The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedies , science fiction films , and horror films .
192-682: F9 (also known as F9: The Fast Saga or Fast & Furious 9 ) is a 2021 action film directed by Justin Lin , who co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Casey . It is the ninth installment and the overall tenth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic "Dom" 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
384-408: A Buick GNX , Pontiac Bonneville Convertible , Plymouth Road Runner , Dodge Challenger SRT8 and a Chevrolet Chevelle SS . Dominic Toretto is portrayed by Vin Diesel and the young Dominic is portrayed by Vincent Sinclair Diesel and Vinnie Bennett . Film appearances Television appearances Brian O'Conner , played by Paul Walker , appears in the first seven films in the series, except for
576-671: 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. In May 2018, Daniel Casey was hired to write the screenplay after Chris Morgan left due to his work on Hobbs & Shaw (2019). Neal H. Moritz returned as producer after being left out of Hobbs & Shaw due to issues with Universal. In April 2017, Diesel and Dwayne Johnson stated that they would return. In October 2017, Jordana Brewster , who portrayed Mia Toretto in five of
768-436: 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 . Trailers for the film included the songs " Family " by The Chainsmokers and Kygo , "Is You Ready" by Migos and " Selah " by Kanye West . The official soundtrack was released on June 17, 2021. The score album, composed by Brian Tyler
960-586: A "desperate attempt to mask the lack of content." Geoff King argued that the spectacle can also be a vehicle for narrative, opposed to interfering with it. Soberson stated that Harvey O'Brien had "perhaps the most convincing understanding of the genre", stating that the action film was "best understood as a fusion of form and content. It represents the idea and ethic of action through a form in which action, agitation and movement are paramount." O'Brien wrote further in his book Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back to suggest action films being unique and not just
1152-505: A Global release status of Chinese-language martial arts films, most notably Zhang Yimou 's Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004), Stephen Chow 's Kung Fu Hustle (2004) and Chen Kaige 's The Promise (2005). Most Hong Kong action films in the first quarter of the 21st century, such as those in Cold War (2012), Cold War 2 (2016) and The White Storm film series have their violence toned down, especially compared to
1344-468: A SWAT team raids his house. He goes on the run in a red Dodge Stealth, earning money via street racing. Losing the Dodge when he is forced to abandon it after police officers recognize the vehicle, he replaces it with a used Nissan Skyline that he repairs and restores with money he earns from subsequent races. He reaches Florida and is forced to choose between New York and Miami. He ultimately chooses Miami, setting
1536-506: A billionaire's apartment room to recover the flash drive containing the God's Eye program. He joins Dom and Mr. Nobody, along with a covert ops unit, to try to find and stop Jakande at a warehouse but is ambushed by Jakande himself and his militants. When Jakande goes after Dom's crew in Los Angeles, he is part of the driving team carrying Ramsey, but after his car is destroyed, goes on foot to restore
1728-511: A car crash, challenging the new Drift King, Sean Boswell, to a drift race. In Furious 7 , Dominic and his team returns to LA as free people leading their own personal lives until they are recruited by mysterious government agent Mr Nobody to rescue Ramsey, a hacker with a device known as God's Eye which is capable to locate anyone on Earth, who has been captured by mercenary and terrorist Mose Jakande. Dom and his crew save Ramsey from Jakande and his militants. Retreating back to LA after Mr. Nobody
1920-666: A chance to live. Shaw decided to do it himself but found that she had the skills needed for his team and used her amnesia to gain her trust. Brian later attempts to apologize to her, but Letty tells him that while she does not remember much about being an informant, she knows that she would not allow someone to force her into doing something she does not want to do. She assists Hobbs, Dom, and the others in stopping both Owen and his crew. Despite not being able to remember her previous life with Dom, she returns home with him stating that "it feels like home". In Furious 7 , Letty temporarily leaves Dom to sort through her amnesia and find out who she
2112-417: A couple of times before her death. She tries to get Dom to leave but he chooses to pursue those responsible. Mia also reunites with Brian, having resentment towards him for breaking up the only family she had left, although it's implied that she still has feelings for him. When Dominic gets injured, Brian calls her for medical help and the two later rekindle their romance. When Dom is captured, Brian and Mia lead
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#17328763220232304-541: A discussion regarding three sequels to Furious 7 (2015) had taken place. Actor Vin Diesel reaffirmed this in September 2015 as the trilogy that could lead to the mainline series' conclusion. 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). In October 2017, Diesel revealed in
2496-399: A double agent for Braga's crime ring in order to clear Dominic's charges (presumably hers as well) and allow him to come home. In the mid-credits scene of Fast Five , Luke Hobbs receives a file regarding a robbery, in which Letty's photograph is attached, revealing that she is still alive and part of a new rogue crew. In Fast & Furious 6 , it is revealed that she has amnesia, and
2688-498: A drive-by shooting on dirt bikes as revenge for an earlier dispute, Brian and Dom pursue them in separate cars. Dom, in his late father's 1970 Dodge Charger, manages to incapacitate Lance while Brian pursues Tran in his Supra and kills him after shooting him in the side, causing him to crash at high speed on his motorcycle. Dom then challenges Brian to a race, pitting the Charger vs. the Supra on
2880-468: A drive-by shooting over an earlier dispute, prompting Brian and Dom to pursue them in separate cars. Dom disables Lance in his Dodge Charger while Brian kills Tran by shooting him in the side, causing him to fall off of his dirt bike at high speed. Dom then challenges Brian to a quarter-mile drag race on a stretch of road that has a railroad crossing as the finish line. The two finish in a tie, narrowly beating an oncoming train, but Dom immediately collides with
3072-466: A father. Mia voices her concerns to Dom that Brian admitted to missing the excitement of their adventures and also reveals that she is pregnant again but hasn't told Brian yet. Brian joins Dom's crew in a series of missions which include an airdrop over the Caucasus Mountains to ambush Mose Jakande's convoy, he jumps onto the bus to rescue the hacktivist Ramsey. At Abu Dhabi, he and Dominic break into
3264-436: A fight sequence. In the 1980s, American martial arts films reflected the national move towards conservatism, reflected in films of Chuck Norris and other actors such as Sho Kosugi . The genre would shift from theatrical releases towards the end of the decade with the rise of home video, the lower box-office of American martial arts productions, and a significant portion of direct-to-video action films that first were made in
3456-409: A girl whose DNA can access Project Aries. Dom faces Jakob, trying to get him to stop what he is doing, and it's revealed that Dom banished him from the family for believing that Jakob was responsible for their father's death due to him tampering his car during a race. Jakob would reveal that their father asked him to do it so that he would throw the race but make his loss look legit in order to pay back
3648-493: A global audience of these films in the United States and Europe, but was cut short on Lee's death in 1973 leading the phases popularity to decline. Following a period of stagnation, Chang Cheh and Lau Kar-leung revitalized the genre with shaolin kung fu films and Chor Yuen 's series of darker swordplay films based on the novels of Gu Long . Kung Fu comedies appeared featuring Jackie Chan as martial arts films flourished into
3840-407: 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
4032-524: A heist, made of Roman, Tej, Gisele, Han, Rico, and Tego. They also try to evade capture by the DSS agent Luke Hobbs and Rio police officer Elena Neves. Hobbs and Elena become allies to Dominic after his team saves them from Reyes's men. With the help of his team, Dominic's heist is successful, and goes into hiding with Mia and Brian, while starting a relationship with Elena, who falls in love with him. In Fast & Furious 6 , Dominic lives peacefully with Elena. He
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#17328763220234224-566: A hero overcoming enemies or obstacles and physical conflicts or challenge, usually battling other humans or alien opponents. By late 2010s studies of genre analysis, the term "genre" itself is often replaced or supplemented with the words "mode" and "narrative form" with all three terms often being used interchangeably. Johan Höglund and Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet said that the difference between these concepts are elusive, but stated that genre could be defined as belonging to specific historical and cultural moments while "mode" and "form" can refer to
4416-412: A high-speed chase after Shaw's airplane, where Mia is rescued and Shaw is crippled and put into a coma. Hobbs then grants the group's amnesty, and the entire crew move back to America, where Mia, Toretto, and O'Conner have decided to reside in the old Toretto home in Los Angeles. In Furious 7 , Brian is now living in Los Angeles with Mia and their son, where he is struggling to get accustomed to life as
4608-454: A larger pattern that operates across a wider historical and cultural field. In their book Action Cinema Since 2000 (2024), Tasker, Lisa Purse, and Chris Holmlund stated that thinking of action as a mode is more helpful than thinking of it as a genre. The three authors suggested that action frames a certain manner of filmmaking and viewing exceed genre without eclipsing it stating that websites such as IMDb and Misplaced Pages rarely label films by
4800-493: 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." 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
4992-534: A new team to pull off heists: Han, Cara, Tego Leo, and Rico Santos. After breaking Tego out of prison, Letty returns and rekindles her romance with Dom. Sometime after this (as revealed in Furious 7 ), Dom and Letty marry. In Fast & Furious , Dominic and his team pull off another heist in the Dominican Republic but have become so infamous with the law that doing so puts them at risk. Dom decides to disband
5184-566: A party held at Otto's mansion; Otto has Dom arrested, but Leysa, Dom's old friend, 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. 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
5376-500: A plane, but a third party interfered and took her, and that the government wants them to go to the crash site. Letty agrees, while Dom is hesitant at first to go with them on the mission but he decides to join. They run into Dom's younger brother Jakob, a rogue agent who has joined forces with an aristocrat named Otto to obtain a device called Project Aries and holds a personal grudge against his older brother for banishing him. She later teams up with Mia to go to Japan and discovers that Han
5568-490: A police station as a teen in order to find him, but would lose track over the years once he became a secret agent under Mr. Nobody. In The Fast and the Furious , Dom has become a professional criminal in order to support the family and Mia is aware of her brother's crimes, but disapproves and does not involve herself in them, though she cares for her brother nonetheless, due to their strong family bonding. Dominic's friend, Vince,
5760-506: A positive score, with 62% saying they would definitely recommend it. 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." 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
5952-543: A propensity for violent action, identified with the films of Chang Cheh . Violent female characters have been part of cinema since its early inception, with characters such as Kate Kelly brandishing a shotgun in The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906). Women traditionally appear in action films as romantic interests, tomboys , or sidekicks to male protagonists. Violent white women would appear in other genres as well such as
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6144-539: A quarter-mile in ten seconds. Over the following weeks and months, and much to the chagrin of Vince, Brian works closely with Dom and his team to restore a Toyota Supra in time to participate in Race Wars, a legal racing event held in the desert outside of LA that attracts hundreds of participants. Dom ultimately discovers Brian's identity when Brian is forced to expose himself to save Vince after their final daytime hijacking goes awry. Vince, having sustained physical trauma from
6336-413: A quarter-mile strip with a railroad crossing as the finish line. The two engage in the high-speed drag race ultimately against an oncoming train. Barely surviving the train, Dom immediately collides with a semi-truck pulling out of a side street causing the Charger to flip multiple times. Brian, rushing to his aid, understands Dom's plight and fulfilling his commitment to give Dom a ten-second car, hands over
6528-482: A race, forcing him to leave town when Jakob 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 a news that shortly after arresting Cipher , 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
6720-417: A rental on VOD services in the United States on July 30, 2021. 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. F9 was released on HBO Max on March 4, 2022. 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. It
6912-583: A rescue mission to free him. In Fast Five , Mia is on the run with Dom and Brian in Brazil, and pregnant with Brian's child. This news motivates the three to pull off a heist with a crew in order to buy their freedom. Throughout the film, she assists Dominic's crew in the heist by driving and staying back at base with surveillance. After the successful heist, Brian and Mia retire to the Canary Island, finally free. In Fast & Furious 6 , she and Brian now have
7104-506: A semi truck advancing from a side street, causing his vehicle to flip multiple times. Running to Dom's aid, Brian understands Dom's dilemma, and not wanting to send him back to prison, hands over the keys to his Supra so that Dom can escape capture by the police. In a short film The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious , Brian surrenders his gun and badge at his home in LA, knowing that he will be arrested for letting Dom go. He escapes just as
7296-501: A series of action sequences, stating that that the difference between Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Die Hard (1988), that while both were mainstream Hollywood blockbusters with hero asserting masculinity and overcoming obstacles to a personal and social solution, John McClane in Die Hard repeatedly firing his automatic pistol while swinging from a high rise was not congruent with
7488-725: A significant portion. These films include Taxi 2 (2000), Kiss of the Dragon (2001), District 13 (2004) and Unleashed (2005). Whan asked about the Americanization of these French films, Christophe Gans , director of Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) stated that "Hollywood ownership of certain elements [...] must be challenged, in order to show that these elements have also long been present in European culture." The most significant producers of French action films with international ambitions
7680-653: A similar level of popularity to that of the Western in the United States. The most internationally known films of this era were the films Kurosawa with Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), and Yojimbo (1961). By at least the 1950s, Japanese films were looked upon as a model to be emulated by Hong Kong film production, and Hong Kong film companies began actively enlisting professionals from Japan, such as cinematographer Tadashi Nishimoto to contribute to color and widescreen cinematography. New literary sources also developed in martial arts films of this period, with
7872-406: A single genre and that streaming services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix similarly dilutes what is marketed and received as action. In transnational cinema, there are two major trends in action films: Hollywood action films and their style being imitated around the globe and the other being Chinese-language martial arts films. The roots of action films extend into the beginning of film but it
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8064-441: A son named Jack. After learning of Letty being alive, she motivates Dom and Brian to go after her. Mia is kidnapped by Owen Shaw's henchmen Vegh and Klaus as leverage over Dom, being held aboard a cargo plane. She is rescued by Brian and returns to the U.S. with Dom and the others, having secured pardons. In Furious 7 , Mia is revealed to be pregnant again and worries about Brian's nostalgia after he revealed to her that he "misses
8256-687: A son while they were in a relationship. After nearly losing the nuclear warheads to Letty and the team. He watches in horror as Cipher lets her right-hand and second-in-command, Connor Rhodes, kill Elena. In desperate need of outside help, he makes a deal with Deckard Shaw's mother to have Owen rescued and faking Deckard's death, in return for her two sons to rescue his child from Cipher. Once Deckard rescues his son, Dom turns on Cipher and kills Rhodes, avenging Elena's death before helping his team stop her plans. He makes peace with Deckard and names his son Brian after his friend and brother-in-law Brian O'Conner. In F9 , Dominic, Letty and little Brian are living off
8448-451: A three-act structure centered on survival, resistance and revenge with narratives where the physical body of the hero is tested, traumatized and ultimately triumphant. The third shift in action cinema, the postclassical, was defined by the predominance of Eastern cinema and its aesthetics, primarily the wire-work of Hong Kong action cinema from the classical era, through the convention of the increasingly computer generated effects. This saw
8640-594: A tough police officer protects society by upholding the law against systematic corruption. This extended into films which O'Brien described as "knee-jerk responses" to perceived threats with rogue cop and vigilante films such as Dirty Harry (1971) and Death Wish (1974) where the restoration of order is only possible by force and antisocial characters prepared to act when society does not. The vigilantism reappears in other films that were exploitative of southern society such as Billy Jack (1971) and White Lightning (1973) and "good ol' boy" comedies like Smokey and
8832-462: A tuned Mitsubishi Eclipse in the first film, but it is hinted this was paid for by the LAPD-FBI task force he had gone undercover for), but after meeting Toretto, he became more positive and active in the racing scene, becoming a skilled mechanic. He is very interested in tuners, especially Nissan Skyline models. He owned two Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 's (one in the second movie and one in the fourth, with
9024-456: Is Luc Besson 's France-based EuropaCorp , who released films like Taxi (1998) and From Paris with Love (2010). EuropaCorp produced Transporter franchise starred British actor Jason Statham and made him an action film star, which led him to feature in The Expendables series by the end of the 2010s. The action film genre has been a staple of Bollywood cinema . In the 1970s,
9216-569: Is a generic term to refer to several types of films containing martial arts. The wuxia film is the oldest genre in Chinese cinema. Stephen Teo wrote in his book on Wuxia that there is no satisfactory English translation of the term, with it often being identified as "the swordplay film" in critical studies. It is derived from the Chinese words wu denoting militarist or martial qualities and xia denoting chivalry, gallantry, and qualities of knighthood. The term wuxia entered into popular culture in
9408-448: Is alive and in connection Project Aries. After Jakob gets Project Aries, Letty saves Dom from drowning after battling henchmen and helps the crew stop Otto and Cipher from activating Project Aries, aided by Jakob who decides to help them after being betrayed. She sees Jakob drive away after Dom allows him to flee and attends a barbeque with the crew to celebrate their victory. Letty Ortiz is portrayed by Michelle Rodriguez and young Letty
9600-450: 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." F9 was followed by Fast X , released on May 19, 2023. Although Fast X
9792-423: Is also described as a tough street woman by Riley, due to their first encounter, showcasing that her personality is still intact. During a heist, Shaw tries to have her killed out of spite, but she is rescued by Dominic, gaining her full trust in him. Brian learns from Braga himself that he had found out about Letty's undercover status from Shaw, and that Felix was supposed to kill her but out of sympathy had given her
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#17328763220239984-425: Is approached by Hobbs, who asks him to help take down Owen Shaw and his rogue team in exchange for their freedom to be granted. Hobbs also reveals that Shaw's second-in-command is an amnesiac but still-alive Letty. With Elena's support, Dominic regroups with his team and tries to talk to Letty to remember him and her former friends. Through numerous actions, he eventually gains Letty's trust, and defeats Shaw. His group
10176-702: Is based on Twin Dragons (1992). Other films such as the martial arts film Bhadrachlam (2001), borrows from American cinema with the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Kickboxer (1989). SS Rajamouli 's RRR (2022) was among the highest budgeted films made in India, and became a rare hit film outside of Indian diaspora, where it broke box office records in Japan and performed exceptionally well in American box office. Japan
10368-588: 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 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 Hu , 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
10560-405: Is being taken care of by Brian when she appears to help with their latest mission. At the end of the film, following the crew successfully stopping Otto and Cipher, Dom asks about the empty chair during the dinner celebration and Mia replies that "He's on the way" , just as a Nissan Skyline car is heard coming towards the 1327 house to join them. O'Conner was first unknown with car tuning (he owned
10752-462: Is charged with infiltrating the Los Angeles street racing scene, as the evidence suggests the culprits are talented racers. His initial contact with Dom and his team goes poorly as Dom's best friend Vince antagonizes Brian into a fight, which leads to Dom banishing him from the store and garnering Brian the nickname "the buster" from the team. However, Brian re-engages them later that night when he lays
10944-465: Is given full pardons from their crimes, and they return to the United States. Elena becomes Hobbs's new partner so that Dominic can be with Letty and start anew. In a post credit scene, he would later get a call with a threatening message from a man related to Owen Shaw, who has apparently killed Han. In The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , he makes a cameo appearance at the end of the film as an old friend of Han's, who has been apparently killed in
11136-490: Is injured and claims for medical aid, Dom and his crew face off Jakande and his forces in a lengthy and violent battle, ending with Jakande and his entire team killed and dead. After Jakande's death, Dom bids an emotional farewell to Brian, who is retiring from the fast-paced, dangerous life to be with his son and Mia, who is pregnant with their second child. Letty also retains most of her memories, some of which reveal that years ago Dom and her had gotten married. In The Fate of
11328-599: Is involved. Searching the plane, they find part of a device called 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 Toretto arrives to help. The team learns that Han Lue is connected to Project Aries, at which point, Letty and Mia leave for Tokyo to investigate. Meanwhile, Jakob meets with Otto, Jakob's associate and financier. Cipher, who
11520-442: Is itself empowering and, if not, whether a hypersexualized female character can still represent strength and autonomy. Hypersexualized female action leads had tight fitting or revealing costumes that Tasker identified as "exaggerated statements of sexuality" and in the tradition of "fetishistic figure of fantasy" derives from comic books and soft pornography . This originated in television with characters like Buffy Summers ( Buffy
11712-471: Is on her own, as she doesn't entirely have feelings for him. However, Letty rejoins the team in stopping Mose Jakande from activating God's Eye. During the course of the mission, Letty's memories begin to come back after hitting her head in a fight with Kara, including that she and Dom were married some point before Fast & Furious . Letty is last seen with her husband and friends on the beach, commenting on how different things will be now that Brian O'Conner
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#173287632202311904-530: Is part of a lethally skilled mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw, a criminal mastermind. Dominic makes several attempts to try and reach out to her, but she does not remember him. Dom and Letty eventually talk about a race and he tells her about their history together, but she chooses to remain with Shaw. It is revealed that Brian felt guilty for having Letty be an informant for the FBI to help him to take down Arturo Braga and having this led to her being presumed dead. She
12096-469: Is portrayed by Azia Dinea Hale. Mia Toretto , played by Jordana Brewster , is Dominic and Jakob's sister, daughter of Jack Toretto and an unnamed woman, mother of Jack O'Conner and an unnamed daughter, cousin of Tony and Fernando, and aunt of Brian Marcos Toretto. The mother of the Toretto siblings is unknown, as Mia was raised with her two brothers and father. Racing played a huge role in the family. When Mia
12288-574: Is referred to as the "classical period" in the 1980s. This was followed by the post-classical era where American action films were influenced by Hong Kong action cinema and the growing using of computer generated imagery in film. Following the September 11 attacks , a return to the early forms of the genre appeared in the wake of Kill Bill and The Expendables films. Scott Higgins wrote in 2008 in Cinema Journal that action films are both one of
12480-588: Is retiring to be with Mia and their children. In The Fate of the Furious , Letty and Dom are enjoying their honeymoon in Havana. Everyone is taken by surprise when Dom seemingly betrays them in Berlin. While the others are convinced of his betrayal, only Letty knew something was wrong and suspected someone was blackmailing him. Her suspicion proved true when Cipher and Dom attacked Mr. Nobody's secret base and it's revealed that Elena, Dom's former girlfriend he had dated when it
12672-408: Is shown to be attracted to her, although she doesn't feel the same way. Mia is also shown to be a proficient driver, a trait that runs in the Toretto family. She falls in love with Brian O'Conner, who is secretly an undercover cop sent to infiltrate her brother's group. When he reveals this to Mia, their relationship is estranged but she agrees to help him find Dom and stop his current heist. After Vince
12864-405: Is the brother of Jakob and Mia, son of Jack, husband of Letty Ortiz, cousin of Tony and Fernando, uncle of Jack O'Conner and Jack's younger sister, and father of Brian Marcos Toretto. In The Fast and the Furious , Dom leads a double life in Los Angeles with his sister Mia, his girlfriend Letty, best friend Vince, and teammates Leon and Jesse. During the day, he tunes performance vehicles out of
13056-568: The femme fatales in film noir and horror films of the 1970s. Violent women were common in action films since the 1960s. These films featured working-class women exacting revenge. Films of the 1970s featured black women such as Pam Grier in films like Foxy Brown (1974). In the 1980s, a new symbolically transgressive character emerged in the form of Ellen Ripley in Aliens (1986) and Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and
13248-540: The Bollywood action film consolidated with two films starring Amitabh Bachchan : Prakash Mehra 's Zanjeer (1973) and Yash Chopra 's Deewaar (1975). The box office success of these films made Bachchan a star and spawned the "angry young man" film in Bollywood cinema. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the action genre film declined considerably with new films predominantly featuring former bodybuilders failing to reach
13440-462: The COVID-19 pandemic . F9 was released on Blu-ray , Ultra HD Blu-ray , and DVD on September 21, 2021, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment . These media featured the theatrical version and a director's cut version, with the latter being 7 minutes longer. The film is also offered as a ultra-high-definition steelbook featuring the poster alongside both versions of the film. It was released as
13632-508: The Hong Kong action cinema , such melodramatic male bonding and marginalized women characters, while the Korean films also have greater elements of tragedy and romance emphasized. Most martial arts films made before the mid-1960s were Cantonese-language productions. In comparison, Mandarin-language films were an integral part of Hong Kong cinema due to the influx of Shanghai film talent in
13824-503: The September 11 attacks in 2001, which suggested an end to fantastical elements that defined the action hero and genre. Following the release of Quentin Tarantino 's Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) revisited the tropes of 1970s action films leading a renaissance of vengeance narratives in films like The Brave One (2007) and Taken (2008). O'Brien found that Tarantino's films were post-modern takes on
14016-425: The pink slip for his Mitsubishi Eclipse down as a wager in a high-stakes race near downtown LA. Dom accepts, but is unable to collect when an LAPD raid leads to the frantic dispersal of all the racers. Dom abandons his car in a parking garage, and is rescued by Brian from being captured by an LAPD patrol officer. Fleeing the police, the duo accidentally enter into the territory of Dom's rival, Johnny Tran, resulting in
14208-501: The xinpai wuxia xiaoshuo (or "new school martial arts fiction") coming into prominence with the success of Liang Yusheng 's Longhu Dou Jinghua (1954) and Jin Yong 's Shujian enchou lu (1956) which showed influence of the Shanghai martial arts films but also circulated from Hong Kong to Taiwan and Chinese communities overseas. This led to a growing demand in both local and regional markets in
14400-428: The 1960s with films like The Born Losers (1967) which was predominantly a drama, interspersed with martial arts scenes. American martial arts films predominantly came into production following the release of Enter the Dragon (1973), with the only higher-budgeted American film to follow in its wake being The Yakuza (1974). Lott noted the two films would lead to the two subsequent styles of martial arts films in
14592-593: The 1970s. James Monaco wrote in 1979 in American Film Now: The People, The Power, The Money, the Movies that "the lines that separate on genre from another have continued to disintegrate." Tasker said that most post-classical action films are hybrids, drawing from genres as varied as war films, science fiction , horror , crime, martial arts , and comedy films . In Chinese-language films, both wuxia and kung fu are genre-specific terms, while martial arts
14784-768: The 1980s. Other films again modernized the form with gangster films of John Woo ( A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989)) and the Wong Fei Hung saga returning in Tsui Hark 's Once Upon a Time in China featuring Jet Li which again revitalized the swordplay styled films. By the turn of the century Hollywood action films would look towards Hong Kong cinema and bringing some of their major actors and directors over to apply their style to their films, such as Chan, Woo, Li, Michelle Yeoh and Yuen Woo-Ping . The release of Ang Lee 's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) led to
14976-702: The 21st century have been comic book adaptations, which commenced with the X-Men and is seen in other series such as Spider-Man , and Iron Man series. Tasker wrote that despite the central characters in superhero cinema being extraordinary, occasionally even God-like, they often followed the traces of the central character becoming powerful of which is fundamental to action films, often dealt with origin stories in superhero films. Action films often interface with other genres. Tasker wrote that films are often labelled action thrillers, action-fantasy and action-adventure films with different nuances. Tasker later discussed that
15168-513: The Bandit (1977). This era also emphasizes the car chase scenes as moments of spectacle in films like Bullitt and The French Connection (1971). O'Brien described these films as emphasizing "the fusion of man and machine" with the drivers and vehicles acting as one, concluding with what he described as "the ultimate in apocalyptic modernity and social erasure" in Mad Max 2 (1981). O'Brien described
15360-746: The Bollywood press who reported on him in the headlines of Bollywood magazines for his public brawls and affairs with leading actresses. In Dabangg (2010), Khan continued with this public persona, which was repeated in several of his later films such as Ready (2011), Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Dabangg 2 (2012). From the 1980s, generations of actors in Telugu cinema have invoked Hong Kong action films, such as Srihari who stated he wanted to become an actor after watching his first Bruce Lee film. Several films in Telugu cinema were remakes of Hong Kong films, such as Hello Brother (1994) which
15552-593: The Dragon briefly allowed an influx of Hong Kong films to Japan, but the trend did not last, with 28 Hong Kong films, mostly kung fu films, being released in 1974, and the number decreasing to five in 1975, four in 1977 and only two in 1978. Ryuhei Kitamura , director of Versus (2000), said in 2004 that he grew frustrated with the Japanese film industry as producers felt they couldn't make action films in competition with Hong Kong or American productions. Versus grew to become popular outside of Japan, and Kitamura said he
15744-455: The Furious , Brian appears in a photograph along with Mia, and is mentioned by Letty and Roman when Dom betrays the team due to Cipher's actions. Roman suggests bringing in Brian to help, but Letty immediately reminds him that team agreed to keep Brian and Mia out any conflict they are a part of in order to keep them safe. Dom later names his son after Brian. In F9 , Mia reassures Dom that his son
15936-408: The Furious , Dominic is on his honeymoon with Letty, as they never officially had one during their time on the run, and is approached by a new enemy named Cipher, who forces him to work for her and betray his friends and family by holding Elena hostage. He was also forced to help her steal the God's Eye and all the equipment for her plan to start a war. On Cipher's plane, he learns that he and Elena had
16128-483: The Furious , Letty expresses some concern about Dominic's carjacking scheme, but goes along to back him up despite her concerns. In the end, during a botched highway robbery, she rolls her car and is injured, but survives. Due to their criminal activities being exposed, Letty is forced to flee the country. In Los Bandoleros , Letty tracks down Dom and the two rekindle their romance. Some time between Los Bandoleros and Fast & Furious , she and Dom marry. During
16320-446: The Furious ) is an American action film series centered on street racing , heists , spies , and family . The following is a list of characters from the film franchise. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series. Dominic " Dom " Toretto , played by Vin Diesel , appears in most of the films in the series. An elite street racer, auto mechanic, and an ex-convict, Dominic
16512-422: The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). Cered and Ozuna portray young versions of Leo and Santos, respectively. Jason Statham reprises his role as Deckard Shaw in an uncredited cameo appearance during the end credits, and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appears as Lookout. Gal Gadot appears as Gisele Yashar through archival footage. In November 2014, Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley confirmed that
16704-471: The Harlem Globetrotters. The cars catch falling bystanders, flip over enemy off-roaders, and stage intricately choreographed attacks using amped-up magnets." 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
16896-597: The Hong Kong film industry after the handover in 1997. Anglophone action film scholarship has tended to emphasize bigger budget American action films, with academics tending to find films that fall out of Hollywood productions as not quite fitting definitions of the genre. By 2024, many national and regional industries were known for action films. These include international films such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam , South Korean, Japanese, Thai , Brazilian , Chinese , South African , French and Italian action titles. At
17088-802: The Red Lotus (1965) and King Hu 's Come Drink with Me (1966). In the 1970s, the Hong Kong martial arts films began to grow under the format of yanggang ("staunch masculinity") mostly through the films of Chang Cheh which were popular. This transition led to the kung fu film sub-genre at beginning of the decade and moved beyond the swordplay films with contemporary settings of late Qing or early Republican periods and had more hand-to-hand combat over supernatural swordplay and special effects. A new studio, Golden Harvest quickly became one of independent filmmakers to grant creative freedom and pay and attracted new directors and actors, including Bruce Lee . The popularity of kung fu films and Bruce Lee led to attract
17280-480: The United States, Europe and Japan had during this period. Yip described Japanese cinema as the most advanced in Asia at the time. This was showcased by the international breakthrough of Akira Kurosawa 's films like Rashomon (1950). The film genre known as the chanbara was at its height in Japan. The style was a sub-genre to the jidai-geki , or period drama with an emphasis on sword fighting and action. It had
17472-406: The United States, with films like Enter the Dragon about people who reveled in combat, often in a tournament setting, and The Yakuza which had several genres attached to it, but featured several martial arts sequences. By the end of the 1970s, the style was an established genre in American cinema, often featuring tough heroic characters who would fight and not think about their actions until after
17664-584: The Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)) and Xena ( Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)). These series popularity demonstrated a growing market for female action film heroes, in films of the 2000s like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Charlie's Angels (2000), Ultraviolet (2006), Salt (2010) and series like Underworld and Resident Evil . These series like their television series earlier, had their leads eroticized as active and physically capable while also being scantily-clad, hyper-feminized similar to
17856-583: The action film genre has been a subject of scholarly debate since the 1980s. Soberson wrote that repeated traits of the genre include chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work while other scholars asserted there were more underlying traits that define the genre. David Bordwell in The Way Hollywood Tells It wrote that audiences are "told that spectacle overrides narrative" in action cinema while Wheeler Winston Dixon echoed that these films were typified by "excessive spectacle" as
18048-553: The action heroine's dual status of an active subject and sexual object was overturning the traditional gender binary because the films "assume that women are powerful" without resorting to justify her physical aggression through narratives involving maternal drive, mental instability or trauma. Purse found that female leads in films like Elektra (2005), Kill Bill , Underworld , Charlie's Angels and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) did showcase women having expensive cars, clothing, travel, homes and often high-paying jobs, but that this
18240-420: 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. In its second weekend, the film fell 65% to $ 23 million, remaining atop the box office. 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
18432-487: The auto shop behind his family's grocery store (which is run by Mia). At night, Dom and his team participate in illegal street racing in and around downtown LA. When they are not racing or working in the garage, the team performs precision hijackings out of three black high-performance Honda Civics, targeting container semi-trucks on LA freeways transporting electronic merchandise valued at hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. LAPD police officer Brian O'Connor infiltrates
18624-443: The beach with the crew, finally accepting his new life as a father and husband. When Dom leaves, he notices and drives after him, pulling up beside Dom's car in his white Toyota Supra, asking him "You thought you could leave without saying goodbye?" They look at each other and smile, then drive together for a bit before branching off in separate directions. Afterward, Brian and Mia retire to raise their family in peace. In The Fate of
18816-520: 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
19008-435: The book Australian Genre Film , Amanda Howell suggested that this label was used to help distance Australian cinema from Hollywood films as it would be suggesting commerce over culture and that it would be "quite unacceptable to make Australian movies using conventions established in the U.S.A." Howell stated this to be the case with action films of the 1970s and 1980s with Brian Trenchard-Smith 's Turkey Shoot (1982) being
19200-490: The bullets", as he is struggling to adjust to a normal life. She does not get involved in the team's mission for stopping Mose Jakande, instead choosing to take care of Jack in the Dominic Republic at a safe house. She and Brian speak before the final battle with Jakande, revealing her pregnancy and begs him to come back, not wishing to raise their children without him. She is last seen on the beach playing with her family as
19392-677: The cast of the film. That same month, it was announced Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron would reprise their roles, with Michelle Rodriguez also confirmed to return. Michael Rooker and MMA Fighter Francis Ngannou were added to the cast in August. In October 2019, Ozuna and Cardi B joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on June 24, 2019, at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire , England. Filming took place in Los Angeles, Edinburgh , and London, and also took place in Thailand for
19584-446: The cell tower connection so that God's Eye can be hacked. Beforehand, Dom speaks with Brian and helps him come to terms that this is his last mission, as Mia and their son are going to need him. While speaking with Mia, Brian voices his concern that he might not survive and asks her to move on if he doesn't, but she reveals her pregnancy and motivates him to come home to her. Following the death of Jakande, he and Mia reunite to celebrate at
19776-401: 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 and protect Elle. Otto and his men attack
19968-550: The classical form of action cinema to be the 1980s. The decade continued the trends of formative period with heroes as avengers ( Lethal Weapon (1987)), rogue police officers ( Die Hard (1988)) and mercenary warriors ( Commando (1985)). Following the continuity of the car and man hybrid of the previous decade, the 1980s featured weaponized men with who were either also carrying weapons such as Sudden Impact (1983), trained to be weapons ( American Ninja (1985)) or imbued with technology ( RoboCop (1987)). O'Brien noted that
20160-402: The close bond that Toretto's father had with his children. He is often worried that he will behave in the manner that his father did, but Toretto reassures him that he is a better man and also promises to keep an eye on him. It is also revealed that Brian has been in juvenile detention with Roman before he became a police officer. Despite interference from Agent Hobbs, who was sent to capture them,
20352-544: The crew pull off the heist and manage to win their freedom. Brian and Mia go to live in Spain, waiting for the birth of their child, while being visited by Dom and his new girlfriend, Elena. In Fast & Furious 6 , Brian, Dom, and Mia live peacefully in the Canary Islands in Spain, where Mia gives birth to their son, Jack O'Conner. Despite promising to leave his former life behind, Brian joins Toretto's team in complying with
20544-459: The decline of overt masculinity in the action film which corresponded with the end of the Cold War in 1991, while the rise of self-referential and parodies of this era grew in films like Last Action Hero (1993). O'Brien described this era as being soft where the hard bodies of the classical era were replaced with computer generated imagery such as that of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). This
20736-514: The destruction of Brian's Eclipse. Due to the earlier terms of the race, Dom holds Brian to his debt, but lets him into his inner circle. Brian presents a totaled Toyota Supra as payment, proposing that if they restore it that it will meet Dom's demands. As they restore the car, Brian becomes closer to both Dom and his sister Mia, whom he begins to date. Under pressure from his superiors with the LAPD and FBI, Brian presses Dom harder to understand where he gets
20928-546: The direct-to-video field, or in similarly low-budget theatrical releases such as Bulletproof Monk (2003). While the American styled-films were predominantly made in the United States, productions were also made in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and South Africa, and were predominantly shot in the English-language. Heroic Bloodshed is a that originates with English-language Hong Kong action and crime film fan communities in
21120-659: The driveway. In a mid-credits scene , Deckard comes face-to-face with Han and is shocked to see Han alive. 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. Karson Kern and Igby Rigney portray young versions of Vince and Jesse, respectively. Lucas Black , Don Omar , and Shea Whigham reprise their respective roles as Sean Boswell, Santos, and Agent Michael Stasiak from previous films, while Shad Moss and Jason Tobin also reprise their respective roles as Twinkie and Earl from The Fast and
21312-487: The earlier work of directors like Woo and Johnnie To . Antong Chen, in his study on the Hong Kong action film, wrote that the influence of China and the amount of Chinese co-productions made with Hong Kong created a shift in these films, particularly following the release of Infernal Affairs (2002). Harvey O'Brien wrote in 2012 that the contemporary action film emerged through other genres, primarily Westerns , crime and war films and can be separated into four forms:
21504-432: The early 1960s and saw a surge in production of Hong Kong martial arts films that went beyond the stories about Wong Fei-hung which were declining in popularity. These new martial arts films featured magical swordplay and higher production values and more sophisticated special effects than the previous films with Shaw Brothers a campaign of "new school" ( xinpai ) martial arts swordplay films such as Xu Zenghong's Temple of
21696-484: The end of the 1990s. Films such as Chunhang (2000) and Memento Mori (2000) and action films Shiri (1999) and Nowhere to Hide (1999) received commercial releases in North America, Asia, and Europe. The success of the latter two films was unprecedented, and was followed by other South Korean action films in the early 2000s reaching the top of the local box office. These South Korean films mimic some traits of
21888-496: The endeavor, is bleeding out, forcing Brian to call for medevac and announce himself as an LAPD officer. This deception infuriates Dom, who immediately departs with Mia, Leon and Letty. By the time Vince is loaded onto the medevac, Dom is speeding away in the last remaining Civic with the remnants of Dom's team. Brian catches up to Dom at his home in LA; Leon and Letty having already fled to avoid arrest. When Tran and his cousin Lance attempt
22080-496: The events of Fast & Furious , she is on Dominic's crew in his heists of fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic, but when the local law enforcement starts closing in, he leaves her behind to protect her from harm, despite telling him that she wishes to be with him no matter what. Several months later, Mia calls Dominic to tell him Letty has been apparently murdered by Fenix. It is later revealed that after she could not find Dominic, Letty contacted FBI agent Brian O'Conner and became
22272-433: The failed trap results in Brian being taken off active duty, he and Toretto team up to successfully apprehend Braga. However, when Toretto is arrested and sentenced to prison as well, Brian resigns from the FBI and teams up with Mia, whose romance with Brian was rekindled at the end of the movie, and members of Toretto's crew to intercept the prison bus to free Dominic from custody. In Fast Five , Brian, Dom, and Mia are on
22464-578: The feat since February 2005. It also crossed $ 100 million domestically and $ 500 million internationally in record time for the COVID-19 pandemic era. 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. 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. It went on to debut to $ 163 million,
22656-527: The female leads in implausible elements, such as in Charlie's Angels , Fantastic Four (2005) and My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006). The fighting styles of women also tend towards more traditionally feminine fluid movements of martial arts, over using guns or directly punching. Purse wrote that the contemporary female action film lead's sexualized brand had her in close proximity of post-feminism discourse about choice, power and sexuality. Marc O'Day interprets
22848-469: The film, Dom and his team set out to stop a world-shattering plot involving his younger brother Jakob Toretto (Cena). With a ninth film planned since 2014, Justin Lin was confirmed as director in October 2017, returning to the franchise since directing Fast & Furious 6 . F9 is the first film in the franchise since 2 Fast 2 Furious to not be written by Chris Morgan . Dwayne Johnson , who appeared in
23040-448: The first time, with Krabi , Ko Pha-ngan , and Phuket used as locations. Part of the film was also shot in Tbilisi, Georgia . Filming wrapped on November 11, 2019. In July 2019, stuntman Joe Watts, who doubled for Diesel, sustained a serious head injury during filming at Leavesden Studios. In September 2020, Michelle Rodriguez confirmed the film would be set in outer space as well, which
23232-414: The following films were voted the top ten best action films of all time. In Hong Kong, the "new school" of martial arts films that Shaw Brothers brought in 1965 featured what featured what Yip described as "strong, active female characters as protagonists." These female-centered films were challenged with the rise of a new male heroic prototype marked by a strong sense of youthful energy and defiance and by
23424-448: The formative trends at this point had become "identifiably generic" as film industries began to reproduced these films during the decade producers like Joel Silver and production companies like The Cannon Group, Inc. began to formulate production of these films with both high and low budgets. The action films of this era have roots in classical story telling, specifically rooted from martial arts films and Westerns, and are built around
23616-598: The formative, the classical, the post-classical and neoclassical phases. Yvonne Tasker reiterated this in her book on action and adventure films , saying that action films became a distinct genre during the New Hollywood period of the 1970s. The formative films would be from the 1960s to the early 1980s where the Anti-hero appears in cinema, featuring characters who act and transcend the law and social conventions. This appears initially in films like Bullitt (1968) where
23808-540: The former was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year in Japan. Following LoveDeath , Kitamura's next directing work was in the United States. The action cinema of South Korea mostly existed on the margins of the film industry in South Korea. The genre was initially called the Hwalkuk ("living theatre") was a term that indicated plays and films driven by action scenes, while this term has not been used regularly since
24000-438: The franchise hurtling further over the top than ever, but director Justin Lin's knack for preposterous set pieces keeps the action humming." According to Metacritic , which assigned a weighted average of 58 out of 100 based on 54 critics, the film received "mixed or average reviews". 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
24192-528: 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). 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. 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
24384-620: The franchise's films, was set to reprise her role for the ninth and tenth entries. 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, 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. In June 2019, John Cena was officially cast in the film, after an initial announcement from Diesel in April. In July 2019, Finn Cole , Anna Sawai , and Vinnie Bennett joined
24576-444: The grand climax of Fast and Furious 4 in the opening half hour.' Good enough. But what do you do for an encore?" 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." Meanwhile, IndieWire ' s David Ehrlich gave
24768-401: The grid when he and his crew face another threat in the form of his estranged brother, Jakob, an assassin who taken Cipher hostage for information and teaming up with a rogue covert operative named Otto to steal "Project Aries" in order to control all the world's computers and advanced weapons systems. The crew find out that Han is alive, having faked his death with Mr. Nobody in order to protect
24960-430: The ground. While heroes in kung fu films often display chivalry, they generally hail from different fighting schools, namely wudang and shaolin . American martial arts films feature what author M. Ray Lott described as a more realistic style of violence over the Hong Kong wuxia films with more realism and are often low-budget productions. Martial arts began routinely appearing in fight scenes in American films in
25152-544: The group while working undercover, using the alias of Brian Spilner and the guise of a new racer eager to participate in high-stakes matches. On his first night, he challenges Dom by buying into a race using the pink slip for his Mitsubishi Eclipse (later said to be valued at $ 80,000). Brian ultimately loses the race, and a subsequent run-in with Dom's rival Johnny Tran leads to the Eclipse's destruction. The result places Brian in debt to Dom for an equally capable vehicle that can run
25344-484: The image of Indiana Jones in Raiders swinging his whip to fend off villains in the backstreets of Cairo. British author and academic Yvonne Tasker expanded on this topic, stating that action films have no clear and constant iconography or settings. In her book The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film (2015), she found that the most broadly consistent themes tend to be a characters quest from freedom from oppression such as
25536-473: The keys to his Supra. Dom departs as the sound of police sirens approaches, leaving Brian to answer for his failure. In a post-credits scene, Dom is seen driving a Chevrolet Chevelle in Baja California, having eluded capture. Although Dom is not in 2 Fast 2 Furious , he is referred to a couple of times. In Los Bandoleros , Dom remains on the run from the law in the Dominican Republic, putting together
25728-520: The late 1920s. These films were popular during the period, which comprised almost 60% of the total Chinese films. Man-Fung Yip stated that these film were "rather tame" by contemporary standards. He wrote that they lacked the kind of dazzling action choreography as expected today and had crude and rudimentary special effects. These films came under increasing attack by both government officials and cultural elites for their allegedly superstitious and anarchistic tendencies, leading them to be banned in 1932. It
25920-564: The late 1970s, with "action movie" becoming the more familiar term. The Korean action films came from Japanese cinema, James Bond series , and Hong Kong action cinema. As North Korea borders China, it block access to the continent from a South Korean perspective, the Cold War allowed South Koreans to substitute deferred travel beyond the border through films with locations shot in Hong Kong. While melodrama and comedy were staples in South Korean cinema, most action films were sporadic and tied to
26112-501: The late 1980s and early 1990s. In the Chinese language, the term used for these films is jinghungpin , literally meaning "hero films". Academic Laikwan Pang asserts that these gangster films appeared at a time when Hong Kong citizens felt particularly powerless with the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China set for 1997. The key directors of the genre were John Woo and Ringo Lam , and producer Tsui Hark , with
26304-508: The late 1980s and early 1990s. Author Bey Logan stated that the term was coined by Rick Baker, in the British fanzine Eastern Heroes . The term is used broadly. Baker described the style as Hong Kong action films which feature gangsters and gunplay and martial arts that were more violent than kung fu films and academic Kristof Van Den Troost described it a term used to distinguish Hong Kong gun-heavy action films from period martial arts films from
26496-431: The late 1980s in the United States were martial arts films. Towards the end of the 1990s, production of low-budget martial arts films declined as no new stars in the genre developed and older actors such as Cynthia Rothrock and Steven Seagal started showing up in less and less films. Even internationally popular films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) had negligible effects in American productions in either
26688-446: The latter rebuilt in the ninth movie), Nissan C10 Skyline and finally a Nissan GT-R . Brian O'Conner is portrayed by Paul Walker . Leticia " Letty " Ortiz-Toretto , played by Michelle Rodriguez , is married to Dominic, sister in-law to Jakob and Mia Toretto, aunt of Jack O'Conner and a niece, daughter-in-law of Jack Toretto and stepmother of Brian Marcos. She is also a highly skilled street racer and mechanic. In The Fast and
26880-476: The middle of a hijacking gone wrong. Vince, stuck on the truck and wounded by the armed truck driver, is rescued by Brian after Letty is incapacitated, but Brian is forced to reveal his identity to Dom as he calls for an emergency medevac to airlift Vince to safety. Infuriated, Dom leaves with Mia, Leon, and Letty. Brian pursues them to the Toretto household, but Leon and Letty have already fled to avoid arrest. At that same time, Johnny Tran and his cousin Lance perform
27072-547: The mission is a success, their records are cleared and the two plan on opening a garage together with the money that Roman secretly took from Verone's stash. In Fast & Furious , Brian has parted ways with Roman again after Miami and decided to become an FBI agent. He is given the task of bringing down drug lord Arturo Braga, whose true identity is unknown to public. Brian was contacted by Letty, who wished to become go uncover and help him, in exchange for her and Toretto's criminal records being cleared, but she seemingly dies on
27264-466: The mission. Later, Brian and Dom team up to avenge her death, both infiltrating Braga's crew. Similar to the first film , Brian is under pressure from his superiors to bring in Dom, who is still a fugitive. During the film, Brian makes a deal to have Dominic pardoned for his crimes with a plan to lure Braga into a trap, but the bust is sabotaged and Braga, whose true identity is revealed to be that of his second-in-command Ramon Campos, flees to Mexico. Though
27456-437: The money to pay for such high-end upgrades to their vehicles. Dom implies that if Brian proves himself at a big upcoming racing event called Race Wars, then he will reveal his secret. During the event, Dom and his crew depart in the middle of the night to hijack a semi truck. Brian reveals his identity to Mia and coerces information out of her to help Dom. The two of them subsequently pursue the crew near Thermal , and find them in
27648-617: The most notorious. Smith had previously released films like Deathcheaters (1976) and Stunt Rock (1979) when financial incentives were available for overtly commercial projects. She commented that action films did tell identifiably Australian stories such as the Sandy Harbutt 's biker film Stone (1974) and Miller's post-apocalyptic film Mad Max (1979) derived from Australia's social and cultural realities, as well as how George Miller 's later Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) derived from Australia's long-standing cinematic fascination with
27840-470: The most popular and popularly derided of contemporary cinema genres, stating that "in mainstream discourse, the genre is regularly lambasted for favoring spectacle over finely tuned narrative." Bordwell echoed this in his book, The Way Hollywood Tells It , writing that the reception to the genre as being "the emblem of what Hollywood does worst." In the Journal of Film and Video , Lennart Soberson stated that
28032-604: The notion that traditional marks of masculinity are not exclusive to men and that musculature was not natural, but something to be achieved. Accusations of these muscular women of the era were levelled at that them by 1993 were that they were "men in drag" and that the films generally have to "explain" why their female leads displayed physical aggression and why they were "driven to do it." As the 1990s went on, Hollywood films began having more conventional looking women in their action films such as The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). A vibrant debate exists about whether hypersexualization
28224-448: The people that he owed money to, only for everything to go wrong when one of the other drivers forced him into the wall. Finally knowing the truth, Dom reconciles with Jakob and the two team up to stop Otto and Cipher, who both double-crossed Jakob after Cipher manipulated Otto into letting her work with him to kill Dom and his crew. Dom later forgives Jakob and helps him escape, similar to how Brian helped him escape. In Fast X , Dom and
28416-435: The physical effort required to completing a task and the abilities and skills acquired over time. Films from the period reflected on the cultural and social climate from the period, as seen in invoking Japanese or Western imperialist forces as foils. The kung fu film came out of the wuxia films. In comparison to the wuxia , film, the focus on the kung fu film is on the martial arts over chivalry, The martial arts films
28608-415: 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, killing him. A week after, Dom is arrested for beating Linder to near-death. While serving his sentence, Dom recalls that Jakob had worked on Jack's car the day he died and concludes that Jakob killed Jack. Upon release, Dom confronts and challenges Jakob to
28800-567: The popularity Bachan had. These films predominantly earned their revenue through longer runs at B-grade theatres. A cycle of action films came from these films in the 1980s and 1990s called the Avenging Woman film, where female protagonists seek justice for a rape victim, where the protagonist seeks revenge through violence. In 2009, the action genre was re-popularized with the box office success of Wanted (2009) starring Salman Khan . Khan reinvented his screen persona with that of his image in
28992-543: The postwar period. These films were targeted at the more educated and more refined middle-class audiences who saw themselves as above the contemporary martial arts films. Scott Higgins wrote in 2008 in Cinema Journal that Hollywood action films are both one of the most popular and popularly derided of contemporary cinema genres, stating that "in mainstream discourse, the genre is regularly lambasted for favoring spectacle over finely tuned narrative." Bordwell echoed this in his book, The Way Hollywood Tells It , writing that
29184-460: 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 John Cena six months later. Brian Tyler returned to compose the score. Principal photography began in June 2019 and lasted until that November, with filming locations including London , Edinburgh , Tbilisi , Los Angeles and Thailand . F9
29376-402: The reception to the genre as being "the emblem of what Hollywood does worst." Tasker wrote that when action and adventure films secured awards, it is often in categories such as visual effects and sound editing. Time Out magazine conducted a poll with fifty experts in the field of action cinema, including actors, critics, filmmakers and stuntmen. Out of the 101 films ranked in the poll,
29568-731: The request of Agent Hobbs to take down rival gang leader Owen Shaw in exchange for full pardons, especially after learning that Letty is still alive and with Shaw's crew. When the team realizes that Braga worked for Shaw, Brian decides to enter the United States to interrogate him about Letty's survival. After successfully questioning Braga and returning to London, O'Conner starts to feel guilty for letting Letty go undercover, which led to her amnesia and subsequent work for Shaw. The group captures Shaw and convinces Letty to side with them. O'Conner apologizes to Letty, who says that while she might not remember him, she would have gone undercover of her own free will. Shaw reveals that he had captured Mia, leading to
29760-431: The rest of the team look on, with Brian finally retiring and accepting his new life with her. In The Fate of the Furious , Mia doesn't appear in the film but is mentioned by Letty as she reminds Roman that the team all agreed to keep Brian and her out of any conflict they are a part of. In F9 , Mia returns upon finding out that her missing brother, Jakob Toretto, has been found. She reassures Dom that Brian O'Conner
29952-520: The ricocheting truck to destroy Cipher's drone, which is revealed to be simulated, and Cipher 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. 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
30144-441: The road and cars and a history of cultural anxiety towards a bleak and forbidding outback landscape opposed to the optimism of American action films. France is a major European country for film production and has made co-production commitments with 44 countries around the world. Around beginning of the 21st century, France began producing a series of films explicitly intended for international markets, with action films representing
30336-506: The run from the law and get caught in a crossfire with corrupt businessman and ruthless drug lord Hernan Reyes in Rio de Janeiro. Left with no other choice after learning that Mia is pregnant with Brian's child, they plot to steal all of Reyes's money to buy their freedom. They assemble a team to pull off a heist to steal $ 100 million. Brian later speaks with Dom about his father not being there for him and how he does not know anything about him, unlike
30528-442: The safehouse and free Jakob, who reveals to Dom that Jack, 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. 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
30720-516: The serialization of Jinaghu qixia zhuan (1922) ( transl. Legend of the Strange Swordsmen ). In wuxia , the emphasis is on chivalry and righteousness and allows for phantasmagoric actions over the kung fu film 's more ground-based combat. The Kung fu film emerged in the 1970s from the swordplay films. Its name is derived from the Cantonese term gong fu which has two meanings:
30912-472: The stage for the second film. In 2 Fast 2 Furious , he is living in Miami as a street racer, but gets caught by U.S. Customs agents. He is offered a deal by his former boss, Agent Bilkins, to take part in a joint Customs/ FBI operation in exchange for the cleansing of his criminal record. He and childhood friend Roman Pearce go undercover as street racers to track down and apprehend drug lord Carter Verone. After
31104-479: The starting point of the genre being traced to Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986) make a record-breaking HK$ 34.7 million at the Hong Kong box office. The style of these films would influence American productions, such as Michael Bay 's Bad Boys II (2003) and the Wachowskis ' The Matrix (1999). Korean media recognized the more fatalistic and pessimistic tone of these films, leading to Korean journalists to label
31296-477: The stunts, Lin's direction, and the performances of the cast, 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. In 1989, Jack Toretto participates in a late model race on a short track , with his sons Dominic "Dom" Toretto and Jakob Toretto working in
31488-433: The style as "Hong Kong noir ". The influence of these films was evident in early Korean films such as Im Kwon-taek 's General's Son (1990) and later films such Song Hae-sung 's A Better Tomorrow (2010), Cold Eyes (2013) and New World (2013). Postcolonial Hong Kong cinema has struggled to maintain its international identity as a provider of these types action films because the talents involved had abandoned
31680-483: The team face the return of Cipher and a new enemy named Dante Reyes . Dominic is tough and street smart. Although he owned a red veilslide Mazda RX-7 used for street racing and a fleet of black Honda Civic (fifth generation) for his heists in the first film, he is more interested in the American muscle cars , owning a 900 hp Dodge Charger R/T he built with his father, of which he is especially proud. He also owned
31872-409: The team, allowing them to move on. Despite Letty wanting to remain with him, Dom leaves in order to protect her. But months later, he is forced to return to the United States upon learning of Letty's apparent death. He reunites with Brian and teams up with him to stop drug lord Arturo Braga in order to avenge Letty. By the end, Dom gives himself up to the law to face the consequences of his actions but
32064-450: The term action film genre and adventure are often used in hybrid, and are even used interchangeably. Along with Holmund and Purse, Tasker wrote that the action films expansiveness complicates easy categorization and though the genre is often spoken of as singular genre, it is rarely discussed as singular style. Screenwriter and academic Jule Selbo expanded on this, describing a film as " crime /action" or an "action/crime" or other hybrids
32256-445: The themes that rescinded irony to restore " cinephile re-actualization of the genre's conventions." The genre went into full circle resurrecting films from the classical period with Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Rambo (2008) finding the characters navigating a contemporary world while also acknowledging their age, culminating into The Expendables (2010) film. The most commercially successful action films and franchise of
32448-496: The third film and Los Bandoleros . Brian is an elite street racer, auto mechanic, a former undercover police officer for an LAPD-FBI task force and a former FBI agent, Mia's husband, and father of Jack and Olivia. During the events of The Fast and the Furious , Brian is undercover for an LAPD-FBI task force under the alias Brian Earl Spilner. As part of his investigation into a string of hijackings that have resulted in millions of dollars in electronic merchandise being stolen, Brian
32640-525: The title character in China O'Brien (1990) who were physically muscular and or enacted more extreme violence that was usually reserve for male action leads. In her book Contemporary Action Cinema (2011), Lisa Purse described the media response to female leads in action films reveal a discomfort about their presence and are often described with hesitant terms of women moving into territories that are perceived as masculine. Revealing woman in this form deconstructs
32832-550: The transport taking him to prison is intercepted by Brian, Mia, Tego, and Rico to free him. In Fast Five , Dominic, Brian, and Mia are now on the run, finding refuge in Rio de Janeiro. In order to escape the authorities and from drug kingpin Hernan Reyes, their newest enemy, they plot to steal Reyes's money in an attempt to buy their freedom. During a talk with Brian, Dominic recalls his happy childhood with his father and Mia. Dominic, Brian, and Mia put together new team to pull off
33024-533: The turn of the millennium, Australian genre films have gained increasing acceptance in the Australian feature film industry, while the action genre represented a small percentage of its output in the 21st century. Scholars of Australian genre film generally used the term "action-adventure" which allows them to apply it to various forms of narratives such as tongue in cheek heroic posturing stories like Crocodile Dundee (1986), road movies or bush/outback films. In
33216-402: The upload. As Mia and Han try to breach the truck, Otto reveals that he and Cipher have teamed up and throws Jakob off the truck. Jakob is rescued by Dom and Mia, where he 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
33408-422: The use of locations such as Hong Kong. These films often featured one-legged or otherwise handicapped action characters similar to those of Japanese films ( Zatoichi ) and Hong Kong films ( The One-Armed Swordsmen ). These included Im Kwon-taek's Returned Left-Handed Man (1968), Aekkunun Bak's One-Eyd Park (1970) and Lee Doo-yong's Returned One-Legged Man (1974). In the 1990s, the country's national cinema
33600-468: The woman of exploitation films of the 1970s such as Caged Heat (1974) and Big Bad Mama (1974). While characters like Frank in The Transporter series are permitted to visibly sweat, strain and be bloodied, Purse found a reluctance for filmmakers to have their female leads have any appearance warping injuries to ensure a perfectly made-up face. Comedy is often used in films of this period to place
33792-448: Was "only a semantic exercise" as both genres are important in the construction phase of the narrative. Mark Bould in A Companion to Film Noir (2013) said that categorization of multiple generic genre labels was common in film reviews who are rarely concerned with succinct descriptions that evoke elements of the film's form, content and make no claims beyond on how these elements combine. Film Studies began to engage generic hybridity in
33984-408: Was a difficult market for Hong Kong action cinema to break into. Prompted by the success of Enter the Dragon and the popularity of Bruce Lee, Toei made their own Bruce Lee-style martial arts films, with The Street Fighter and its two sequels starring Sonny Chiba as well as a spin-off with a female lead similar to Hong Kong's Angela Mao called Sister Street Fighter . The success of Enter
34176-466: Was aiming for the foreign audience, as he was disappointed with the current state of Japanese films. Kitamura's characters have been described as "a careful combination of the maverick independence of 1980s Hollywood action heroes and the calmness and acceptance of Japanese samurai, a consistent criticism of Japanese people today." Kitamura followed up Versus with two manga-inspired big-budget action films, Azumi and Sky High . Both released in 2003,
34368-454: Was believed Letty was dead, and her child (Dom's son) have been kidnapped. After stopping Cipher's plan and saving Dom, she is last seen meeting Dom's son, named Brian, and attending a dinner with the crew, along with Hobbs, Mr. Nobody, and Little Nobody. In F9 , Letty is living with Dom and little Brian off the grid on a farm, knowing that Cipher will come for them. The crew arrive and inform them that Cipher had been captured by Mr. Nobody on
34560-417: Was displayed in corresponding with corresponded with millennial angst and apocalypticism showcased in films like Independence Day (1996) and Armageddon (1998). Action films of mass destruction began requiring more overtly super heroic characters with further comic book adaptations being made with increased non-realistic settings with films like The Matrix (1999). The fourth phase arrived following
34752-464: Was in decline by the mid-1970s in Hong Kong in relation to the stock market crash which went from over 150 films in 1972 to just over 80 in 1975, which led to a downfall in martial arts films produced. When the economy became to rebound, a new trend of martial arts films, the Shaolin kung fu films emerged and sparked a revival of the genre. Unlike the wuxia , the kung fu film primarily focuses on fighting on
34944-509: Was in decline leading to Hong Kong gangster films filled in this void leading to large commercial success at the national box office. Early Korean heirs to Hong Kong action films include Rules of The Game (1994), Beat (1997), and Green Fish (1997) involving men who gain confidence and achieve personal growth as they embark on journeys to protect national state and meet devastating ends. South Korean cinema only received international attention in both art film and blockbuster formats towards
35136-433: Was injured during the heist, Mia is last seen at the Toretto household, witnessing Jesse being gunned down by an enemy of Dom's. She is unable to say goodbye to her brother as he flees the country. In Fast & Furious , Mia is under surveillance by the FBI, as Dom has returned following the apparent death of Letty. She is seen at Letty's funeral and reunites with her brother in secret, revealing that Letty had visited her
35328-599: Was not until the base of Chinese commercial filmmaking was relocated from Shanghai to Hong Kong in the late 1940s that martial arts cinema was revived. These films contained much of the characteristics of the previous era. During this period, over 100 films were based on the adventures of real life Cantonese folk hero Wong Fei-hung who first appeared in film in 1949. These films primarily on circuited within Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking areas with Chinese diaspora . Yip continued that these Hong Kong films were still lagging behind in aesthetic and technical standards that films from
35520-504: Was only in the mid-20th century when action films developed into their own recognizable genre instead of being a collection of other types of films such as Westerns, swashbucklers or adventure films. Films have been described "action films" or "action-adventure film" as early as the 1910s. Only by the 1980s was the term action as its own unique genre used routinely in terms of promotion and reviewing practices. The first Chinese-language martial arts films can be traced to Shanghai cinema of
35712-523: Was only shown as being applicable to white middle-class women. Purse found that these women were empowered at the price of women of other ethnicities. This is seen in Aeon Flux (2005) where Sithandra dies protecting Aeon and Rain's death to make way for Alice in Resident Evil (2002). List of Fast %26 Furious characters#Agent Michael Stasiak Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and
35904-463: Was originally scheduled for release by Universal Pictures on April 19, 2019, but was delayed several times due to the release of the spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw , planned release of No Time to Die and the COVID-19 pandemic . It was first released in South Korea on May 19, 2021; it was released in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2021, then released in the United States on June 25, 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for
36096-456: Was released on July 2, 2021. F9 had its world premiere in South Korea on May 19, 2021, the United Kingdom on June 24 and was released in the United States on June 25. 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
36288-504: Was reported as the final mainline installment of the franchise, an eleventh film Fast XI is in production. Action film While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films , crime films and Westerns . These genres were followed by what
36480-419: Was teased by Diesel. 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. On July 31, 2020,
36672-551: Was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2021 . In the United States and Canada, F9 was projected to gross $ 55–65 million from 4,179 theaters in its opening weekend. 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,
36864-419: Was young, her father would help with her homework, often staying up to read ahead in order to help her. After her father dies in a racing accident and Dom is sent to prison, Jakob helps raise and protect her, until Dom forces him to leave when believing that he was responsible for the crash that killed their father, although Mia apparently never believed it. She tried to stay in contact with him, even breaking into
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