Why did Toretto accept working for Cipher in first place?
Something from Fast & Furious 8 was not clear to me: Cipher used Elena and Toretto's son more like reinforcement to her blackmailing rather than to get him for the job.
So, why exactly did Toretto accept working for her in first place?
I suppose it was something she showed him on the phone when they first met in Cuba, but I do not know that could possibly be.
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So, why exactly did Toretto accept working for her in first place?
Because she'd kidnapped Elena, an ex-lover of Dom's.
Cipher says...
I think I need to remind you why you chose to be here.
This is when we find out about Elena being kidnapped...and that she has had a son that Dom knew nothing about. It's clear from the conversation between Dom & Elena that she had been kidnapped before telling Dom about his son.
You can't be reminded of something you don't know.
So, in Cuba, Cipher showed Dom a picture of Elena1 being held.
1 - The picture might have included the child but Dom didn't know the child existed and it would have meant nothing to him...although I'm sure he could have guessed.
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Why did Dom work for Cipher?
Cipher claims that Dom will effectively betray his family, work against his friends and will join with Cipher to do his bidding. Thus, by showing him the content of his phone she effectively blackmails Dom into working for her.What did Cypher show Dom on the phone?
Dom weirdly kept the phone Cipher gave him Early in 8, Cipher (Charlize Theron) hands Dom a phone containing the mysterious blackmail material that gets him to turn on his family. Oddly, at the end of the scene Dom just keeps the phone.Why is Cypher in a box in F9?
The manipulative and genius hacker was the main villain in The Fate of the Furious, but she managed to escape and survive. Cipher returns in F9 as a lurking threat to Jakob. She is locked in a containment cell for most of the movie but eventually convinces his business partners to work with her and turn on him.The Fate of the Furious: Dom meets Cipher HD CLIP
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Since Cipher had Elena and Toretto's son, they could get Toretto to do anything. That includes getting him for the job.
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