- "You know, Dominic. To become a saint, you have to perform miracles or die a martyr. So what's it gonna be?"
- ―Dante Reyes to Dominic Toretto
The Chase in Portugal was a mission undertaken by Dante Reyes and Aimes to kidnap Brian Marcos and kill Dominic Toretto and his crew.
Background
Following the Conflict in Rio, Dominic Toretto and Aimes made moves to travel to Portugal to meet Jakob Toretto and Brian Marcos at the crew's rendezvous point, aware that Dante Reyes was following them using God's Eye which he stole from Tess after the ambush. Meanwhile, Jakob and Brian had arrived in Portugal after escaping from the commercial flight they were on with the help of a flight attendant. At the same time, Aimes had arranged transportation for Ramsey, Tej Parker, Roman Pearce and Han Seoul-Oh to meet them in Portugal to reunite the crew. As this was happening, they were all unaware that Aimes was in partnership with Dante.
Chase
After arriving in Portugal, Jakob Toretto showed off his project car to Brian Marcos, a 1967 Chevrolet El Camino that he fitted with canon blasters whilst he was in hiding following the Activation of Project Aries. The pair were then ambushed by Dante Reyes and his henchmen and the pair fled in the El Camino. Dante observed from above as Jakob and Brian took out his team using canons on the car and then pursued them in his 1966 Ford Fairlane.
As the chase moved to a highway, Dom and Aimes flew overhead in the Agency plane, and Dom instructed Aimes to open the back of the plane so he could escape, with no intention on landing. Dom drove his 1970 Dodge Charger R/T out of the plane and landed on the highway, taking out two of Dante's henchmen's cars. Aimes continued to fly the plane, instructing Dom to meet him at an airfield once he was clear of Dante.
Dom cleared the path for Jakob and Brian and instructed them to follow him through the tunnel. Whilst driving through the tunnel, Brian climbed out of the car in an attempt to repair the jammed canon blaster and he was kidnapped by Dante who pulled him into his car. They drove out of the tunnel and Dante orchestrated two helicopters to lift Dom's car off the ground to stop him from fighting back; however, Dom used the nitrous tanks in his car to drive off to the highway below, destroying the helicopters.
Dom then swung his car around and used the helicopters to damage Dante's cars. Reminding Brian of a lesson he taught him whilst driving, Brian was able to jump out of the car and into Dom's. As the chase continued, Jakob declared that he was out of the race and made a tough decision. After thanking Dom for showing him the light, Jakob launched another cannon and sent his car flying towards Dante's men, destroying their cars and sacrificing himself in the process.
Mourning the loss of his brother, Dom was instructed by Aimes to take the service road to the airfield. As Dom followed the road, he was boxed in on the bridge by two remote controlled trucks piloted by Dante, who was watching him from above. Dante revealed that he set this up and as the plane transporting Ramsey, Tej, Han and Roman arrived, it was shot down by Aimes who revealed his allegiance with Dante, leaving the team's fates unknown.
Dante then drove the trucks towards Dom, however Dom told him that he took everything from him except his car, and he drove his car off the edge of the bridge into the dam below as the trucks blew up. Dom and Brian survived the fall and swam up to the surface, where they had embraced. Unfortunately, Dante anticipated such turn of events and declared that now that the suffering was over, it was time for Dom and his son to be killed. He revealed that the bridge had been planted with explosives and he proceeded to detonate them, leaving Dom and Brian's fates unknown.
Aftermath
With Dominic Toretto, his son, and several of his prominent allies seemingly killed during Dante's revenge spree, Dante turned his attention to Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent who partook in the Vault Heist with Dominic Toretto's Crew and personally executed Hernan Reyes. While Hobbs and a team of agents were securing an abandoned theatre, Dante called Luke and warned the latter that for executing his father, Luke would be Dante's next primary target. However, Luke remained unfazed and defiantly told Dante he wasn't hard to find before crushing the phone.
- See also: Imprisonment in Antarctica
Meanwhile, in Antarctica, Cipher and Letty Ortiz escaped from the Agency's black site and trekked across the frozen region until they came across a surfacing submarine, where they encountered Gisele Yashar, who was believed to have died during the Runway Chase nearly a decade ago.