#Fast furious 9 series
‘F9’ strikes one as perhaps the weakest installment of the franchise yet as everything about it is so formulaic and careless that even the typically stupid fun of the series is all sucked away.Ĭlichéd lines like “I’ll always be in your heart,” “Things change” and “Oh hell no” dominate, though of course, again, we haven’t come for the dialogue. But this writer has seen all nine instalments (sad or awesome? You decide) and at the end of the day, you can at least compare them to one another.
#Fast furious 9 movie
Look, one can readily admit that the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise is not made for critique and movie reviewing purposes. Who should pop up along the way but Dom’s estranged brother Jakob ( John Cena), because of course it wouldn’t be a ‘Fast & Furious’ movie without a bit more family. An assignment comes up which involves an old foe, Cipher (Charlize Theron), and it takes about two seconds to convince Dom to buckle up on another exploit (because apparently driving cars really fast totally qualifies you to work for the government). Here’s to the next billion dollars at the box office.In the latest ‘Fast & Furious’ movie, Dom ( Vin Diesel) is now retired and living a peaceful life off the grid with his son Brian and wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). Like so many things in the F&F franchise, it shouldn’t work but somehow does. It all accelerates towards a genuinely thrilling finale that pivots between full-throttle action and intense sentimentality, making Fast & Furious 9 feel a bit like a bear hug from your gruff older brother after you’ve nearly chucked up on a roller coaster. Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej Parker (Chris ‘ Ludacris‘ Bridges) continue to supply much of the light relief – and also shoulder the most preposterous plot developments – while British crew member Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) gets lumbered with the clumsy tech-speak. For most of her screen time, she’s quite literally stuck in a clear perspex box. Also back, but less winningly, is Charlize Theron, who’s an oddly peripheral presence here as ice-cool cyberterrorist Cipher. A scene in which she and Dom careen through the streets of London – with Queenie behind the wheel, which Mirren must have loved – is a tongue-in-cheek highlight. Can Dom and the gang keep them from piecing together in time? You’ve guessed it: F9 boils down to a high-stakes race to the finish.Īlong the way there’s a fun but uneventful cameo from Cardi B, who’s already signed up for a presumably meatier role in F10, and a game return appearance from Helen Mirren as cockney crim Queenie Shaw. But cleverly – and conveniently for the plot – its inventors have split it into two parts and created a secret operating key to prevent it from being misused. Jakob and Otto have hatched a plan to steal a device called Aries that will give them the God-like ability to hack into any computer weapons system.
Some subtlety-free flashback scenes establish the decades-old beef between Dom and Jakob, which stems from their father’s untimely death in a racing accident, but they soon become a distraction from events in the present day. Dom (Vin Diesel) and wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) might think they’ve retired to a quiet life in the country, but when Dom’s long-lost brother Jakob (Cena) teams up with billionaire playboy Otto (Thue Ersted Rasmussen) to take over the world – seriously, that is F9‘s basic premise – only one posse of petrolheads can stop him.Ĭardi B pops up for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo. F&F has always gone big on kinship – what is Dom Toretto’s street racing crew if not a chosen family? – so it’s a decent idea to steep this instalment in bad blood. Given that the last two films grossed well over a billion dollars each, let’s hope he negotiated a cut in profits.Īnyway, this typically outlandish stunt does take place within the framework of a passable plot.
For the record, “magnet plane” is a term coined by director Justin Lin’s son Oqwe, who apparently came up with the idea when he was eight or nine years old in a production meeting.
At this point, it’s hard to tell, though the tone here is set early on when John Cena’s new villain drives his Ford Mustang off a cliff and gets picked up by a futuristic “magnet plane”. The ninth film in the Fast & Furious franchise might be the most ridiculous yet.
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