Director: F. Gary Gray
Notable Cast: Vin
Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris
‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kurt Russell, Charlize
Theron, Helen Mirren
There are now eight films in the Fast & Furious franchise so I’m not sure a review of the latest
entry, The Fate of the Furious, is
going to convince people one way or the other to enjoy what it must offer. At
this point, either you buy into the entire concept or you don’t. The way that
this franchise has embraced its own ridiculousness is kind of brilliant. I’ve
said this before about the various sequels that I’ve reviewed for the site and
for Fate (which I will refer to as F8 as an example of how it embraces its
own outrageousness) is no different. In fact, it might even double down on
giving its audience what it wants: over the top characters doing over the top
things in over the top situations while blowing up things in over the top
manners. In the whole, while I think F8
is not nearly as balanced as the previous handful of outings since the
franchise shifted into full on action spectacle, it is a film that once again
fires on all cylinders to entertain. Do we really need more than that?
