Fast and Furious

The sci-fi concepts provide the series with more fun and creative ways to undo character deaths that had the fans rabid for justice. It's time to look at how ...

The Han in the car that was crushed by Shaw was a hologram, and Han got out in the nick of time. By the end of The Fate of the Furious, Owen and Deckard are using jetpacks and fighting to save Dom’s baby. That only adds to the overall fun of the experience rather than breaking the story’s suspension of disbelief. Owen is yet to be seen again after The Fate of the Furious, but Deckard Shaw has now become one of the top heroes and faces of the franchise, starring in the spinoff film, Hobbs & Shaw. However, neither character was killed off, and by the next movie, Deckard Shaw became one of the good guys, helping Toretto and the Family in the fight against Cipher, who had once hired Shaw's little brother to steal a dangerous EMP weapon. Han continued to be a part of the Fast & Furious franchise, and Lin pulled this off by narratively setting the sequels before the events of Tokyo Drift. However, Jakob became estranged from the family after Dom came to believe that Jakob was involved with the tragic death of their father, setting up Jakob to return years later as an antagonist in F9. Not to mention, the Fast & Furious series has incorporated more futuristic and sci-fi concepts over the years. In a post-credits stinger for Fast Five, a scene between Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) and Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) reveals that the presumed dead Letty Ortiz is alive and well. Well, Fast & Furious 6 explains that Letty survived the wreckage. [Fast & Furious](https://collider.com/tag/fast-and-furious/) franchise has truly withstood the test of time and has likely reached greater heights than the original filmmakers thought possible. However, Letty’s role in the film was very limited, and on top of that, she seemingly dies offscreen, sending Dom on a path of revenge against her killers.