Fast X Credits Scene Explanation: Guess Who's Back?

How's it for a surprise? There have been many reasons why no one expected to see Luke "I'll Beat You Like a Cherokee Drum" Hobbs will appear again in another film in this franchise, both in-universe and in-game. outside. In terms of official canon, 2017's "Fate of the Furious" ended with the hulking Diplomatic Security Service agent hanging up his holster to spend time with his daughter for a change. Of course, he would eventually return in the rather controversial spin-off, "Hobbs and Shaw," where he reignited his feud with nemesis Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham). But while Shaw would continue to reprise his role in the main series, it no longer seemed likely that the same would apply to Hobbs.

So far, that is! 'Fast X' director Louis Leterrier has clearly gone to great lengths to deliver one of the most outlandish conclusions of any 'Fast' film to this point, but he may have reserved the biggest surprise. for the post-credits tease. We follow a masked soldier meandering through a labyrinthine realm, clearly in search of a dangerous objective. When he arrives at his destination, however, he encounters a setup similar to the one the villainous Dante had created for Dom. Confronted with flashing images and incriminating footage of that infamous bridge in "Fast Five," the mysterious character finds himself the subject of Dante's disembodied voice on the phone. Although he blames Diesel for the death of his father, drug lord Hernan Reyes (Joaquim De Almeida), it was ultimately Hobbs who pulled the trigger.

And now, with Dante swearing revenge on him, to follow in the next film, Hobbs has only one card to play: to process his delivery of "You son of a b****" for all it's worth.