Rewatchables Reference

• The mountain/parachute car drop – cars dropped from 12,000 feet, Brian fighting Tony Jaa on the bus, Brian running up the dangling bus and jumping to Letty's car.
• The Abu Dhabi double-building jump – Ronda Rousey vs. Letty fight, driving the Lykan HyperSport through three skyscrapers.
• The ending/Paul Walker farewell – 'See You Again' plays, Paul Walker montage, Dom and Brian driving side by side, 'For Paul' title card. Never loses its emotional impact.
• Statham vs. The Rock – Shaw shows up at Hobbs' FBI office, grenade goes off, both fly out a window and land on a car.

• Paul Walker – 'Fucking love that guy.' Genuinely missed. The best handsome blond guy who wasn't a dick in movies.
• Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody – great performance.
• 'See You Again' – became an iconic song and the most-viewed YouTube video ever.
• The facial recognition/CGI technology used to recreate Walker still holds up.

• The entire Deckard Shaw arc – murders 20+ policemen and Han, then in Fast 8 he's having Coronas at Dom's barbecue. 'The elephant in the room.'
• Letty's amnesia plot lasting ~2 years.
• Djimon Hounsou as Mose Jakande – great actor but underdeveloped villain.
• The dark, hard-to-see LA ending with too many elements.
• The Rock's daughter subplot – unnecessary attempt to humanize him.

• Denzel Washington turned down Mr. Nobody before Kurt Russell took it – both hosts are devastated by this.
• Jason Statham was originally offered Owen Shaw in Fast 6 but couldn't do it; they figured out how to work him in as the big brother instead.

Tony Jaa – both hosts agree

The Rock – 'Really dials it up,' almost in 'professional wrestling mode' during the Statham interrogation scene

Ronda Rousey – in her 'Mike Tyson stage,' not a great actress but the fight with Letty was everything they wanted

Denzel Washington as Mr. Nobody – would have added 'a whole extra level of weight'

• Michelle Rodriguez / Letty – 'Never looked better,' great fight with Rousey, makes every scene better. Both believe she's the best actor in the franchise.
• Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth – yes.
• Abu Dhabi as a movie location – yes.
• Action movies with bald stars – Vin Diesel, Statham, The Rock, Tyrese, and Djimon Hounsou all in one movie.

• Elena's ~15-month pregnancy – not showing at all in Fast 7 but has a baby in Fast 8. The math doesn't add up.
• After the head-on car crash, cops rappel from the ceiling and Mr. Nobody is there – how did they know they'd end up in that exact spot?

• Is Race Wars a real thing? If so, why isn't it on ESPN2?
• How does Dom know so many super-connected powerful people? He went from a street racer to having billionaire friends.
• How did everyone on Dom's team get so good at fighting?
• Could/should Brian ever come back via CGI?

No – 'The answer is always no.' Don't mess with the franchise.

Paul Walker – 'He's the one you're most excited to get to spend some time with' when rewatching.

• Brian and Dom's emotional conversation scene was actually a deleted scene from 'Fast Five', repurposed.
• In the parking garage fight, Easter eggs reference The Transporter movies: the BMW from Transporter and the Audi from Transporter 2.
• Gal Gadot had filmed flashback scenes that were cut from the final film.