first sequel released after the character was fatally T-boned in his Mazda RX-7 at the end of “Tokyo Drift.” Director Lin trusted the audience would go along with a timeline displacement, and the fourth, fifth and sixth installments became prequels - allowing fan favorite Han to ride another day. Movies How the ‘F9’ team sought justice for Han and shaped the franchise’s future

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