-via IMDb.com
There are eight movies in the The Fast and The Furious franchise. I don't think anyone expected that way back when they said let's make a sequel to that first one way back when. It wasn't until the fourth film, reuniting Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, that the franchise started finding its legs and Fast Five when they flipped into a crazy direction and found the beginnings of that crazy, over the top tone that would made part six so entertaining and seven a little hard to take.
With the death of Paul Walker, it was inevitable that the franchise was going to need to change things up a little bit to stay interesting to itself. The Fate of the Furious is still crazy and over the top, and self aware, but it is adding new shades by splitting up the family.
Long story short, Vin Diesel's Dom joins forces with Charlize Theron's Cypher, betraying his family and putting Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs in jail. Broken out by Mr. Nobody, Hobbs and the team join forces with Jason Statham's Deckard to go after Dom and Cypher. Lots of action and talk of family ensue.
The team's only white guy, the replacement for Paul Walker, was completely forgettable. The rest of the team is back but many of them take back stage to the central drama between Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron. I was impressed with Vin Diesel in this one. I've always been a fan. I thought Michele Rodriguez was underserved this time out. Overall, the film had a different feel, probably because regular director, Justin Lin, went off to direct Star Trek Beyond and F. Gary Gray took over. I can't even really describe how it's different, it just feels so, more thoughtful, I guess.
See it, it's fun.
Plus there's a submarine.
