The Law
Now that Dom and Co. have worked for the government once, there’s a strong possibility it’ll happen again. With Kurt Russell’s Mr. Nobody still running around – and being a pretty cool badass himself – perhaps he shall call on the Toretto clan for another job. Vin Diesel has already teased the return of Russell for the next part of the franchise, though (naturally) has not said what kind of part he’ll play.
The other side of law and order is Dwayne Johnson’s Special Agent Hobbs. Hobbs didn’t feature as a major player in Furious 7, although he did have several spectacular moments. He sat out most of the film, though, and it would be good to put him front and center once again. I personally would pump for Hobbs being in danger, perhaps even considered a traitor, and for Dom and the gang to have to get him out of it. It would give some more opportunity for Vin Diesel and the Rock to flex their muscles, and further build on the relationships between the characters as a “family” that looks after their own. Besides, we could have a comeback of Hobbs’s adorable daughter.
Finally, we have to address the rumor that Eva Mendes’s character Monica Fuentes, a U.S. Customs agent, will be returning for the next installment. Monica appeared briefly in Fast Five, but her major film was the early sequel 2 Fast, 2 Furious. It’d be quite easy to write her back in, especially as the Toretto family now has more (somewhat tenuous) connections to law enforcement, and it would be nice to have another badass woman in the mix.
