The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Furious 7 wasn't a great movie. It was quite a mess, to be honest, but at least it provided a nice ending to this worn-out franchise. What I'm trying to say is that The Fate of the Furious wasn't necessary at all. They made it anyway because these are the movies that make money which is why they made another mediocre action flick.

Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon, enjoying their 'normal' life. All of a sudden, a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom and makes him betray his family, and the old team must team up with Mr. nobody (Kurt Russell) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) to bring Dom back home. 

The plot is quite absurd and ridiculous, which isn't anything new with this franchise, but it's also poorly developed, filled with so many plot holes it makes you question whether you are watching a Fast & Furious movie or not, and, in spite of the many twists, it never manages to surprise. The thing is that the twists are revealed too quickly and that they are rather predictable. Also, the connection with the previous storylines felt forced. 

The plot, however, has never been this franchise's greatest strength. The characters have. Unfortunately, here they aren't that good. Paul Walker's Brian O'Connor isn't around anymore and you can feel his absence, and the other characters are kinda ruined. There are a lot of new characters just showing up with no characterization, and a weak villain with unclear motives who still manages to stand out because of Charlize Theron's decent performance. 

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There were some characters that managed to shine through, Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs and Jason Statham's Shaw. Although the first has become some sort of Hulk, and the latter kicks asses ever when he's carrying a baby, they get more screentime, they have a nice chemistry and they make the film a little bit more enjoyable as they bring some humour in.

In addition to Theron, Johnson and Statham, The Fate of the Furious also has good action sequences, especially those involving Johnson and Statham. There are too many explosions though and the action wasn't always exciting. The music is pretty good too. 

Then there's the opening sequence in Cuba. It's very well done, beautifully paced and with great cinematography. It was kinda useless plotwise, but it was fun and easily the best part of the film. 

6 comments :

  1. I saw some of it as I plan on watching it in its entirety probably next month. I ended up learning to not take the whole film seriously and just embrace its ridiculousness. Some of it is pretty funny while the action is awesome. Yeah, it's not perfect but at least it's not Transformers.

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    1. lol true! I haven't seen the last Transformers yet (I'm not sure I'll ever watch it though) but that one with Wahlberg really hit rock bottom.

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  2. Oh I thought it was fun! Statham and The Rock were indeed the highlight, I love that scene with the baby in the airplane <3

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  3. I watch Full movie and there are lots of action and flying car scenes. I really enjoy to watch this amazing movie. Now I am looking for Rampage. heard many story about this upcoming Hollywood movie. I watch Rampage online trailers and it was realy awesome.

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    1. I'm glad you enjoyed this. I don't care much about Rampage but I think I'll check it out when it's online.

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