The end of the road is finally here. The first trailer for Fast X dropped and set the Internet ablaze with all its vehicular mayhem. The stakes are higher than ever, with yet another enemy from Dominic Toretto's past coming after him the only way these villains know: by going after his family. The chaos displayed in the trailer as the result of Jason Momoa's villain Dante is just what one would expect from a Fast & Furious movie. However, even with all the madness, explosions and helicopter stunts featured in the trailer, the weirdest (and most sci-fi) moment was saved for last. It even feels like it's setting up something similar to a certain Nicolas Cage film from the '90s.

After the title drop at the end of the trailer, an awkward situation is revealed. Both Cipher (Charlize Theron) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are being held in a scientific lab of some sort, both strapped down in gurneys across from each other. The marketing for the Fast & Furious movies are like Dragon Ball Z in that they certainly love to tease unexpected team-ups and fights; look no further than the Hobbs and Shaw-centric action pieces in The Fate of the Furious trailers. Fast X does a similar thing at the end of its first trailer with Cipher and Letty. And there is bad blood there, too, after The Fate of the Furious, which saw Cipher forcing herself on Dom right in front of his wife, Letty.

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Letty and Cipher May Be Heading to Nicolas Cage Territory in Fast X

What starts as both characters tied down to their gurneys turns into a brutal fistfight to end the trailer on an intense note. What's most interesting about this last scene is the setting where the fight occurs. Surrounded by odd equipment and observed by what appears to be scientists staring intently at monitors, the possibilities regarding how Cipher and Letty ended up in this situation are endless. Given their status as enemies, one can't help but think they're doing their own version of Face/Off, which has its own sequel on the way. The 1997 film saw John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swapping faces with each other so that Travolta's character, Archer, could put a stop to a criminal conspiracy orchestrated by Cage's character Troy.

The devious criminal schemes and cat-and-mouse aspect of Face/Off is an inherently silly concept expected from Nicolas Cage's filmography. Interestingly enough, it's also one that fits well within the context of the Fast & Furious franchise as well. The movies thrive off rivalries and the lengths characters go to pursue one another. Adding a new element of face or body swapping would exemplify those themes and tropes to a new degree. However, that's what Fast & Furious movies are all about: embracing the more absurd side of things.

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Homaging Face/Off Would Help Fast X Embrace Its Wild Side

Michelle Rodriguez on a table as Letty in the Fast X trailer.

An identity swap, while definitely strange, fits right in with the aesthetic of the Fast & Furious franchise and its stunts. The series is no stranger to more zany storylines, as evident in the rocket car that sent two characters to space in the previous entry, F9: The Fast Saga. Even before that, the plot of the sixth film in the franchise, Fast & Furious 6, featured Letty having a case of amnesia after her death was faked a few movies prior. While some might consider the idea of an identity swap between Cipher and Letty incredulous, it aligns with the story beats from the previous films. Letty is no stranger to mistaken identity, and a development that would have her switching places with Cipher might even play into potential Fast & Furious spinoffs.

Theron's Cipher is a villain entirely reliant on different types of cutting-edge technology, so the idea of her switching places with Letty somehow to infiltrate the family wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen in the series. One of the best aspects of the Fast & Furious franchise is how it embraces the absurdity of some of its plot points. Instead of trying to justify or ground its action in reality, the series opts to revel in the absurdity of its vehicular stunts, the unexpected character returns, and, potentially, face or body swapping.

To see if Fast & Furious really does its own take on Face/Off, Fast X races into theaters May 19.