I Watch Films: The Fate of the Furious
After seven previous films do you really need to hear my thoughts on The Fate of the Furious, aka Fast and Furious 8, Fast 8 and (sigh) F8?
Well then. The auto-drive-hack-car-swarm is pretty good, if ridiculous. In fact that’s everything. Including the auto-drive submarine. It’s all ridiculous.
It’s about family. The villain tries to use that, spouts a few tired lines about fate, and a few better nihilistic ones, hints at an actually interesting motive. Some previous villains and allies come back and do a few things. Jason Statham is actually a fine comic actor, possibly the funniest in the cast (maybe Kurt Russell but his character is a bit too smug). Is the cast too bloated now? I feel that no one really gets a proper re-introduction.
Anyway, respect and honour beat murder and blackmail, plus explosions, car fights, fist fights, gun fights, a prison break, a twist that just about works and another meta-textual ending.
Watch This: If you watched and enjoyed the previous 7, though maybe not 2 Fast 2 Furious, or Tokyo Drift.
Don’t Watch This: If you're looking for witty exquisite sublime filmmaking.
The Timeline: Fury is a prequel; Fury Road a sequel, don’t @ me.
Well then. The auto-drive-hack-car-swarm is pretty good, if ridiculous. In fact that’s everything. Including the auto-drive submarine. It’s all ridiculous.
It’s about family. The villain tries to use that, spouts a few tired lines about fate, and a few better nihilistic ones, hints at an actually interesting motive. Some previous villains and allies come back and do a few things. Jason Statham is actually a fine comic actor, possibly the funniest in the cast (maybe Kurt Russell but his character is a bit too smug). Is the cast too bloated now? I feel that no one really gets a proper re-introduction.
Anyway, respect and honour beat murder and blackmail, plus explosions, car fights, fist fights, gun fights, a prison break, a twist that just about works and another meta-textual ending.
Watch This: If you watched and enjoyed the previous 7, though maybe not 2 Fast 2 Furious, or Tokyo Drift.
Don’t Watch This: If you're looking for witty exquisite sublime filmmaking.
The Timeline: Fury is a prequel; Fury Road a sequel, don’t @ me.
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