Fast X director Louis Leterrier teases that the upcoming Fast & Furious sequel will be putting a dramatic twist on the franchise's typical street race. After the Fast & Furious franchise first got its start back in 2001, Fast X will serve as the penultimate installment, pitting Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew against a new villain in the form of Jason Momoa's Dante. Leterrier has already revealed that the sequel will go back to the franchise's street racing roots in some ways but now teases that there will be one big difference.
Ahead of Fast X release date next month, Leterrier reveals in an interview with Empire that at least one street race in the film will feature a twist on what one would expect from a regular street race. Namely, he explains, it will play out vertically, although he doesn't explain what exactly that means. Check out Leterrier's full comment below:
Fast X's Vertical Street Race Explained
Quarter-mile street races have been a part of the Fast & Furious franchise since its inception over 20 years ago, and there have been a number of variations made to the formula in the years since. A "vertical quarter-mile" race, however, sounds truly unlike anything the film series has done before. With promises that Fast X will be a more grounded entry in the franchise after several more outlandish installments, there are several explanations in terms of what a vertical street race is.
Instead of somehow driving vertically up a building, it seems more likely that Leterrier could be referring to an elevation-based street race. Instead of calculating the race's quarter-mile distance by how much pavement the cars cover, perhaps the race is to see how quickly the contestants can reach a point that is a quarter of a mile above or below sea level. This could mean racing to the peak of a hill or mountain or, conversely, reaching the base of some sort of large underground parking structure or lair.
It remains to be seen what a vertical street race actually is, but audiences can likely rest assured that it won't involve rocket-powered cars blasting off into the sky like in F9: The Fast Saga. Glimpses of a street race are shown off in the Fast X trailer, but, at least from what is shown, the race does appear to be more typical in nature. Thankfully, with a release date now only about a month away, audiences don't have much longer to wait to see Fast X's vertical street race in all its glory.
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