Justin Lin was never going to top “Fast Five,” and it’s kind of a shame that he even tried. Also, it lets Dom call Brian “buster” again, which is just the most adorable thing.
Refocusing the story on the tension between Brian and Dom, the grim and gritty “Fast and Furious” dutifully lays the groundwork for everything that’s come since, working much better as a prequel to “Fast Five” than it does as a sequel to the original (you can practically hear director Justin Lin switching the franchise’s gears, even if most of this installment is stuck in neutral).īut credit where it’s due: “Fast and Furious” has the good sense to recognize that cars are more fun to watch when you care about where they’re going. The most forgettable and confusingly titled chapter of Vin Diesel’s magnum opus (or of anything else, for that matter), the series’ fourth film takes such a hardboiled, back-to-basics approach that it effectively functions like a soft reboot. Regrettably, Michael Mann has not directed a “Fast and Furious” movie.
If Michael Mann had directed a “Fast and Furious” movie, it would have been this one. READ MORE: IndieWire’s Full Review Of ‘The Fate Of The Furious’ It’s nice that Paul Walker gets to live on through these movies - his unseen character is still chilling on a beach somewhere - but the actor’s death has eliminated the last remaining failsafes that were preventing this franchise from forgetting what it’s all about, and “F8” sends the entire enterprise careening towards a full-blown identity crisis. manage to learn all of the wrong lessons from the last two movies, delivering an episode where everything feels so fake that even the “family” matters seem forced? Gary Gray, whose surprisingly strong remake of “The Italian Job” displayed a tremendous flair for comedic vehicular mayhem, waste the biggest budget of his career on such boring smash-ups? How does Charlize Theron (Furiosa!) sink this into a half-assed story of cyber-terrorism? How did Diesel and co. “The Fate of the Furious” is the “Die Another Day” of its franchise - an empty, generic shell of its former self that disrespects its own proud heritage at every turn. ‘The Nun 2’ Trailer: Taissa Farmiga Conjures an Unholy War in Unhinged Horror Sequel
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