The Fate Of The Furious: 10 Best Moments

The Fate of the Furious may not represent the best that the phenomenally successful car-heist franchise has to offer, but it sure is a hair-raising blast all the same.

Taking the series to even more absurd heights and crowbarring open some tantalising possibilities for future movies, number eight is full of hilarious, outrageous and even weirdly poignant moments that add up to make this nothing if not extremely memorable and howlingly entertaining.

From ridiculous cameos to insane races, shocking deaths and that unexpectedly emotional final scene, these are the 10 moments sure to dig deep into your brain and become an indelible part of the Fast and the Furious' lore.

10. Helen Mirren's Cameo

Helen Mirren's presence in the film was largely downplayed ahead of release, but she steals the two scenes she shows up in, playing Magdalene Shaw, mother of Deckard and Owen.

In the first scene, she's approached by Dom in a bar, with a proposition to help her see Owen again (who is detained at a government black site), and during a flashback later on, we see her in an ambulance with Deckard, hilariously employing some crocodile tears to get sympathy out of him.

Mirren absolutely knocks her role out of the park, and fingers crossed she shows up in the ninth movie in a more hands-on role. She wants to get behind the wheel, so just let her, dammit.