F9 (film)

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F9
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Justin Lin
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Justin Lin
  • Alfredo Botello
  • Daniel Casey
Based on Characters
by Gary Scott Thompson
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Stephen F. Windon
Edited by
  • Dylan Highsmith
  • Kelly Matsumoto
  • Greg D'Auria
Music by Brian Tyler
Production
companies
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)(South Korea)
  • June 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)(United States)
Running time
143 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200–225 million [2] [3]
Box office$726.2 million [4] [5]

F9 (also known as F9: The Fast Saga or Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga) is a 2021 American action film directed by Justin Lin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Casey, based on a story by Lin, Alfredo Botello, and Casey. [6] It is the sequel to The Fate of the Furious (2017), the ninth main installment, and the tenth installment overall in the Fast & Furious franchise. It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Michael Rooker, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, and Charlize Theron. In the film, Toretto and the team come together to stop a world-shattering plot involving his younger brother, Jakob (Cena).

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With a ninth film planned since 2014, Lin was confirmed as director in October 2017, returning to the franchise for the first time since directing Fast & Furious 6 (2013). F9 is the first film in the franchise since 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) to not be written by Chris Morgan. Dwayne Johnson, who appeared in the previous four films, was announced to return in April 2017, but confirmed his absence in January 2019. The rest of the cast was finalized with the addition of Cena six months later. Brian Tyler returned to compose the score. [7] Principal photography began in June 2019 and lasted until that November, with filming locations including London, Edinburgh, Tbilisi, Los Angeles, and Thailand.

F9 was originally scheduled for release by Universal Pictures on April 19, 2019, but was delayed several times, first due to the release of the spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and planned release of No Time to Die (2021), and then the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] [10] It first was released in South Korea on May 19, 2021; it was released in the United Kingdom on June 24, then released in the United States on June 25. [11] The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some praise for the stunts and Lin's direction, while it was criticized for its unrealistic action sequences, plot, and revision of tropes. It set several pandemic box office records and grossed over $726 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2021. It was followed by Fast X in 2023.

Plot

In 1989, Jack Toretto participates in a late model race on a short track, with his sons Dominic and Jakob working in the pit crew. Dom argues with rival racer Kenny Linder about his dirty tactics. During the race, Linder's car clips Jack's bumper, causing his car to crash and burn, killing him. A week after, Dom is arrested for beating Linder to near death. While serving his sentence, he recalls that Jakob had worked on their father's car the day he died and concludes that Jakob killed their father. Upon release, Dom confronts and challenges Jakob to a race, forcing him to leave town when he loses.

Thirty years later, Dom is retired and raising his son Brian with his wife, Letty Ortiz. Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, and Ramsey arrive with news that, shortly after arresting cyberterrorist Cipher, [lower-alpha 1] Mr. Nobody's plane was attacked by rogue agents, who abducted Cipher and crashed in Montequinto, a fictional Central American country. Dom agrees to help them after realizing Jakob is involved. Searching the plane, they find part of a device named Project Aries, which can hack into any computer weapons system. The team is ambushed by a private army led by Jakob, who steals the device. Michael Stasiak helps Dom's crew escape to their safe house at the Caspian Sea, and Dom's sister Mia arrives to help. The team learns that Han Lue is connected to Project Aries, and Letty and Mia go to Tokyo to investigate.

Meanwhile, Jakob meets with Otto, his associate and financier. Cipher, who is being held at their base, tells Jakob that the other half of Aries is in Edinburgh. Dom meets his father's mechanic, Buddy, who took Jakob in after his exile, and learns that Jakob is in London. In Tokyo, Letty and Mia find Han alive, along with his ward, Elle. Roman and Tej travel to Germany to recruit Sean Boswell, Twinkie, and Earl, who have been working on a "rocket car". In London, Dom meets Queenie Shaw, who gives him Jakob's location. Dom confronts Otto and Jakob at a party held at Otto's mansion; Otto has Dom arrested, but Leysa, an old friend of Dom's, rescues him. Tej, Roman, and Ramsey join Dom in Edinburgh, where Jakob is using an electromagnet to steal the other half of the Project Aries device. Tej and Roman find the truck containing the electromagnet; as they fight Otto's men, Ramsey commandeers the truck to chase after Otto. Dom intercepts Jakob and the two fight throughout the city. Before Otto can extract Jakob, Ramsey runs his car off the road and uses the electromagnet to capture Jakob.

At the safe house, Han reveals that he was assigned by Mr. Nobody to protect Elle and Project Aries, as Elle's DNA is its biometric activation key. When Jakob went rogue and teamed up with Otto, they used Deckard Shaw to fake Han's death [lower-alpha 2] and protect Elle. Otto and his men attack the safehouse and free Jakob, who reveals to Dom that their father, wanting to escape deep debt, had instructed Jakob to tamper with his car to throw the race. Jakob and Otto kidnap Elle and take the other half of the Project Aries device. Otto launches a satellite into orbit, while Jakob has Elle activate Aries. They begin uploading Aries to the satellite, moving throughout Tbilisi in an armored truck.

Dom, Letty, Mia, Ramsey, and Han race to stop the upload. As Mia and Han try to breach the truck, Otto reveals he and Cipher have teamed up, and throws Jakob off the truck. Jakob is rescued by Dom and Mia, and helps them access the truck. Using the rocket car, Tej and Roman enter orbit and destroy the satellite, stopping the upload. Cipher bombs the truck using a UAV in an attempt to kill Dom, but unintentionally kills Otto. Dom uses the ricocheting truck to destroy Cipher's drone, which is revealed to be simulated, and she escapes. Dom and Mia reconcile with Jakob, and Dom allows him to escape custody by giving him the keys to his car, finally forgiving Jakob for his role in the death of their father. Tej and Roman reach the International Space Station and are safely returned to Earth. The team celebrates their success with a barbecue at Dom's house. While preparing to say grace, Brian O'Conner's car arrives in the driveway.

In a mid-credits scene, Deckard comes face-to-face with Han.

Cast

John Cena joined the franchise as Jakob Toretto. John Cena July 2018.jpg
John Cena joined the franchise as Jakob Toretto.

Additionally, J. D. Pardo portrays Jack Toretto, Jim Parrack portrays Kenny Linder, Martyn Ford portrays Sue, and Cardi B portrays Leysa, a woman who shares history with Dom and Magdalene. [22] [20] Karson Kern and Igby Rigney portray young versions of Vince and Jesse, respectively. [14]

Lucas Black, Don Omar, and Shea Whigham reprise their respective roles as Sean Boswell, Santos, and Agent Michael Stasiak from previous films, [17] while Shad Moss and Jason Tobin also reprise their respective roles as Twinkie and Earl from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). [23] [17] Cered and Ozuna portray young versions of Leo and Santos, respectively. [24] Jason Statham reprises his role as Deckard Shaw in an uncredited cameo appearance during the end credits, [25] and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appears as Lookout. [26] Gal Gadot appears as Gisele Yashar through archival footage. [27]

Production

Development

Justin Lin returned to the franchise to direct F9. Star Trek Beyond Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Justin Lin (32119565936).jpg
Justin Lin returned to the franchise to direct F9.

In November 2014, Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley told The Hollywood Reporter that there would be at least three more films in the franchise after Furious 7 (2015). [28] Furious 7 director James Wan was originally contractually hired to direct the eighth and ninth film in the series, but the studio let him go after he told them about his wishes to make a sequel to his previous horror film The Conjuring (2013). [29] In October 2017, Diesel revealed in a Facebook live video that Justin Lin, who directed every film from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) through Fast & Furious 6 (2013), would be returning for the ninth and tenth films. [30] [31] In May 2018, Daniel Casey was hired to write the screenplay after Chris Morgan left due to his work on Hobbs & Shaw (2019). [32] Neal H. Moritz returned as producer after being left out of Hobbs & Shaw due to issues with Universal.

Casting

In April 2017, Diesel and Dwayne Johnson stated that they would return. [33] In October 2017, Jordana Brewster, who portrayed Mia Toretto in five of the franchise's films, was set to reprise her role for the ninth and tenth entries. [30] On April 4, 2018, Johnson stated that he was now unsure if would return for the ninth film due to working on the spin-off, [34] and he confirmed in January 2019 that neither he nor Statham would be returning for the ninth film due to production of the spin-off. [35]

In June 2019, John Cena was officially cast in the film, after an initial announcement from Diesel in April. [15] In July 2019, Finn Cole, Anna Sawai, and Vinnie Bennett joined the cast of the film. [13] That same month, it was announced Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron would reprise their roles, [19] with Michelle Rodriguez also confirmed to return. [36] Michael Rooker and MMA Fighter Francis Ngannou [37] were added to the cast in August. [18] In October 2019, Ozuna and Cardi B joined the cast of the film. [24] [22]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 24, 2019, at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, England. [38] Filming took place in Los Angeles, Edinburgh, [39] [40] and London, [41] and also took place in Thailand for the first time, with Krabi, Ko Pha-ngan, and Phuket used as locations. [42] Part of the film was also shot in Tbilisi, Georgia. [43] [44] Filming wrapped on November 11, 2019. [45]

In July 2019, stuntman Joe Watts, who doubled for Diesel, sustained a serious head injury during filming at Leavesden Studios. [46] [47] In September 2020, Michelle Rodriguez confirmed the film would be set in outer space as well, which was teased by Diesel. [48]

Post-production

Dylan Highsmith, Kelly Matsumoto and Greg D'Auria served as the film's editors, with additional editing provided by David Kern. Peter Chiang, who worked with Lin on Star Trek Beyond (2016), served as the overall visual effects supervisor with DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic, Lola VFX, Stereo D and Factory VFX as the vendors. DNEG also converted the film to 3D.

Music

Brian Tyler returned to compose the score. Brian Tyler.JPG
Brian Tyler returned to compose the score.

On July 31, 2020, a mixtape titled Road to F9 was released, and features music inspired by the film. The mixtape was preceded by the lead single "One Shot" by YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Lil Baby. [49]

Trailers for the film included the songs "Family" by The Chainsmokers and Kygo, "Is You Ready" by Migos and "Selah" by Kanye West. [50]

The official soundtrack was released on June 17, 2021. [51] The score album, composed by Brian Tyler was released on July 2, 2021.

Release

Theatrical

F9 had its world premiere in South Korea on May 19, 2021, [52] the United Kingdom on June 24 and was released in the United States on June 25. [53] The film had five previous planned release dates in the United States between 2019 and 2021. These shifts were reportedly made due to the releases of Hobbs & Shaw and the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. [54]

Home media

F9 was released on Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD on September 21, 2021, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. [55] These media featured the theatrical version and a director's cut version, with the latter being 7 minutes longer. [56] The film is also offered as a ultra-high-definition steelbook featuring the poster alongside both versions of the film. [57] It was released as a rental on VOD services in the United States on July 30, 2021. [58] F9 was also released on Blu-Ray and DVD on October 11, 2021. In January 2022, tech firm Akami reported that F9 was the fourth most pirated film of 2021. [59] F9 was released on HBO Max on March 4, 2022.

Reception

Box office

F9 grossed $173 million in the United States and Canada, and $553.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $726.2 million. [4] [5] It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2021. [60]

In the United States and Canada, F9 was projected to gross $55–65 million from 4,179 theaters in its opening weekend. [61] The film made $30 million on its first day (including $7.1 million from Thursday night previews), both the best such totals of the pandemic period. It went on to debut to $70 million, the highest-grossing weekend since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($72.4 million) in December 2019. Like previous Fast & Furious films, the audience was diverse (with 37% Hispanic, 35% Caucasian, 16% Black and 8% Asian) and skewed to both younger (51% under the age of 25) and male (57%) crowds. [62] [2] In its second weekend, the film fell 65% to $23 million, remaining atop the box office. [63] With Universal's F9, The Boss Baby: Family Business , and The Forever Purge finishing in the top three spots, it marked the first time a single studio accomplished the feat since February 2005. [64] It also crossed $100 million domestically and $500 million internationally in record time for the COVID-19 pandemic era. [65] The film made $11.4 million but was dethroned by newcomer Black Widow the following weekend, then made $7.6 million in its fourth frame, finishing in fourth. [66] [67]

Over its five-day international opening weekend, beginning May 19, F9 was projected to gross $160–180 million from eight countries, including China, Russia, and South Korea. [68] It went on to debut to $163 million, the biggest international opening for a Hollywood film since the pandemic began in March 2020. It also set the pandemic-record for IMAX gross ($14 million), and was the second-biggest May international opening ever, despite playing in 26 fewer countries than the current record holder, Captain America: Civil War . The top markets from the weekend were China ($136 million; the second biggest-ever opening of the franchise in the country), South Korea ($9.9 million), Russia ($8.3 million), Saudi Arabia ($2.67 million), and the UAE ($2.64 million). [69] In its second weekend of international release the film made $30.8 million, including $20.3 million (-85%) in China and $3.7 million (-42%) in South Korea. [70]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 315 critics gave F9 a positive review, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "F9 sends the franchise hurtling further over the top than ever, but director Justin Lin's knack for preposterous set pieces keeps the action humming." [71] According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average of 58 out of 100 based on 54 critics, the film received "mixed or average reviews". [72] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 80% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 62% saying they would definitely recommend it. [62]

From TheWrap , Alonso Duralde summarized the film by writing that "Physics, gravity, and logic in general have long since been thrown out the window, but the jolts of pleasure keep coming." [73] Matt Patches of Polygon criticized the film for its lack of characterization, saying, "After 20 years of Fast films, Dom is a totally functional blockbuster superhero," and that "F9 counteracts any character development by devoting a grating amount of time to meta-commentary on its own ridiculousness." However, he also praised Lin's direction and the set pieces by writing, "Each location fills Lin's pockets with the currency of imagination, which he cashes in with absolute delight. Where previous installments built off the glory of The Italian Job , The French Connection , and Mad Max: Fury Road , F9 finds inspiration in the Harlem Globetrotters. The cars catch falling bystanders, flip over enemy off-roaders, and stage intricately choreographed attacks using amped-up magnets." [74]

Variety 's Owen Gleiberman found one of the opening scenes to be "the suspenseful high point of the movie," and wrote, "The scene is so over-the-top ludicrous that it's [as] if the filmmakers were saying, 'Let's put what would have been the grand climax of Fast and Furious 4 in the opening half hour.' Good enough. But what do you do for an encore?" [75] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter , John DeFore said that the feature "probably sounds like more fun than it is," and concluded his generally negative review by saying that "Furious 7 was a lot more fun. And, not that anyone cares, but it was more believable as well." [76] Meanwhile, IndieWire 's David Ehrlich gave a more negative response with a C+ rating, and praised Lin's direction, writing, "This is a movie that sling-shots so far past self-parody that it loops all the way back to something real." [77] Jesse Hassenger of The A. V. Club also gave the film a C+ rating, remarking that "Lin's writing just isn't as fleet as his directing—and his directing in F9 isn't as fleet as his work on Fast Five or Fast & Furious 6 ." He added, "The problem is all the runway in between the highlights, even longer than the endless literal concrete of the Fast & Furious 6 climax. After a reinvention as a warmer, more diverse Mission: Impossible (practically name-checked here), the series has wound up more like a mid-period James Bond movie in its channel-surfing bloat." [78]

Accolades

Accolades received by F9 (film)
AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Golden Trailer Awards July 22, 2021Best Action"Path" (AV Squad)Nominated [79]
Best Summer Blockbuster Trailer"Path" (AV Squad)Won
Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film)"Risk Super Bowl :30" (AV Squad)Nominated
October 6, 2022The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over"Dom's Story" (Ignition)Nominated [80]
[81]
Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film)"Risk Super Bowl :30" (AV Squad)Nominated
ICG Publicists Awards March 25, 2022Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Motion Picture AwardF9Nominated [82]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards April 9, 2022 Favorite Movie Actor Vin Diesel Nominated [83]
John Cena Nominated
People's Choice Awards December 7, 2021 Movie of 2021F9Nominated [84]
Action Movie of 2021F9Nominated
Male Movie Star of 2021 Vin Diesel Nominated
John Cena Nominated
Female Movie Star of 2021 Charlize Theron Nominated
Action Movie Star of 2021 Vin Diesel Nominated
John Cena Nominated
Charlize Theron Nominated
Saturn Awards October 25, 2022 Best Action or Adventure Film F9Nominated [85]
[86]

Sequels

F9 was followed by Fast X , released on May 19, 2023. [87] Although Fast X was reported as the final installment of the franchise, Diesel unveiled two sequels to that film, [88] with the eleventh scheduled for release in April 2025. [89]

Explanatory notes

  1. ↑ Introduced in The Fate of the Furious (2017)
  2. ↑ As depicted in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015)

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