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It’s officially the summer movie season now that we’ve had our semi-annual installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. Let’s shift into gear and see how this one turned out.
Director F. Gary Gray, previously of Straight Outta Compton, and The Italian Job is the latest talent to join the franchise, and his visual chops are on full display here. While these movies have never hung their hat on the plot, the action set pieces are undeniably awesome with regularity. This entry is no different. Whether you’re into badass dudes kicking the crap out of people, or the intense adrenaline rush of the exotically located car action set piece, this movie has got you covered.
Fate of the Furious stumbles with its characters and motivations to a distracting degree. While Dominic Toretto’s highly publicized betrayal of his crew actually works very well, all our other characters act so differently than in previous films that I had to double check that Chris Morgan actually came back to write this script. Some weak performances by periphery characters (I’m looking at you Scott Eastwood), and constant ambiguity as to why anyone is doing what they’re doing with the exception of Dom are what ultimately keep this movie from hitting the NOS and accelerating (I’m in mid Summer form with the bad puns).
On the Geek Motivation Grading scale, Fate of the Furious clocks in at a 2: A decent movie that could’ve been much better.
Written By: The Bro Force Squad
I thought Scott Eastwood’s character felt like a lame attempt to replace Paul Walker’s character, Brian. It just felt out of place. I liked the movie much more than you did but I enjoyed reading your review!
You hit the nail on the head. I think that’s part of what made him so tough to get behind. Thanks for the kind words man!