The Fate of the Furious - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[camila]

At the beginning of the film, before the race, Dom tweaks the engine of the car he is about to use to make it faster. He uses the opener ring of a soda can to attach a hose to a part of the engine, calling it a "poor man's turbo". Later during the race, when he engages it, he says, "Ok Buster, lets see if this works," hinting that Brian O'Connor taught it to him. Dom's crew constantly referred to Brian as "The Buster" or "Buster" throughout the first film.

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F. Gary Gray previously directed Vin Diesel in A Man Apart (2003), Jason Statham, Olek Krupa and Charlize Theron in The Italian Job (2003) and Dwayne Johnson in Be Cool (2005).

[melinda]

Cipher's man Connor Rhodes is from Chicago. Connor Rhodes is the name of the main doctor character in Chicago Med (2015).

[alyssa]

Second film in the franchise that did not feature Paul Walker after The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), due to Walker's death on November 30, 2013.

[willard]

Trailer was released December 2016 and gained over 17 million views on YouTube since its release.

[nora]

F. Gary Gray was picked over Louis Leterrier, William Eubank, and Adam Wingard to direct the film. Ericson Core, who was the Cinematographer on the first film, was also considered as well.

[eli]

Nathalie Emmanuel and Kristofer Hivju both star in Game of Thrones (2011).

[tamara]

The ritual dance that Hobbs and his soccer players perform is a traditional Pacific island war dance called the Haka, the Siva Tau, the Cibi, or the Kaiao, depending on the tribe of origin. The New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, etc. international rugby teams perform these dances at the starts of their matches as a sign of strength and prowess.

[cassandra]

During the kids soccer game, Hobbs tells the government official who was asking him to go on the Berlin assignment to cheer for his daughter's team or risk having "them, being Tay Tay fans kicking his ass" - Tay Tay referring to Taylor Swift. Co-star Scott Eastwood appeared alongside Swift in her music video, Wildest Dreams.

[terry]

There have been rumours that there was supposed to be a cut scene in the credits that sets up a spin off movie between Deckard Shaw and Luke Hobbs but it was cut by Vin Diesel.

[russell]

At the end of the movie when the Shaw brothers enter Cipher's plane, Deckard makes a joke about Owen and planes, leading to his brother looking at the ramp with anguish. This is a nod to the sixth movie of the franchise, in which Owen was the main villain and was thrown out of a plane during the final fight.

[wallace]

Although Paul Walker died and his character Brian O'Connor retired at the end of Furious 7, Brian does not appear in Furious 8 but his character lives on and is mentioned by Tej in one scene. Furious 8 contains tributes to Walker, particularly Dom naming his son Brian in honor of his brother-in-law.

[kenzi]

In April 2016, The Fate of the Furious (2017) filmed in Iceland (standing in for Russian territory for the third time in a blockbuster movie, after "A View to a Kill" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"), including the largest explosion to be filmed in that country.