Intro:

F9 (also known as F9: The Fast Saga and internationally as Fast & Furious 9) is a 2021 American action film directed by Justin Lin from a screenplay by Daniel Casey and Lin.[9] It is the sequel to The Fate of the Furious (2017), the ninth main installment, and the tenth full-length film in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, 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 F9, Dominic Toretto and the team come together to stop a world-shattering plot headed by Toretto's brother, Jakob.

Movie basic detail:

Directed by

Justin Lin

Screenplay by

Daniel Casey

Justin Lin

Story by

Justin Lin

Alfredo Botello

Daniel Casey

Based on

Characters

by Gary Scott Thompson

Produced by

Neal H. Moritz

Vin Diesel

Justin Lin

Jeffrey Kirschenbaum

Joe Roth

Clayton Townsend

Samantha Vincent

Starring

Vin Diesel

Michelle Rodriguez

Tyrese Gibson

Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

John Cena

Nathalie Emmanuel

Jordana Brewster

Sung Kang

Michael Rooker

Helen Mirren

Kurt Russell

Charlize Theron

Cinematography

Stephen F. Windon[1]

Edited by

Dylan Highsmith[2]

Kelly Matsumoto[2]

Greg D'Auria[2]

Music by

Brian Tyler[3]

Production

companies

Original Film

One Race Films

Perfect Storm Entertainment

Roth/Kirschenbaum Films

China Film Co.

Distributed by

Universal Pictures

Release date

May 19, 2021 (International)

June 25, 2021 (United States)

Running time

143 minutes

Country

United States

Language

English

Budget

$200 million

Box office

$700.6 million

About shooting:

With a ninth and tenth film planned since 2014, Lin was confirmed to be directing F9 in October 2017, returning to the franchise since last directing Fast & Furious 6 (2013). F9 is the first film in the franchise since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) not written by Chris Morgan. The cast was finalized with the addition of Cena in June 2019 and principal photography began that same month and lasted until that November, with filming locations including London, Los Angeles, Tbilisi, and Thailand.

Revealing past of Toretto Family:

In 1989, Jack Toretto participates in a race, with his sons Dominic and Jakob in his pit crew. Dom argues with rival racer Kenny Linder about his dirty tactics. As the race resumes, Linder's car clips Jack's bumper and causes the car to hit a wall and explode, killing him. After the crash, Dom is arrested after nearly beating Linder to death. While serving his sentence, he recalls that Jakob had worked on Jack's car the day he died, and concludes that Jakob killed their father. Upon release, Dom confronts and challenges Jakob to a race, forcing him to leave town when he loses.

Present conflict:

In the present, two years after the confrontation against cyberterrorist Cipher,[N 1] Dom is retired, raising his son Brian with his wife, Letty Ortiz. Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, and Ramsey arrive with news of Mr. Nobody capturing Cipher, with his plane subsequently being attacked by rogue agents and crashing in Montequinto, Central America. Dom agrees to help them after realizing Jakob is involved. Searching the plane, they find part of a device named Ares, which can hack into any computer-controlled weapons system. The team is then ambushed by a private army led by Jakob, who steals the device. The team rendezvous with Michael Stasiak en route to their safe house. Dom's sister Mia arrives to help, and Dom reluctantly allows her to join them. The team learns that Han Lue is connected to Ares, and Letty and Mia go to Tokyo to investigate.

Dom adventure with Jakob:

Meanwhile, Jakob meets with Otto, his associate. Cipher is held at their base, after failing to sway Jakob, tells him the other half of Ares is in Edinburgh. Dom meets his father's former mechanic, Buddy, who took Jakob in after his exile, and learns that Jakob is in London. Letty and Mia find Han, still alive, along with his ward Elle. Roman and Tej recruit Sean Boswell, Twinkie, and Earl Hu, who has been working on a "rocket car". In London, Dom meets Queenie Shaw, who gives him Jakob's location. Dom confronts Otto and Jakob, who tells Dom to leave. Otto has Dom arrested, but Leysa, an old friend of Dom, rescues him.

Tej, Roman, and Ramsey join Dom in Edinburgh, where Jakob is using an electromagnet to steal the second Ares device. Tej and Roman find the truck containing the electromagnet; as they fight Otto's men, Ramsey commandeers the truck to chase after Otto. Dom intercepts Jakob, and the two fight throughout the city. Before Otto can extract Jakob, Ramsey runs his car off the road and uses the electromagnet to capture Jakob.

Mission to stop satellite:

Otto recruits Cipher. At the safe house, Han reveals that he was assigned to protect Elle and Ares, as Elle's DNA is its final component. When one of Mr. Nobody's agents, later revealed to be Jakob, went rogue, they used Deckard Shaw to fake Han's death[N 2] and protect Elle. Otto attacks the safe house and frees Jakob, who reveals that Jack, wanting to escape his debts, instructed Jakob to tamper with his car so he could intentionally throw the race. The plan failed due to Linder's interference. Jakob and Otto kidnap Elle and take the second Ares device.

Victory for Dom's team:

Otto launches a satellite into orbit, while Jakob has Elle activate Ares. They begin uploading Ares to the satellite, moving throughout Tbilisi in an armored truck. Dom, Letty, Mia, Ramsey, and Han give chase to stop the upload. As Mia and Han try to breach the truck, Otto betrays Jakob, throwing him off the truck. Dom and Mia save Jakob, and he helps Dom access the truck. Using the rocket car, Tej and Roman enter orbit and destroy the satellite, stopping the upload. Cipher, remotely flying a jet, bombs the truck, killing Otto, in an attempt to kill Dom; Dom uses the ricocheting truck to destroy Cipher's plane. Cipher escapes. Dom and Mia reconcile with Jakob, and Dom allows him to escape in his car. 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 arrives in his car.

(The End)