This came up on Netflix "new" section yesterday and I figured I may as well give it a shot. No one goes into a Fast / Furious movie expecting a compelling storyline with a rich Oscar-worthy script. The movies are entertaining and the story is generally pretty irrelevant.
[source](https://i2.wp.com/teaser-trailer.com/wp-content/uploads/Fast-and-Furious-8-Russian-poster.jpg?ssl=1)It's got action and fast cars; it's got the Rock, Jason Statham and Vin Diesel; it's got a bunch of women dressed in almost nothing dancing at car parties; it's got exotic locations and a relatively unlimited CGI budget and it is directed by someone that has 2 "Gary's" in his name.
[source](https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/fast-furious-8-dwayne-johnson-cars.jpg)While I wouldn't say that exactly get super-excited about a new film in this franchise and there is something about Michelle Rodriguez that I find genuinely disturbing, I still find these films entertaining even though the storyline is pretty much a foregone conclusion: The good guys are going to win, it is just a question of how it is that they get there in what sort of mechanically impossible situation (remember the one where they are chasing a plane on a runway and the chase lasts for like 15 minutes? Someone did the math and the runway would have needed to be nearly 30 miles long. I know the plane is heavy, but it isn't that heavy.
There is one sequence, and I can't even imagine how they approached representing this on screen, where the entire crew and their supercars are being pursued by a submarine while driving on the ice in Russia.
For anyone that is thinking of accusing me of spoilers, the fact that the sub is part of the story is in all the trailers, so shhhh!
These films are simply an action overload and the plot and overall feasibility of the scenarios is something you just have to overlook in order to enjoy these movies. I like them even though most of what the cars are put through are again, mechanically impossible with any vehicle, even if it is tricked out like the ones in the film claim to be. The action sequences, particularly the ones involving Statham and Dwayne Johnson are especially fun.
I look at these movies and think "how are there 8 of these?" The answer is simple: Money. It is unreal to me that after 8 of these this concept is one of the biggest money makers in the film industry. This one's overall global gross was nearly $1.3 Billion.
