The trailers showed Dom betraying his team the people he considers family forcing them to reluctantly fight back.
This set up what couldve been the greatestFast & Furiousstory of all: a Toretto family civil war.
But the civil war was oversold.
The premise was set up as Doms family being forced to fight him after he inexplicably betrays them.
But thats not quite how it panned out in the actual movie.
There was no animosity between Dom and his team it was all for show.
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This allowed the filmmakers to comfortably return to the status quo in time for the end credits.
This blackmail storyline was a total cop-out.
It allowed the filmmakers to have their cake and eat it, too.
The eighth entry in the Fast & Furious franchise, The Fate Of The Furious follows the continued adventures of Dom Toretto. Entangled with loan sharks and cyberterrorists, Dom is forced to get back on the race track to protect his family and loved ones.
Hobbs presence in the trailers was apparently just an attempt to cash in onDwayne Johnsons then-thriving star power.
The Fate of the Furiouswas the secondFast & Furiousfilm afterFurious 7to gross over $1 billion.
Theres nothing dramatically satisfying about that family staying happily bonded together for 10 movies in a row.
TheFast & Furiousfranchise keeps doing more or less the same thing over and over again.
Doms family faces a new villain, they defeat the villain, then they have a barbecue.
But that wouldve been a creative risk, and most big-budget franchise filmmaking is steadfastly risk-averse.
