Having thwarted the menace of Deckard Shaw, Dom and Lettie have retired to Cuba. Not that "retirement" for Dom means "no longer participating in explosively dangerous car-based shenanigans" ... but by the standards of this franchise, they're definitely living the quite life.
Of course, there's always someone out there determined to stir things up, and this time it is Cypher (Charlize Theron), a mysterious super-hacker who turns out to have been the backer of Owen Shaw (from Furious 6) and Mose Jakande (a secondary villain in Furious 7). Dom & Co have twice thwarted her plans (albeit unintentionally), and she's decided to make Mr Toretto pay for this inconvenience.
We're not immediately told what it is, but Cypher has apparently found something to give her leverage over Dom, allowing her to turn him against his old team and utilise his "in my hands, cars are basically magic" superpowers to steal an EMP device and a briefcase containing Russian nuclear launch codes.
Can Dom find a way to thwart Cypher, despite whatever hold she has on him? Can his teammates help him stop her scheme? Will Vin Diesel growl something about "mi familia"? The answer to all these questions is as obvious as the franchise's continuing love for women's bottoms, really, but one doesn't come to a Fast & Furious movie with any doubts about the destination: one comes for the ridiculous high octane journey to get there. And this film certainly delivers on both the high octane and the ridiculous. Frankly, when I saw it at the cinema I found it a little exhausting, but re-watching it at home I had a great time. I'll definitely be seeing the next film in the franchise when it comes out.
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