Fast X (2023)

Toretto and his team are enlisted by the Agency to steal a computer chip in Rome. Dom and Letty stay behind with their son, while the rest of the team heads to Rome. Cipher, wounded and betrayed by Dante Reyes, reveals it's a setup to Dom. Realizing they've been played, Dom and Letty set out to rescue their team. In Rome, Dante traps the team in a truck with a bomb, but Dom and Letty give chase. Dom manages to push the bomb into the Tiber River to minimize the damage. Letty is arrested, and Agent Aimes believes Dom's team is responsible, launching a manhunt with a high-priced bounty.

In Los Angeles, armed assailants target Little B, under Mia's care, but Dom's brother Jakob thwarts the attack and takes Little B to a secret location in Portugal. Tess, Mr. Nobody's daughter, locates Dom and informs him that Dante is in Rio de Janeiro. Dom confronts Dante and agrees to a race, joined by Diogo and Isabel Neves. During the race, Dante reveals bombs planted in their cars. Dom crashes into Isabel to dislodge the bomb, but Diogo is killed.

Letty is imprisoned with Cipher at a CIA black site in Antarctica. They join forces to escape, discovering the black site's location. In London, the team finds their bank accounts drained but receives help from Deckard Shaw, who agrees after learning his mother helped Dom. Aimes arrests Dom, but Dante's mercenaries ambush the team. Aimes allies with Dom against Dante, who has kidnapped Isabel. A sniper injures Tess, while Dante locates Little B using the stolen God's Eye. Dom saves Isabel, and Isabel promises to get Tess to safety. Aimes agrees to help Dom take down Dante, and Dom's team heads to Portugal.

Dante kidnaps Little B and orders his mercenaries to stop Dom and Jakob. Jakob sacrifices himself, enabling Dom to rescue his son. At a dam, Dante traps Dom, but Aimes is revealed as a double agent and shoots down the team's plane. Dom drives off the dam and survives, but Dante arms explosives attached to the dam, ending the movie on a cliffhanger. In Antarctica, Letty and Cipher escape and are rescued by Gisele, presumed dead after Fast & Furious 6. In a mid-credit scene, Luke Hobbs learns he is Dante's next target for killing his father.

Jon Sandys ★