Fast & Furious 9: 20 WTF Moments

20. So. Many. Flashbacks.

One of F9's biggest surprises is its abundance of flashbacks to Dom (Vin Diesel) and Jakob Toretto's (John Cena) younger days, where they're played by Vinnie Bennett and Finn Cole respectively.

The film opens in 1989 with the death of their father Jack, after rival racer Kenny Linder clips Jack's bumper, causing his car to crash and explode.

A later flashback shows Dom going to jail for nearly beating Linder to death, and while doing time he also meets Leo and Santos.

When he gets out, Dom challenges Jakob to a race, on the condition that Jakob - who Dom believes killed their dad by tampering with his car - leave if he loses, which he does.

Ultimately these flashbacks are only intermittently successful in fleshing out the Toretto mythology, and more to the point they consume a huge combined chunk of a movie that, at 145 minutes, is clearly far too long.