History Film / FastX

* SissyVillain: Dante, all the way. Most of his outfits are effeminate, but his pink bathrobe with pink nail polish takes the cake. He also has a very zesty personality. This doesn't make him any less scary.

-->--'''Dominic Toretto'''

!!''Fast X'' includes the following examples:

->''"Never accept death, when suffering is owed."''

** A meta example is definitely the post-credits scene revealing [[spoiler:Luke Hobbs, given that the famously acrimonious relationship that Creator/DwayneJohnson and Creator/VinDiesel developed during the shooting of ''Film/FuriousSeven'' seemed to ensure that fans would never see the character in the main franchise again]].

-->'''Dante:''' [[spoiler:[[DidYouActuallyBelieve Did you think it was going to be that easy?]]]]

* DesignatedGirlFight: There is one between Letty and Cipher at [[spoiler: the Agency black site in Antartica]].

* RayOfHopeEnding: A first for the franchise! [[spoiler:Jakob dies in a HeroicSacrifice to save Dom, which proves fruitless as the film ends with Dom and his son completely at the mercy of Dante and [[TheMole Aimes]] as they prepare to blow up the dam that would flood the valley Dom and Brian are trapped in. The plane Tej, Roman, Han, and Ramsey are on was shot down with no indication if they make it out alive. Tess is heavily injured earlier in the film. Even if they all make it out alive somehow, they're still branded terrorists by the international community after Dante frames them for the devastating bomb explosion in Rome. The only silver lining is that Letty and Cipher managed to escape the Agency's base and rescued by a very much alive Gisele.]]

* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Dom points out to Dante that attempting to come after Dom while Dom is inside a car all but guarantees that Dom will survive.

* AndStarring: With Creator/HelenMirren / With Creator/BrieLarson / With Creator/RitaMoreno / And Creator/JasonStatham / And Creator/JasonMomoa.

* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler: The fact that Aimes and Dante were working together means [[Series/{{Smallville}} Arthur Curry]] and [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Arthur Curry]] are [[AlternateSelf working together]].]]

* AlwaysSavesTheGirl: During Dom's race with Dante in Brazil, Dante forces Dom into a SadisticChoice by [[spoiler:rigging a bomb under both Diogo and Isabel's cars, the two other racers, and sees that Dom only have enough time to save one of them. Dom chooses to save Isabel, who at that point is still a stranger to him, instead of Diogo, Dom's longtime friend since his heist in Rio ten years ago. Granted, Isabel's car is closer to him than Diogo's and that Dante never have any intention of sparing either of them, but Dom still chooses to save her first, causing his friend Diogo to be the first to get killed by Dante's bomb.]]

* VanityLicensePlate: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot, the license plate on Deckard Shaw's [=McLaren=] reads ''[=RO4D RGE=]''.

** [[spoiler: As Letty and Cipher trek across Antarctica to safety, a submarine emerges from the ice and the person controlling the submarine is Gisele.]]

** Dom's crew recruit Deckard Shaw in their battle against Dante to gain access to cars and guns after the latter drains all their funds and [[spoiler:uses it to hire militia groups around the world to hunt the Toretto clan and all their allies down. When this leads Queenie to be a target, Deckard is more than happy to assist, while venturing off to protect his own family.]]

-->'''Little Nobody''': Any idea where they could be?
-->''(Dom and Letty exchanged baffled looks)''
-->'''Dom''': In Rome. Where you sent them.
-->'''Little Nobody''': We don't have a mission in Rome.
-->'''Letty''': It's a setup.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Deckard delivers one to Han, assuming the latter has come for revenge for the events of ''Tokyo Drift'' despite his protestations to the contrary. It takes Agency soldiers storming the place to direct his violence elsewhere, and he cools down afterwards.]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: A surprisingly brutal one for ThePowerOfFamily the series infamously runs on. Dante Reyes takes advantage of Dom's love for his family to manipulate him and his team at every turn, seperating them from each other and weakening them. Dom's wide circle of friends and allies around him only means more people that Dante can use to threaten and torment him, and no matter how badass Dom is, there's no way he can save them all. Above all, Dom's habit of making allies out of his former enemies gets turned on its head when [[spoiler:Aimes only merely ''pretends'' to join Dom's side, but is actually TheMole for Dante all along, something both Dante and Aimes mock Dom for.]] This even applies to other characters, too. Roman and Tej, as close as they are throughout the series, get into a quite serious feud that lasts for much of the film when the former's ItsAllAboutMe attitude is pushed a bit too far, and it's only resolved when both of them accept their own flaws and forgive each other.

* {{Deconstruction}}: A surprisingly brutal one for ThePowerOfFamily the series infamously runs on. Dante Reyes takes advantage of Dom's love for his family to manipulate him and his team at every turn, seperating them from each other and weakening them. Dom's wide circle of friends and allies around him only means more people that Dante can use to threaten and torment him, and no matter how badass Dom is, there's no way he can save them all. Above all, Dom's habit of making allies out of his former enemies gets turned on its head when [[spoiler:Aimes only merely ''pretend'' to join Dom's side, but is actually TheMole for Dante all along.]] This even applies to other characters, too. Roman and Tej, as close as they are throughout the series, get into a quite serious feud that lasts for much of the film when the former's ItsAllAboutMe attitude is pushed a bit too far, and it's only resolved when both of them accept their own flaws and forgive each other.