Everything to Remember About F9 Before Seeing Fast X

For an action franchise overcharged on gasoline, guns, and even the gravitational force of giant electromagnets, the Fast Saga packs an unmistakably sincere punch of genuine emotion. No amount of villainous firepower has ever overcome the ride-or-die code of loyalty that fuels the beating heart of Dominic Toretto’s street racing family — though the hugely anticipated Fast X, burning onto theater screens everywhere on May 19, is set to stretch that winning formula like never before.Fast X comes in the wake of 2021’s F9 (streaming now at Peacock), to date the most insane and intrigue-laden movie —as well as the longest —in the 10-film Fast Saga. Over the course of its 2-hour, 23-minute runtime, F9 acknowledges just about every character who’s ever loomed large at some point or other in the entire two-decade franchise, all while introducing Dom’s brother Jakob (John Cena) —a huge new piece of the family puzzle whose prodigal-son storyline sheds a ton of fresh light on the tight-knit Toret...