Fast & Furious 9 (2020) Trailer Review

Fast & Furious 9 (2020) Trailer Review 

 It is that time again for amazingly the 9th Fast and Furious film and the trailer has just hit the internet and these are the things I noticed in it.

John Cena is playing Dominic Torreto's brother 

Obviously with 9 films, the writers have to come up with new reasons for these characters to go on these crazy journey. John Cena is the antagonist in this film and to be honest he looks like he will fit into this franchise very well and there is some potential for a more dramatic take on the story but it does bring up the question as to why he hasn't turned up in any of the previous films or why Dom hasn't even mentioned him in any of the previous films. 

Mia is back but obviously no Paul Walker 

One thing the film is going to have to explain is that the character of Mia is back for this film even though they seemed to right her out in previous films. But obviously due to Paul Walker's real life death the character of Brian won't be in this film so they are going to have to find a way to explain just why Mia is back but Brian didn't make the trip which can be easily done but I wonder how they will do it.

Have we seen the craziest action scenes in the trailer?

These films are known for their crazy action scenes in it but I do wonder whether we have seen the best action scenes in the trailer. Such scenes as the cars flying off cliffs and Vin Diesel and John Cena flying off of trailers, I just think maybe this film has shown too much but I wouldn't put it past this franchise to have something more mad planned.

Han is back from the dead and I hate it

Now first of all I really like the character of Han but he was clearly killed off in Furious 7 by Deckard Shaw and that was the emotional arc of that movie and why the two groups clash. However, since then Shaw was a protagonist in Furious 8 and Hobbs & Shaw so this comes across as a clear message from the franchise that Shaw hasn't done anything wrong and that he is a good guy even though we know he would have been capable of killing Han and had a clear motivation for it. I feel this ressurection takes away from Furious 7 as a film and really hurts the character of Deckard Shaw and makes him more of a one dimensional character. 

Fast and Furious 9 is due to come out on the 22nd May 2020 starring Vin Diesel & John Cena.