8 Things We Learned From The Full Fate Of The Furious Trailer
After a trickle of behind the scenes videos and a teaser or two, the Fast & Furious lot have finally dropped a full trailer for The Fate of the Furious (F8/Fate - geddit?).
It’ll be out on 14 April 2017, and is the first instalment in the franchise since Tokyo Drift to not star Paul Walker, following the actor’s tragic death in 2013.
We’ve pored over every detail of the three minute trailer to bring you the key details that show us how the film will shape up:
1. Dom's gone rogue!
Dominic Torretto once said “I don’t have friends, I got family”. Well, now he doesn’t have family either, as he’s only gone and bloody betrayed them all and shacked up with the film’s baddie.
But don’t worry, we’re 99 per cent sure it’s all a clever ruse, and Dom will no doubt be back with the fam sipping Coronas and putting on a damn good barbecue by the end of the film.
2. Charlize Theron plays an evil terrorist
Both Vin Diesel and director F Gary Gray have hinted that this F&F instalment will be of a higher calibre than previous efforts. Snagging an Academy Award winner for the cast certainly helps, and that’s exactly what’s been done with the addition of Charlize Theron.
She’s the aforementioned baddie Dom’s in league with, and is described as “the very definition of high-tech terrorism.”
3. It features many cars
No surprise here: the last few F&F films have all featured a wide variety of mouth watering motors. And destroyed a lot of them (many being mock-ups, thankfully).
Notable spots in the trailer include:
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Charger (obviously)
Jaguar F-Type
Mercedes-AMG GT
Land Rover Defender
Lamborghini Murcielago
Subaru WRX STI
Chevrolet Corvette C2
Plymouth GTX
Aston Martin DBS
Bentley Continental GT (is that a Mansory kit?)
Plymouth GTX
Dodge Viper ACR
Nissan GT-R
Toyota Supra
Honda S2000
Nismo IDx Concept
Mercedes SLS AMG
4. More plane shenanigans
Yep, we’ve another F&F film that mixes planes with cars. What we can’t tell from the trailer is whether or not the runway is 30 miles long…
5. There's a token street racing scene
Having inexplicably morphed from a film series about street racing to a bombastic action franchise that merely features cars, more recent F&F instalments have at least added a dash of street racing here and there.
It’s the same for F8, with the trailer getting a token street racing scene, taking place in Havana, Cuba.
6. No Helen Mirren
Another high-calibre cast addition to the cast was revealed earlier this year to be none other than acting legend Helen Mirren. But, having not - as far as we could see - made a single appearance in this fairly long trailer, you do wonder if she’ll only have a very small part.
7. Shaw will be on the good side
After the entirety of Furious 7 being about putting Shaw behind bars, he’s, erm, let out to help the good guys….
8. The film looks ridiculous, but entertaining
Forget about Vin Diesel’s claims that this film has a shot at the Oscars: judging by the trailer, it looks to be similar fare to the last few F&F films. And by that, we mean lots of explosions, manic action, crashes and predictable plot elements (see points 1 and 7). But on the whole, just like the last few films, it’ll almost certainly be thoroughly entertaining.
We’ll be watching next April; will you?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
I think that this sequel is completely unnecessary. What they should’ve done is just leave it at fast 7 and maybe do like a spin off series instead rather then continuing on with the series. Of course they are all just doing for the money which shouldn’t really surprise anyone. I might give it a shot when it comes out but i don’t think its gonna all be that good.
I am a car guy but these movies suck. lol. they always have.
Why is everyone on the bandwagon hating? It’s still entertaining to watch these films.
It’s like cod iw, it shouldn’t be part of this series
They have a supra
Yeah
tbh IMO im only hyped for cars 3 next year
Well one thing hasn’t changed…we at least get to see beautiful half naked women dancing on and with each other.
Even VW’s Which Are Cop Cars polo
I hate point 5, and it’s always brought up in one way or another. The film’s plot was never about street racing, it’s an action movie, where the cop had to go undercover, and it just so happened that it was based in a street racing environment. But it evolved very quickly, as it should’ve, because how far do you think they could’ve gone on a strictly racing background.
Tokyo Drift was the only one that mainly focused on racing, and look how out of place it seems (disregarding the lack of most main characters)
I get your point but i think people or at least us car guys want more street racing and less action and TBH Tokyo Drift was one of the best F&F if you ask me
“I’m gonna beat you like a cherokee drum” Really?
Hate to be that guy, but the Viper in No.3 is not a ACR. It’s a T/A 2.0 (I know it’s a very nit picky difference as the T/A 2.0 is just one tier down from the ACR). The reason why it isn’t is because ACR’s don’t normally come with body colored spoilers. The Viper pictured also doesn’t have the “X” design in the spoiler that the ACR does either. The spoiler is also too small, even the non exteme ACR has a bigger spoiler.
I know comments like this are usually frowned upon because it make me seem like a know it all, but because this is an official post by CT staff, the information should be correct right? If you don’t believe the really terrible edit I did then here is an official spec sheet of the different spoilers: http://imgur.com/a/sXXmG