Who dies in Fast X? Fast & Furious 10 deaths explained
Universal PicturesFast X includes one major death that’ll have major ramifications for the final two entries – so, here’s everyone who dies in Fast & Furious 10 (and if they’re actually dead).
The Fast and Furious franchise has produced some of the best action movies ever made, and they’ve never been afraid to dice with death.
In the first movie, Jesse was mowed down by Johnny Tran after he didn’t hand over the keys to his car following a drag race. In Tokyo Drift, we met Han for the first time, only to see him killed in a devastating crash.
In 2009’s Fast & Furious, Letty was murdered by a drug lord’s henchman. In Fast and Furious 6, Gisele sacrificed herself to save Han as they barreled down the endless runway. In Furious 7, we had to watch Han die again after the perpetrator, Deckard Shaw, was revealed, and the eighth installment saw the death of Elena at the hands of Cipher.
Yes, a few deaths have been reversed along the way, but the point remains: nobody’s safe in this saga, and Fast X comes with a few losses: here’s who dies.
Who dies in Fast X?
Two people are almost certainly dead: Jakob Toretto (John Cena) and Diogo (Luis Da Silva Jr).
Universal PicturesDiogo dies in a street race against Dom (Vin Diesel), Dante (Jason Momoa), and Isabel (Daniela Melchior). As they speed along the road, Dante reveals that he’s attached two explosives to Diogo and Isabel’s car, and he’s forced to choose who to save.
Diogo drives far ahead of everyone else, so Dom knocks Isabel’s car into a spin and manages to knock the bomb off her chassis. Unfortunately for Diogo, Dante ignites his bomb and kills him in a fiery explosion.
Jakob’s death will shock most fans, given his recent entry into the franchise in F9. For most of the movie, he’s looking after “little B” and trying to get him to his dad. When they arrive in Portugal, they drive and blast their way out of trouble, but Dante manages to grab Brian off the back of Jakob’s car when he’s unjamming the cannons.
Dom rescues him in an outrageous maneuver with the wreckage of a helicopter and speeds away, but quickly realizes he’s driving straight into a fresh fleet of enemy vehicles with no way around them.
Jakob tells him it’s time to “step out of his shadow”, and uses his cannons to project himself and the car into the air and straight into the squadron, causing a massive blast and sacrificing himself for his brother and nephew.
Who dies in Fast X… but isn’t really dead?
Roman, Tej, Ramsey, and Han seem to perish after Aimes downs their plan with a javelin missile – but there’s no way they’re actually dead.
Universal PicturesThe quartet is forced to flee to London early in the film after being framed for a terrorist attack in Rome. They try to get help from Pete Davidson’s black market dealer, but he betrays them in an effort to claim the “dope reward”, so they go to Deckard Shaw for help and manage to get a plane to fly to Portugal.
They arrive as Dom and Brian are sitting at the top of the dam, waiting to be blown to kingdom come. Aimes, the new leader of the agency who’s actually been working with Dante for a decade, fires a rocket at the plane and we see it plummet – but, crucially, we don’t actually see the crash. We just get a burst of fire on the other side of a mountain, so they must have escaped. There is no way they’re actually dead.
Is Jakob really dead after Fast X?
As for Jakob, while his death seems pretty irreversible, it hasn’t stopped the franchise before: we all thought Han was burnt to a crisp in Tokyo, but he was actually saved and stashed away by Mr Nobody.
Universal PicturesHe doesn’t show up in Fast X, but there’s a chance he’ll swoop in again and rescue Jakob – or, maybe, his daughter Tess followed Dom to Portugal and pulled off her dad’s magic trick.
In an interview with Extra, Cena was asked if he’ll return in the final movie. “Man, I hope so. That’s away above my pay grade, but I hope so,” he said – but this was before the movie’s release, so he may have been trying to keep his death a secret.
What happened to The Rock in Fast X?
Despite Vin Diesel and The Rock’s long-documented beef, Dwayne Johnson returned as Agent Luke Hobbs in Fast X’s post-credits scene.
Universal PicturesThe scene opens with Agency troops entering a mysterious, empty mansion. They move from room to room, lighting up everywhere with their green lasers.
One rather imposing, helmeted soldier walks into a theatre space and picks up a ringing phone – it’s Dante, who promises to make the “sheriff” suffer after pulling the trigger and killing his dad.
“The devil is coming for you,” he says, and the man takes off his helmet – it’s Hobbs, sporting a grey goatee. “Well, I ain’t hard to find, you sum’ bitch,” he responds, then squeezing the phone like a can of soda.
It was incredibly surprising to see Johnson back in the role, considering he said “there was no chance” he’d come back.
It all started when Johnson called out Diesel (in all but name) on Instagram, branding him a “candy ass.”
In a later interview, Johnsone explained that they’re “philosophically two different people, and we approach the business of moviemaking in two very different ways… it’s the philosophy of going into work every day. Looking at everybody as equal partners.”
Diesel described himself as Johnson’s “big brother”, and while speaking to Men’s Health, he said he had to rely on “tough love” to get his performance where it needed to be. Johnson reportedly burst out laughing when he read that, and that was the last we’d heard before he showed up in Fast X.
After his post-credits cameo, Johnson tweeted: “Last summer Vin and I put all the past behind us. We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve – and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.”
Fast X is streaming on Prime Video now. Make sure you check out our Fast & Furious 11 guide, our rundown of Fast X’s cast and characters, our explainer on Meadow Walker’s cameo, and how to watch Fast and Furious movies in order.