The 15 biggest questions we have after 'Fast X' ended on a massive cliffhanger

Acuna: My jaw dropped when Jakob (John Cena) sacrificed his life to save Dom and Little B, flipping his car into oncoming traffic and denoting the explosives attached to his vehicle.

It's difficult to believe Jakob escaped before the car exploded, but we've seen others in the "Fast Saga" survive fiery car crashes.

Singh: My main thought after Jakob's apparent death was, "How helpful was his sacrifice anyway?" There were still plenty of cars in pursuit of Dom after the explosion.

You're telling me Cena was cast in this massive franchise, to only appear in two movies? What was the point of that?

If this was the conclusion to his arc, it felt too rushed. He was just warming up to being back as family (and an uncle to Little B) after his brief turn as a villain in "F9."

Given the franchise's penchant for reviving presumably dead characters, I'm holding on to the hope that Jakob will somehow return for the next installment.

Plus, we never saw his body after his heroic act, so there's still a chance he survived.

Acuna: Jakob worked with Mr. Nobody in the past. Maybe he's learned a thing or two from his old boss about faking deaths.

It would be a waste to kill Cena's character off before he even had a chance to interact with the full "Fast" family.

Acuna: I refuse to accept that this franchise would kill off Han before he can reunite with Gisele after bringing him back in "Fast 9."

When I spoke with Sung Kang after screening the movie, he didn't seem too worried about Han. (After all, he's cheated death once.)

Kang's focus on discussing potential future storylines for Han with his adopted daughter, Elle, (he referred to himself as Father Sung) and Gisele has me convinced the foursome are likely OK.

Singh: I understand that there have to be some deaths to emphasize how high-stakes "Fast X" is and how serious Dante is about making Dom suffer. But there's no way those four beloved characters would be unceremoniously killed in a plane crash.

In "F9," Roman himself marveled at how they somehow always managed to survive truly wild missions around the world. Surely they'll escape death again. There have to be parachutes in that plane.

Acuna: The one mistake villains continuously make in this franchise is allowing Dom to get behind the wheel of a car and best them. Well, Dante took away his car. This can't be the end for Dom, at least not yet.

Singh: From a storytelling standpoint, it wouldn't make sense for Dom to get killed off yet considering that "Fast X" is a trilogy, according to Vin Diesel.

But if something terrible happened to Little B, I could see that being the driving force behind Dom's revenge in the next installment.

Acuna: It's tough for me to believe (in a franchise where cars go to space and characters return from the dead) that Dante waited at least 10 years to get revenge on Dom and his crew. What's up with that? Is that how long it took for him to come up with this seemingly foolproof plan?

Singh: Dom's family is so large that Dante needed a whole decade to study them all and devise his plan.

And even though 10 years have passed since Reyes was killed in "Fast Five," for an audience, that equates to a couple of movies. I feel like that breathing room between 'Fast Five" and "Fast X" was necessary to bring other characters into the fold and also build up the tension.

If Dante was introduced one or two movies after "Fast Five," would his revenge feel as intense or hit as hard as it did in this film? Probably not.

Acuna: My money's on Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell).

In 2021's "Fast 9," fans learned Gisele used to work for the former leader of the mysterious Agency group that's recruited Dom and his pals. When we see how Mr. Nobody faked Han's death, Han tells him it's a "pretty nifty magic trick." Mr. Nobody claims he's "done better."

Was faking Gisele's death the "better" magic trick Mr. Nobody pulled off?

Personally, I always questioned Gisele's death. Owen Shaw fell from a higher height from a plane and survived with some burn marks.

Singh: Mr. Nobody missing in action is super suspicious and makes me think he must be working quietly in the shadows.

Given his history, it would make perfect sense for him to have been instrumental in Gisele's survival.

Gisele's return wasn't that surprising, since, again, we never saw her body after she supposedly died in "Fast & Furious 6."

What shocked me was that she appears to be working with Cipher.

When Cipher told Letty that she had an escape plan, I really didn't think it involved Gisele. After Gisele emerged from the submarine near the film's end, Cipher indicated that Gisele was the answer all along, asking a surprised Letty, "Still think my plan sucks?"

Does Gisele even know about the terrible things Cipher did to Dom and his family? As far as we know, Gisele and Cipher never crossed paths before her apparent death. But "Fast" has been known to retcon a lot. Plus, Cipher is extremely resourceful and has ways of getting intel on people. Maybe she was involved in keeping Gisele hidden all along.

Acuna: Johnson told CNN in December 2021 that there "was no chance" he would ever return to the franchise. Now, he's back in an end-credits scene, which was apparently added very late in the game.

What happened?

If I had to wager a guess, "Black Adam's" poor box-office performance helped turn the tide in bringing Hobbs back to the "Fast" family. With a DC franchise off the table, it likely made it an easy call to return to "The Fast Saga," especially since his two highest-grossing movies ever are from "The Fast and the Furious" franchise.

Director Louis Leterrier told The Hollywood Reporter they reached out to Johnson and his team and convinced him to screen the sequel before getting him onboard. I think the timing just happened to conveniently work out when everything with DC fell apart.

Singh: Johnson's return to "Fast" was a bit surprising given his public falling out with Diesel. Maybe, similar to their characters, the two actors made amends or came to an understanding?

Acuna: As Dom says, there's always room for family!

Singh: With Hobbs being Dante's next target, I do wonder if the events of Johnson's "Hobbs & Shaw" will now become more relevant to the "Fast" franchise.

It always felt like that spin-off wasn't required to watch in order to follow the main movies. But if Dante's targeting family and known associates, maybe it's time for a rewatch.

Acuna: Dante claims to be hunting down Dom's entire family, but that doesn't seem to include Grandma Toretto even though she was introduced early in the film. (Maybe abuelitas get a pass.).

Singh: I'm going to need Dante to keep Abuelita's name out of his mouth.

We saw how fast Deckard Shaw began packing weapons when he realized that his mom, Magdalene, was being eyed by Dante. Can you imagine the rage that would consume Dom if Dante hurt his grandma?

Acuna: When Mia and Jakob parted ways, it seemed like she was going to get together with Brian and their two children and then meet up at the rendezvous point in Portugal. They never made it there, though.

Did Dante intervene and kidnap them before they could safely arrive?

Singh: Ever since the franchise continued after Paul Walker's death in 2013, I've been curious to see how they plan on addressing Brian's lack of screen time.

They've tiptoed around the subject with mentions of Brian in the movies that followed "Furious 7." And the main reason they've used to justify his absence is that he's with the kids.

With the potential end of the franchise on the horizon, how do they plan on explaining what's been going on with him?

Acuna: In "Fast X," Han (Sung Kang) finally confronts Deckard (Jason Statham), the man who seemingly killed him a decade ago in "Fast 6."

This scene was hyped for two years, but the resulting confrontation wasn't what I expected.

In the "Hobbs & Shaw" spin-off, Deckard said he had to make amends for things he's done in the past, referencing Han, but, when they meet, no apologies are issued. Deckard doesn't even express remorse.

Instead, Deckard speaks with his fists, assuming Han's there to exact revenge for his almost murder.

Any character growth is erased as Deckard frustratingly continues to throw punches even after Han says he's not there to fight. He only stops once the two need to join forces to fight a common enemy and then they're seemingly cool.

I'm a little more OK with the scene now after breaking it down with director Louis Leterrier and Sung Kang. Both hinted that more justice was coming, but I think this scene's going to bother a lot of fans who were initially upset that Deckard was chummy with Dom at a family gathering at the end of "Fast 8" without any mention of Han.

This was the entire reason Han was brought back. Instead of giving him the respect he deserved, we watched his "killer" attack him.

Singh: This long-coming justice for Han felt way too rushed. I'm relieved to know that more of that will possibly be explored in the future.

I'm sorry but Deckard saving Han's life by shooting the intruder behind him doesn't make them even at all in my opinion.

Acuna: The last time we saw Owen he was piloting Cipher's plane, never to be seen again. After learning that Dante was targeting anyone who previously helped Dom, Deckard sped off.

Was he leaving to check on his mom, Queenie, and his younger siblings?

Maybe Owen and Hattie (who's also a love interest for the Rock's character) will come back in the next one?

Singh: I feel like "Fast X" held back by not including a lot of franchise characters since we're not at the end of the road yet.

With Owen still alive and Dante going after family, I'm assuming he'll be brought back into the fold for part two.

Acuna: The last we saw Queenie, she was in Rome helping Dom so it's likely she's in Dante's crosshairs.

I'm hoping she's safe with Cardi B and her female crew who were introduced in "Fast 9."

Singh: Queenie is badass and resourceful in her own right, so she can hold her own a little bit, at least until her kids find her and provide backup.

Considering how fond Diesel and Helen Mirren are of each other in real life, I have my fingers crossed that Queenie survives this war.

Acuna: Dante steals all of their money mid-film as payback for stealing from his own family in "Fast Five."

Personally, I think this is a nice touch for an overarching story.

The group started out from humble beginnings, lived the dream of being rich for a few movies, but eventually returned to their roots.

If the saga ends with all of them working out of auto shops again and street racing, it would bring the franchise full circle.

Singh: You make a great case for why they should be less wealthy. Although, I don't think Roman would cope well with losing his beloved fortune. He actually may be the richest of all of Dom's crew, considering that he withheld some of his money and kept it close to his chest (literally).

Acuna: Mr. Nobody's plane crashed while transporting Cipher in "Fast 9" and no one's seen him since. In "Fast X" we learn he's vaguely gone missing.

I'm guessing he's on that submarine with Gisele.

Singh: I would also be willing to bet that he's in that submarine or operating secretly somewhere.

It just doesn't seem plausible that he'd abandon Dom and crew as the world literally burns. And I'm sure he has a good reason for his absence.

Acuna: There's a scene where he lifts up a Mustang after shifting it into neutral and I can't stop thinking about it.

Maybe this is the wrong question to ask in a franchise with zombie cars and a car venturing to space.

Singh: Of course he's strong enough to lift a car, he's basically a superhero at this point.

But in all seriousness, I suspended all logic and reason in the franchise a long time ago. So when Dom does something truly unbelievable like moving a Stang with his bare hands, I don't bat an eye.

Acuna: While in Deckard Shaw's hideout, an image of Eva Mendes' "2 Fast 2 Furious" character, Monica Fuentes, can be seen on a monitor.

She's apparently among the folks Dante's targeting for helping Dom over the years.

While I'd love to see her return, Mendes told "The View" in 2022 if she returns to acting she "won't do violence." It feels like the nod may remain an Easter egg.

But they convinced Johnson to return, so never say never!

Singh: As Dom tells Tess in "Fast X," nothing is impossible. You can't rule out anything, so I guess we'll just have to see if that was more than just a reference to Monica.