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- There are two major on-screen deaths in Fast X as two characters are sacrificed to save other people.
- Tej, Roman, Han, and Ramsey's fates are left open-ended, potentially indicating their deaths, but the franchise's history suggests they could still be alive.
- Most major Fast And Furious Franchise characters are still alive at the end of the movie, including some surprising character returns.
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Fast X!There are some major confirmed casualties thanks to Fast X's deaths, and several other characters might have died too. As the first movie in a multi-part Fast & Furious franchise finale, there were signs that some characters were going to die in Fast X. The film's marketing campaign included lines in the trailer about not everyone making it out of the movie alive, while even director Louis Leterrier confirmed pre-release that killing off major characters was on the table. This prompted theories about which characters Fast X would kill.
Jason Momoa's villain is driven by a quest to make Dom (Vin Diesel) suffer and resorts to killing those closest to him as a final tactic. By the time that Fast X's ending comes, Dante and his associates have proven they are a threat to be taken very seriously. They threaten the safety of just about everyone closest to Dom as part of their mission, and the various situations lead to several Fast & Furious characters dying. There are also a few individuals whose fates are left up in the air, so here are the many Fast X deaths explained.
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The First Major Fast X Death Is A Fast Five Character
Diogo Is Played By Luis Da Silva Jr.
There are only two major Fast X deaths that happen on-screen for familiar characters. Plenty of side characters die throughout the film, but Diogo is the first on-screen character death. The Fast Five character returns thanks to the Brazil setting. Diogo came to respect Dom during the fifth Fast & Furious movie, so much so that he helps Dom stand up to Dante in Fast X. This ultimately puts Diogo in harm's way as someone associated with Dante's archenemy.
Dante puts bombs on the bottom of Diogo's and Isabel's cars, forcing Dom to choose which one to save. When he picks Elena's sister, Diogo becomes the first big Fast X death.
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An F9 Character Is A Surprising Fast X Death
Jakob Is Played By John Cena
Arguably, the much more significant casualty occurs when . John Cena's character was only introduced in F9 as Dom's secret younger brother, and he spends the entirety of the new film protecting Little Brian from Dante's men.
This allows them to bond, but it also means Jakob is partially responsible for Dante eventually getting Dom's son. When his fuel line is shot, and he becomes incapable of helping Dom save Lil B, he decides to make the ultimate sacrifice. Using his rocket car to launch himself into the caravan coming for Dom, Jakob became the most surprising Fast X character death.
Fast X Teases The Deaths Of Four More Of The Family
Tej, Roman, Han, And Ramsey's Fates Are Left Open-Ended
There is also a possibility that Tej, Roman, Han, and Ramsey also count towards Fast X's death toll. The four characters are split up from the rest of the cast fairly early on as a result of Roman's mission in Rome going awry. They travel across the world trying to remain out of Dante's sight, eventually leading them to Deckard Shaw in London. They finally connect with the Agency and hitch a ride to Brazil, but this was secretly all part of Dante's plan.
Right as they get to Dom, Aimes shoots a missile at their plane, causing it to begin falling from the sky and crash into a mountain. The movie does not show any signs that Tej, Roman, Han, or Ramsey make it out of the plane before it crashes, which would mean that all four characters die in Fast X.
Of course, the decision not to explicitly show their fates means that it is most likely a question that Fast & Furious 11 will have to answer. They are last seen running through the plane toward their vehicles, so it is possible that this gives them some extra protection. Even if that is the case, no sign of them leaving the plane means that at the very least Dom believes his four friends die in Fast X.
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Fast & Furious' History Suggests The Others Could Still Be Alive
Han, Letty, And Gisele Have All Been Brought Back After "Deaths"
No matter how definitive or ambiguous the Fast X deaths might look, the franchise's history suggests that anyone could still be alive. Fast & Furious has a history of bringing back characters who were thought to be dead. This began with Han returning by changing the timeline and then retconning his death again in F9 by revealing Mr. Nobody helped him fake his death.
Letty is one of the most famous examples of a dead Fast & Furious character coming back to life, as Fast & Furious 6 reveals she lost her memory instead of dying. Gal Gadot's Fast X return continues the trend by revealing Gisele is still alive.
Explaining how Jakob, Tej, Roman, Han, and Ramsey can return in Fast & Furious 11 can be done in several different ways. It is much easier to explain how Tej, Roman, Han, and Ramsey survived because the plane crash was obscured from Dom's view, meaning there is wiggle room for them to narrowly escape before the crash. This would be an easy way to explain how the recurring franchise characters continue to be part of the Fast Saga's final movies. Otherwise, the franchise could explain they survived the crash through the protection of their vehicles or some piece of technology.
Jakob's Fast X death looked to be much more irreversible, as it would take explaining that he braced himself for the crash to avoid serious injury and escaped from the mountain of burning cars. It would not be realistic to explain that Mr. Nobody helped fake his death either. There is, however, one interesting fan theory that could allow Jakob to return.
Jakob could return after Fast X's post-credits scene if theories about Fast & Furious using time travel prove to be correct. The franchise could see Dom and his team invent time travel to go back and save those that they've lost. This could include Jakob and provide a way to bring him back but not directly retcon his death scene. It's long been suspected that the movies could take that sci-fi route.
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Which Other Fast & Furious Characters Have Unknown Fates After Fast X
Dom's Fate Is Left On A Cliffhanger
The fates of several other Fast & Furious characters are either unknown or left in the balance after Fast X. The biggest of these are Dom and Lil B, who are last seen standing in a cavern with bombs about to detonate that will blow up the dam in front of them. There is no easy way out of this situation for the father and son, and Dante appears ready to let them die and end their suffering.
It is unclear how Fast & Furious 11 will address the cliffhanger ending and explain how both characters survive - unless killing the franchise's main character in a shocking fashion is planned for the next film. That would certainly be a surprise for the audience since it's been made clear multiple times that Vin Diesel is at the heart of the franchise as Dom. It's unlikely the saga would conclude without his character making it to the end.
The only other major Fast & Furious character whose fate is not entirely clear after Fast X is Mr. Nobody. Whether he was alive or dead has been a mystery since the beginning of F9. Fast X makes several references to Mr. Nobody's status, but Tess and Dom both imply that he is alive but missing or in hiding. It remains to be seen if that is the truth, and if it is, how he survived Jakob's original attack in F9 and what he has been up to since then.
Every other major character is confirmed to be alive and in a good spot after Fast X. Cipher, Letty, and Gisele are together in Antarctica. Isabel took Tess to the hospital, where she will recover from a non-fatal gunshot wound to the shoulder. Dante and Aimes are together watching Dom potentially die. Dwayne Johnson's Fast X return even confirms that Hobbs is safe, while Little Nobody, Queenie, Deckard, and Mia are all alive the last time they are seen.
Since Fast X teases anyone associated with Dom could be a target for Dante's team, everyone from Monica Fuentes to Sean Boswell could be in danger still.
Does Who Dies In Fast X Even Matter?
The Fast & Furious Franchise Has A Loose Relationship With Mortality
The Fast and Furious movies are beloved by fans, but that doesn't mean they're without criticism. A key bugbear many have with the Fast saga, especially critics, is the fact that character deaths rarely seem to be permanent. Many characters who died earlier on in the franchise later returned in future installments, even if their death seemed permanent at the time.
One of the most prominent examples of this is, of course, the Tokyo Drift. Han being killed was leveraged as an incredibly emotional moment in the movie, and ended up providing essential motivation for Sean. His death had almost certainly intended to be permanent when Tokyo Drift released in 2006. However, when F9 arrived in 2021, Han returned. It was revealed he'd faked his own death, even though this seems highly implausible (even when rewatching Tokyo Drift). Such moments raise an important question about who dies in Fast X — does it even matter?
While the loss of characters like Jakob Toretto were intensely emotional in Fast X, there's no guarantee their deaths are permanent. If there's enough fan demand for the likes of John Cena to return in Fast 11 or other future installments (or spinoffs), then the writers of future Fast and Furious movies will find a way to make it happen. In the Fast saga there's apparently no death that's too big to retcon. While this certainly helps keep fans of the franchise on their toes, it also means that character deaths have become less impactful.
This has also started to create a problem for the Fast and Furious franchise. Until it definitively ends, there's very little reason for viewers to get emotionally invested in the deaths of any of the characters, because there's every chance they could turn up again in a future movie. While the Fast X death scenes make for great moments when considering the film in a self-contained vacuum, there's also a sense that they have little-to-no bearing on the wider franchise.
Time will tell whether any of the characters who died in Fast X come back, but the fact that they could mean that the moments they die resonate with long-term fans far less than the writers clearly intended them to.
Fast X
- Release Date
- May 19, 2023
- Runtime
- 141 Minutes
- Director
- Louis Leterrier
WHERE TO WATCH
Vin Diesel and the family return for the tenth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise in Fast X. Charlize Theron returns as Cipher ing forces with Dante Reyes, a former foe of the Fast Family seeking revenge for the death of his father Hernan Reyes, after the events of Fast Five. Fast X is part one of a two-part conclusion to the franchise.
- Writers
- Justin Lin, Dan Mazeau, Gary Scott Thompson
- Sequel(s)
- Fast and Furious 11, Fast & Furious 12
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