Movie Review - F9 (The Fast & the Furious)
What can you say? The F&F movies follow a formula about family and trust and then one-upping the action from the previous installment. It's been a while since I saw the previous F&F movie—Fate of the Furious—but my recollection was that the action in that movie was better than this one. I think they tried to take it to the next level in this one. If you've already seen the movie then you know what I'm talking about. But that was a gimmick. There wasn't much action to it.
Note: F&F certainly isn't known for their realism, but a simple Google search would have informed them that low earth orbit is 100 miles (160km). Not 50 miles as they said in the movie. It's a tiny thing, but it just points to the sloppiness of the writers. And oh yeah, magnets don't work that way. But whatever.
Speaking for myself, I'm growing tired of these movies. I wasn't expecting much out of it, but it was worse than expected. And so far the Peeple's Poll bears that out.
I would love to know what the F&F fans think of this movie. I'd ask my sister, who was a fan, but she said she lost interest a few movies ago. If you are a fan it would be great to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Grade: D+
| Rated: | (PG-13) Language | Action | Sequences of Violence |
| Genres: | Action, Adventure, Crime |
| Starring: | Vin Diesel as ^Dom^, Michelle Rodriguez as ^Letty^, Jordana Brewster as ^Mia^, Tyrese Gibson as ^Roman^, Ludacris as ^Tej^, Nathalie Emmanuel as ^Ramsey^, Charlize Theron as ^Cipher^, John Cena as ^Jakob^, Sung Kang as ^Han^, Helen Mirren as ^Queenie^ |
| Director: | Justin Lin |
| Writer(s): | Daniel Casey, Justin Lin, Alfredo Botello |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United States |
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