The Fate of the Furious

VincentVendetta

If Fast Five was the franchise's Bad Boys II, Fate of the Furious is Transformers II: it make the series as bad, incoherent, contrived and lifeless as its detractors make it out to be, casting aside characters and directing. F. Gary Gray only set out to make a dumb action flick, but these movies deserve better.

Renton47

Diesel's oily-mits seem to leaving finger-marks all over my nice chassis; F8 stakes an emotional investment in the Charmless Giant's talents which don't pay off. Combined with a director talentless in action, misguided villain circa 1998, an over-reliance on bad CGI. Then again, the prison break.

HKFanatic

Vin Diesel goes from Christ-like figure (his "let the children come to me" moment happens before the title card) to traitorous Judas in this semi-overwrought, patently ludicrous sequel. The onscreen pairing of a never-better Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham helps "Fate" put some gas in the tank, with Statham in particular allowed to be more charming and lethal here than he was in any given "Expendables" flick.

msmichel

Perhaps the series should have finished with the previous entry that seemed to wrap things up quite nicely...but then we would have missed out on a devilish turn by Charlize Theron which is the main reason to see this one. Otherwise this is a pretty routine entry in the long running franchise that seems to think bigger and louder is always better.

Andhika Eka Buana

I once wrote in my FAST FIVE review (still the only anomaly masterpiece the franchise produced up until now) that somewhere in Hollywood, Mark Wahlberg is pissed off because someone stole his Brazilian Job pitch. Well, he should be even more pissed now that they stole his director, and the results were turned out to be a giant fun. The NY scene in particular reminds me of that brilliant ITALIAN JOB heist.

Filipe F. Coutinho

Pure trash cinema with no redeeming qualities. The set pieces are uninspired, the writing dry and humorless, the actors a parody of their former characters. Perhaps the spin-off(s?) will revive the franchise. It desperately needs it.

Zachary T.

That a series so proudly, artlessly idiotic continues to rake in so much money is perhaps only fitting in this bona-fide idiocracy. As blatantly sexist as ever, too, yet I doubt we'll see any Vice articles about it; no points for picking at something that isn't even trying.

Ethan

This was an action packed thrill ride with some genuinely funny moments and plenty of wtf moments but in all in all this a solid film excels at entertaining the audience. In my opinion this is the best of the series but it kind of lacks some of the heart the other films had. But Charlize Theron is deliciously evil here showcasing her excellent acting abilities and I look forward to the next two entries.