Fast X: First trailer reveals Jason Momoa’s new baddie and more

Last Updated on February 15, 2023

The gang’s all here in the trailer for Fast X – the first part of what’s expected to be a two film franchise finale for the Fast Family. As per other instalments, the trailer promises a mix of cheese and ass-kicking glory, with Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) going up against a new baddie, Jason Momoa’s Dante, with a big grudge. Based on the trailer, it looks like the big Rio heist in Fast Five had dire consequences for Dante, and now he’s kidnapped Dom’s long-lost son, as a way to get some payback. Luckily, Dom’s got his whole family there to help, including his former brother-turned-enemy-turned-friend Jakob (from F9), the Shaws (Jason Statham and Helen Mirren), plus Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty, Jordan Brewster’s Mia, Tyrese’s Roman, Ludacris’s Tej, Nathalie Emmanuel’s Ramsey and even Sung Kang’s Han to help out. Dante has Charlize Theron’s Cipher, but really, the guy is outmatched, even if Dwayne Johnson’s Hobbs sits this one out.

Here’s the official synopsis from Universal:

The end of the road begins. 
 
Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began.
 
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.  
 
In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price. 
 
Dante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance. 
 
Directed by Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Incredible Hulk), Fast X stars returning cast members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Jason Statham, John Cena and Scott Eastwood, with Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron. 
 
The film also features an extraordinary new cast including Oscar® winner Brie Larson as Tess, a rogue representative from the Agency; Alan Ritchson (Reacher) as Aimes, the new head of the Agency who doesn’t hold the same fondness for Dom’s crew as his predecessor, Mr. Nobody; Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) as a Brazilian street racer with a powerful tie to Dom’s past; and legendary Oscar® winner Rita Moreno as Dom and Mia’s Abuelita Toretto. 

Are you psyched to see Fast X? Former franchise stalwart Justin Lin famously quit the film early in the production, with The Transporter director Louis Letterier taking over. Will the franchise be ending with a bang? It definitely looks that way, with the trailer promising a brawny new bad guy for Dom to take on, and a kick-ass fight scene between Letty and Ciper. Plus, there’s Rita Moreno, Brie Larson and Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson? Sign me up. Fast X opens on May 19th!