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| “ | You always say never turn your back on family. But you turned your back on me. Now your little family is in my world. | „ |
| ~ Jakob to Dominic |
| “ | I spent my entire life in your shadow. And now, you spend the rest of yours living in mine. | „ |
| ~ Jakob to Dominic |
| “ | You know, I used to be scared of cars. After my dad died, I guess I blamed myself. It was tough. I had panic attacks, the whole bit. Heck, I took the bus. Yeah. I think I was just so worried about making mistakes and not being as good as my brother. | „ |
| ~ Jakob explaining his tragic past to his nephew Brian Marcos. |
Jakob Toretto is the secondary antagonist of the 2021 film F9 and a major character in its 2023 sequel Fast X.
He is the middle child and son of Jack Toretto, and the brother of Dominic and Mia. But then Dom learned of what caused their father's death, he exiled, who became embittered towards his brother. For 28 years, Jakob pushed himself to be faster, smarter, and stronger than Dom, and became a master thief, assassin, and high-performance driver. Though he originally worked for Mr. Nobody, he would go rogue with Otto to steal Project Aries, and battled his brother to get revenge. Jakob eventually shared the truth about their father's death and was accepted back into his family.
He is portrayed by the famous WWE wrestler John Cena as Finn Cole played the character young. Cena also played John Triton in The Marine, Danny Fisher in 12 Rounds, Agent Burns in Bumblebee, and Peacemaker in the DC Extended Universe, and also voiced J.C. in Surf's Up 2, his WWE character in Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery, Ferdinand in the titular film, Yoshi in the 2020 Dolittle film, Rocksteady in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Jakob Toretto was born around the late 1970s to Jack Toretto and an unnamed mother and was the younger brother to Dominic and the older brother to Mia. In 1989, Jack was in a race against Kenny Linder, but he died after his car collided with Kenny's car and hit a wall. The Toretto family mourned the loss of Jack, and when Kenny attempted to pay his respects, Jakob ordered him to leave. When Kenny insulted Jakob, Dom arrived and nearly killed Linder with a socket wrench, and was taken to jail.
Exile[]
While Dom was in prison, Jakob became a famous street racer after winning many races but was challenged by his older brother after the latter learned the truth of Jack's death. Dom challenged him that if he won the race, Jakob would have to leave Los Angeles for good, and Dom won the race. Upon his loss, Jakob left town but kept in touch with Mia for some time. Jakob would become bitter towards his older brother due to his exile, and focused for decades on making himself faster, smarter, and stronger than Dom. Toretto would become a master thief, assassin, and a high-performance driver, and would eventually start working for the enigmatic, Mr. Nobody. Before the events of the film, Jakob was convinced by his colleague Otto to betray Mr. Nobody to steal Project Aries.
F9: The Fast Saga[]
After devising a plan to steal Project Aries and use it to launch a satellite to take control of the world's computer systems, Jakob and Otto's agents attack a plane belonging to Jakob's former employer, Mr. Nobody, that is carrying Mr. Nobody himself and Cipher who has been apprehended by the pair. In addition to that, Mr. Nobody is carrying Project Aries with him.
Jakob and Otto extract Cipher from the plane but are unsuccessfully in obtaining Project Aries as Mr. Nobody divided it in two. The plane crashed somewhere in Montequinto, Central America, leaving Mr. Nobody's fate unknown. Mr. Nobody is able to send out an SOS message which was intercepted by Ramsey, who delivers the news to Dom and Letty Ortiz with Tej Parker, and Roman Pearce.
Jakob and Otto take Cipher to their Base of Operations and lock her in a glass cage to keep her from interfering with their plan.
Dominic Toretto's Crew travels to the crash site and is able to find the first half of the device however Jakob and his private army attack the team. Dom and the team escape with Project Aries however Jakob is able to steal it from Letty resulting in a chase between Dom and Jakob and the rest of the team. In addition to that, the area is guarded by mercenaries who chase after Dom and Jakob through a field of landmines which they narrowly avoid. Jakob drives his Ford Mustang off a cliff where it is caught by a jet with a large magnet mounted to it, allowing Jakob to escape with the first half of Project Aries.
Jakob returns to his Base of Operations where he meets up with Otto, who is funding the operation. He talks with Cipher who tries swaying Jakob into working with her instead however Jakob declines, citing that he doesn't work for the competition. Cipher and Jakob discuss Jakob's relationship with Dom and she asks Jakob whether he could kill Dom. She then lets him know the location of the other half of Project Aries, Edinburgh and lets him know that now that Dom is involved, he has no chance of making it out of this situation alive.
Jakob and Otto attend a party at Hatfield House which is hosted by Otto's wealthy family and Dom shows up with help from Magdalene Shaw, coming face-to-face with Jakob for the first time in over 20 years. Otto issues Dom a warning by informing him of how powerful his family is. Dom and Jakob nearly come to blows after Jakob makes Dom the same offer Dom made him in 1991, telling him to get as far away from his world as possible. Otto arrives with Interpol Agents and has Dom apprehended, and Dom is able to get a gun that has Jakob's biometrics imprinted into it so he'll be easier to track.
Jakob travels to Edinburgh to recover the second half of Project Aries. Using an electromagnetic field emitted from a large magnet in the back of a truck, Jakob is able to disrupt security systems and steal the second half. Ramsey, Tej, and Roman steal the truck and chase after Otto in his Jaguar XE SV Project 8whilst Jakob zippiness from building to building but is intercepted by Dom.
Dom throws Jakob into a building and the two fight. The fight continues onto the streets of Edinburgh and on top of buses and trucks. Ramsey throws Otto off the road and Dom tackles Jakob onto the truck driven by Ramsey, and Jakob evades Dom and steals a Toyota 86, and tries to escape. Ramsey, Dom, Tej, and Roman chase after him, and Ramsey activates the magnet, apprehending Jakob.
The team keeps Jakob captive in a cell in their safe house and Jakob listens to Han's story about how he survived his attack. Otto infiltrates the safe house with his army and frees Jakob and Jakob reveals that he was the rogue agent who betrayed Mr. Nobody. Dom tells Jakob that he doesn't deserve to have the Toretto name and Jakob gets angry and reveals what really happened to their father when he died. He reveals that he tampered with the race car because their father told him to, as part of a plan that went horribly wrong. Their father was going to throw the race, as he was in serious debt he could help give his children a better life. Jakob never told the truth because Jack told him to not say anything of it and Jakob promised their father he wouldn't. Jakob and Otto kidnap Elle, the key to activating Project Aries and take the second half of Project Aries.
While Otto launches a satellite into Orbit, Jakob has Elle activate Project Aries and they hold her hostage in an armored 16-wheeler whilst driving through the streets of London waiting for the satellite uplink to upload.
The truck is intercepted by Dom and his team, minus Tej and Roman who have traveled to outer space to destroy the satellite, and Jakob is double-crossed by Otto who reveals he is now working with Cipher. Jakob realized that Cipher and Otto were his true enemies all along. Jakob fights Otto's right-hand man, Sue, and is thrown off the truck but he is saved by Dom and Mia. Jakob uses Han's Toyota Supra to escape. However, touched by his siblings’ compassion, he redeems himself by returning to help Dom and Ramsey gain access to the Armadillo after he overhears them struggling to penetrate or stop it. After Otto is killed by Cipher, who is flying a jet to attack the team, Dom ricochets the truck into her jet and blows it up, bringing the battle to an end (though a defeated Cipher escapes once more since she piloted the jet in a simulator back at Otto's base). Jakob arrives in Dom's Dodge Charger and gives the keys back to Dom. Dom tells Jakob that he was once given a second chance when Brian O'Conner gave him the keys to his Supra and so Dom gives Jakob the keys to his Charger, finally forgiving him for his role in their father's death. Mia promises to keep in touch with Jakob and he leaves in the Charger to go into hiding from his enemies.
Fast X[]
The Revenge of Dante Reyes[]
Saving Brian Marcos[]
When Aimes has put a bounty on the team's heads, Dom asks Jakob to go to Los Angeles and save Little B from the approaching enemies who were chasing him. Jakob arrived in the middle of the ambush and helped Mia stop the enemies before revealing that Dom had sent him to bring Little B to Portugal. Mia agreed and sent Little B to stay with Jakob until she returned to Brian and her children. Jakob drove Little B in his old 1992 Ford Mustang to a gas station in the middle of nowhere, where they changed clothes and made fake passports for trips. On the plane, his fellow flight attendant gave Jakob small bottles of alcohol, and he used them to power a jet engine that was stored in the cargo hold of the plane. After fighting the enemies sent by the Agency, Jakob and Little B escaped from the plane on a jet plane.
Arrival in Portugal[]
After arriving in Portugal, Jakob showed Little B his canon car, and the two of them used it to escape after they were attacked by Dante Reyes' henchmen. They used the canons to destroy enemy vehicles, and when the mechanism jammed, Little B got out to fix it. But before he could get back into the car, Dante kidnapped him. Dom arrived in Portugal after falling out of the plane onto the highway below them, and was able to rescue Little B and greet his brother.
Sacrifice[]
When Jakob noticed that there were more and more enemies around, he decided to sacrifice himself to allow Dom and Little B to escape. Thanking Dom for helping him out of the shadows, he blew up his car and hurled it towards the enemy cars, which were all engulfed in flames, killing them and apparently sacrificing himself to save his brother and nephew, much to the horror of Dom and Little B.
Quotes[]
| “ | Been a long time, Dom. | „ |
| ~ Jakob to Dominic |
| “ | This is my world. | „ |
| ~ Jakob Toretto |
Trivia[]
- There were many actors considered for the role before John Cena was selected, such as Bradley Cooper, Jeff Goldblum, and James Marsden.
- Although Jakob makes his first appearance in Fast & Furious 9, it has been previously implied that Mia Toretto spoke of of his existence, as in Fast & Furious, Mia asked Dominic "How do you say goodbye to your only brother?”
- F9 and The Suicide Squad, both of which John Cena starred in, came out in 2021.
- Fast X and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, both of which John Cena starred in, came out in 2023.
- Many fans believe that Jakob is not actually dead in Fast X, due to his body not being shown after his apparent sacrifice, so it's possible that he may have survived the explosion because the franchise has a history of bringing back dead characters that has no body shown (Mainly Letty, Han and Gisele).
- Luckily, in the interview with Club Shay Shay, John Cena agreed with the fans that his character was not dead in Fast X, as he knows the franchise "has a reputation of resurrecting characters", and he's hopeful Jakob will survive the crash and return in Fast X: Part II because he also says that they "didn't have a funeral for him" in the end of Fast X as it ends on a cliffhanger. If this is confirmed to be true that Jakob was not dead after Fast X, many fans would at least be proven right about that.
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