Dare devil stunts and car chases were filmed in iconic areas of the city including the following: In September 2019 Fast & Furious 9 spent 19 days filming in 11 different areas of Edinburgh city centre. (Image Credit: Universal Pictures -Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges filming Fast & Furious 9 in Edinburgh) With a slighter later release date than originally planned (the film was due to be released in 2020, but was delayed due to the pandemic), the non-stop action hurtles around the globe-from London to Tokyo and from Central America to Edinburgh.
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The latest instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise roared into UK cinema’s in 2021.īuckle up for the ninth chapter in the saga that has endured for almost two decades and has earned more than $5 billion around the world.įF9 sees the return of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and co as they once again join forces to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom and Letty’s long lost brother, Jakob (John Cena). Here’s to the next billion dollars at the box office.(Image Credit: Alamny Live News - Fast & Furious filming on Victoria Street) Like so many things in the F&F franchise, it shouldn’t work but somehow does. It all accelerates towards a genuinely thrilling finale that pivots between full-throttle action and intense sentimentality, making Fast & Furious 9 feel a bit like a bear hug from your gruff older brother after you’ve nearly chucked up on a roller coaster. Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej Parker (Chris ‘ Ludacris‘ Bridges) continue to supply much of the light relief – and also shoulder the most preposterous plot developments – while British crew member Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) gets lumbered with the clumsy tech-speak. For most of her screen time, she’s quite literally stuck in a clear perspex box. Also back, but less winningly, is Charlize Theron, who’s an oddly peripheral presence here as ice-cool cyberterrorist Cipher. A scene in which she and Dom careen through the streets of London – with Queenie behind the wheel, which Mirren must have loved – is a tongue-in-cheek highlight.
Can Dom and the gang keep them from piecing together in time? You’ve guessed it: F9 boils down to a high-stakes race to the finish.Īlong the way there’s a fun but uneventful cameo from Cardi B, who’s already signed up for a presumably meatier role in F10, and a game return appearance from Helen Mirren as cockney crim Queenie Shaw. But cleverly – and conveniently for the plot – its inventors have split it into two parts and created a secret operating key to prevent it from being misused. Jakob and Otto have hatched a plan to steal a device called Aries that will give them the God-like ability to hack into any computer weapons system. Some subtlety-free flashback scenes establish the decades-old beef between Dom and Jakob, which stems from their father’s untimely death in a racing accident, but they soon become a distraction from events in the present day. Dom (Vin Diesel) and wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) might think they’ve retired to a quiet life in the country, but when Dom’s long-lost brother Jakob (Cena) teams up with billionaire playboy Otto (Thue Ersted Rasmussen) to take over the world – seriously, that is F9‘s basic premise – only one posse of petrolheads can stop him.Ĭardi B pops up for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo. F&F has always gone big on kinship – what is Dom Toretto’s street racing crew if not a chosen family? – so it’s a decent idea to steep this instalment in bad blood. Given that the last two films grossed well over a billion dollars each, let’s hope he negotiated a cut in profits.Īnyway, this typically outlandish stunt does take place within the framework of a passable plot. For the record, “magnet plane” is a term coined by director Justin Lin’s son Oqwe, who apparently came up with the idea when he was eight or nine years old in a production meeting. At this point, it’s hard to tell, though the tone here is set early on when John Cena’s new villain drives his Ford Mustang off a cliff and gets picked up by a futuristic “magnet plane”. The ninth film in the Fast & Furious franchise might be the most ridiculous yet.
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