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Tertiary in a row of entertaining film sequels
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The FAST & THE FURIOUS motion picture franchise has a chequered history for me. I didn't like the beginning film much and though the next two sequels were pitiful. The fourth and fifth films were merely average and not worth watching twice. Since role six, all the same, I've enjoyed the ensemble aspect of these movies, and the mix of activity staples with car chases and big scale mayhem. FAST & FURIOUS 8 carries on that trend, another huge international adventure with a couple of minor original twists and lots of activity.
The emoting in between the action and the interim from some of the main players (I'1000 looking at yous, Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel) isn't as well great, merely at other times this film shines. The 2 best actors are undoubtedly The Rock and Jason Statham, and their butting-head humour is a highlight. The prison fight scene is the best in the film, but for sheer excess, the CGI-enhanced spectacle in New York takes some chirapsia. The residual will win no awards for wit or originality, and Helen Mirren'due south awful acting takes some beating, but Charlize Theron is a decent villain and the laughs come thick and fast.
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action delivery arrangement
Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are in Cuba. He'southward approached by new villain Cipher (Charlize Theron) to plow against the family. Soccer dad Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has a new consignment. He calls back everybody for the job simply Dom goes rogue and steals the EMP device for Cipher. Hobbs is sent to prison where Deckard (Jason Statham) is imprisoned. The two men escape and Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) gathers the group for their next mission.
The story almost doesn't thing anymore in this franchise. It's cars, hot bods, and outrageous action. I don't fifty-fifty think the omnipotent family matters either. It'southward a mantra that becomes meaningless if one digs too securely. This franchise has get naught more an action delivery system. The collection of action figure roles have made this almost impenetrable.
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Vroom And Vroom
Where did they film the sequence of the guys popping up with Gatling guns from the roof of a limousine to fire on street traffic? Was information technology Atlanta or Cleveland? Did the locals retrieve that in that location was annihilation odd about that? How about when it started raining cars onto the sparse traffic below? I know this serial likes its practical furnishings, feeling that, every bit in other entries, having cars come up out of a aeroplane'south cargo bay at 30,000 anxiety cannot be believably done in CGI. I hold. There are lots of things you can say that of. Mutilating your ain genitals, say, or swallowing a live cobra. I'm sure you can add to the list. Don't feel you have to on my account. Or retrieve that whatsoever of it makes for a adept movie.
The financial success of this franchise means they can rent an ever-expanded bandage of solid and even excellent performers. Helen Mirren appears in a dainty function here, although she does non appear on the bandage list. I imagine that was her selection.
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Riding along
Fast & Furious 8 actually starts out on the streets of Cuba with some street racing equally Dom is on honeymoon with Letty. Pretty soon a cyber terrorist known as Nil (Charlize Theron) forcibly persuades Dom into working for her and beguile his comrades. What is it that she has got on him?
Dom's action lands Hobbs in jail, right in the opposite jail cell of Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), the big bad from the last film. Mr Nobody (Kurt Russell) besides returns from the last movie and reluctantly teams up these two nemesis and together with Dom's crew they go hunting for Dom. Rookie assistant of Mr Nobody (Scott Eastwood) joins upward with the team and is the butt of the jokes when they tire of teasing Roman.
Similar the previous few instalments this is a multi national ride, as nosotros become from Cuba to Germany, the streets of New York and so Russia for the finale. The story might not always make sense only this is a large dumb activity movie which at least entertains.
The all-time role of the pic is the driver-less cars being hacked but the CGI could had been better.
The pic does miss the late Paul Walker who always provided the heart of the film, his role in someways moves to Eastwood. Information technology is left to Hobbs and Deckard to provide the acidic humour.
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Enjoyable on its own terms, only feels similar it is stretching for the narrative (overall and specific)
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I have roundly taken criticism on IMDb for what I've said about the Fast & Furious films. Now that the Private Messaging system has been discontinued that will probably go abroad, only in the past the corruption has been either because I criticized the films for the generic nonsense they are, or that I nevertheless enjoyed them despite this. The 8th film in the series doesn't change that feeling, and my account is braced for feedback accordingly.
The plot of this film is something so thin that it is slow to explain. At the very middle of what they were trying to practice is the thought of Dom turning to the darkside, conflicted nigh what family unit to support and trying to get out from under. This equally a concept is fine, but the reality is that the plot is a messy series of MacGuffins which don't scan if you give them more than a quick look, and any nuance is really simplified to the signal where it doesn't matter beyond setting up broad emotion. It did feel like it was searching for a narrative throughout. Specifically I assumed that someone had the idea of pitching Dom against the grouping, and how that would play out, and then the detail either got worked out on the twenty-four hours or non at all. This is a bit harsh merely the plot is not a great signal hither.
Fortunately the action continues to be silly overblown stuff which entertains by sheer volition. It is nonsense without consequence, simply it makes it work by not taking itself too seriously. Good casting helps that, although the franchise continues to be a weird mix of people. On one hand you have Vin Diesel, who is likewise serious and not particularly good at the playful side - possibly information technology is an acquired taste, but I don't get him as a leading man. This feeling is added to past the presence of The Rock and The Stath, both of whom are much better at mixing the fun into the activity. This is the same downwardly the cast, you lot have some that get the tone right (Gibson, even if I institute him a flake tiring he was still fun), and those that don't (Rodriguez, Emmanuel, Evans). Performances are not really key to the narrative, but they ready a tone.
In the end, I withal enjoyed it for the large noisy movie information technology was. Information technology is no earthly good at all, and I will never feel the need to return to watch it over again, only it as disposable pop-culture nonsense it is perfectly fine if you meet it on its own terms.
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Looking at you lot expressionless in the eye
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The series continues starting out in Havana showing us what a nice guy nosotros have in Dom (Vin Diesel). After a quick coming together with Aught (Charlize Theron) Dom goes rogue and helps the bad guys steal various weapons and codes so Null can have nukes. The action changes to New York City and then ice covered Ladovin, Russia.
Bad Guy Jason Statham joins the grouping. The flick had numerous memorable scenes and lines. Most of the laws of physics were violated for our entertainment. The flick incorporates the recent revelation that US intelligence agency can spy on people with any device and can remotely control cars and vehicles. It takes this data to an inane degree with dozens of vehicles operating in precision unity. The remote control submarine is clearly not feasible. And I don't know of whatsoever subs that have an R-73 type heat seeking missile...torpedo yep, missile no.
Helen Mirren in a small role. Scott Eastwood plays Kurt Russell's sidekick.
Oh yea, there is a family message include in all the insane activity.
Guide: No sex or nudity. 1 quick F-word- NYC scene.
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Fate is coming for you
The pinnacle has been reached. Information technology'due south still a lot of fun to watch this, but there is a certain degree of "whatsoever" involved. Having said, there is the concentration of a lot of people in this and you probably accept at least ane favorite. I'd contend that Statham and The Rock steal the prove. The old probably a bit more having the all-time lines in the flick arguably I'd say.
Charlize is a new addition though her story line reminded me a fleck of what had been done in 30 Function 3. And if yous want a fun out there motion-picture show which still feels fresh, you may wanna have a look at that picture show. That was fun and had Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa to sport ... Non to mention some great action sequences. You do have some ridiculous stunts here. I'one thousand certainly not going to be the i who decides if yous watch this or not ... simply don't expect likewise much ...
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pure brain candy
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"The Fate of the Furious" is the first moving-picture show from the Fast & Furious franchise that I've seen since the original. The original was a focus on street racing, padded with some high activity. By at present, the serial is pure brain candy: lots of explosions and lots of destruction. Basically, the purpose is for the characters - especially Vin Diesel fuel - to kick some serious ass. No need for annihilation even resembling character development.
It was neat to get to come across Charlize Theron get to play a villain. Her grapheme is one nasty gal. It was also a pleasant surprise to see Helen Mirren; I mean, who e'er imagined the woman who won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth appearing in an action flick? (although she did also star in "RED" with Bruce Willis) I gauge that Vin Diesel volition now take to co-star with Maggie Smith, maybe even in a costume drama. I'd also accept seeing Michelle Rodriguez in a period piece.
Anyhow, the film is what it is. Pretty neat to see filming locations as different as Iceland and Cuba (I wonder what the Castro brothers thought of such a motion picture getting filmed in their country).
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Fast & Furious 8
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This was the eighth entry in the non-end high-octane franchise, and the first (since Tokyo Drift) not to feature Paul Walker, following his tragic expiry during the making of Furious 7, simply there are still no signs that the series is slowing down, directed by F. Gary Gray (The Negotiator, Law Abiding Citizen, Direct Outta Compton). Basically, following the defeat of Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) and Mose Jakande (Djimon Hounsou), Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Vin Diesel fuel) and Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon in Havana. Dom'southward cousin Fernando (Janmarco Santiago) gets in trouble owing money to local racer and loan shark Raldo (Celestino Cornielle). Dom challenges Raldo to a race, pitting Fernando's reworked machine against Raldo's, and wagering his own Third Generation Chevrolet Impala. Dom narrowly wins the high-speed race, simply allows Raldo to go on his car, earning his respect, and instead leaves his cousin with his auto. The next solar day, Dom is approached past criminal mastermind and cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron), who, by showing him an unseen photo, forces him into working for her. Shortly after, Dom and his squad: Letty, Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), are recruited. They are assigned by Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to help recall an EMP device from a military outpost in Berlin. During the getaway, Dom goes rogue, forcing Hobbs off the route and stealing the device for Cipher. Hobbs is arrested and locked upward in the same loftier-security prison as Shaw. After Shaw and Hobbs both escape the prison, they are recruited by intelligence operative Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) and his protégé Niggling Nobody (Scott Eastwood) to aid the team observe Dom and capture Cipher. Shaw reveals that Cipher had hired his blood brother Owen (Luke Evans) to steal the Nightshade device and Mose Jakande to steal God's Eye, Ramsey's software program. Dom and Cipher are tracked down, only the base the team are injured during an assault on the location base, allowing God'south Heart to exist stolen. Roman suggests bringing Brian in to help them, simply Letty reminds them they agreed not to bring him and Mia into any more missions for the sake of their children. When Dom questions Cipher's motives, she reveals that she has got Dom's ex-lover and DSS agent Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky) earnest, and their son, who Dom was unaware of. Elena tells Dom that she wants him to decide the child's commencement proper noun. In New York Metropolis, Cipher sends Dom to think a nuclear device contained in a briefcase held past the Russian Minister of Defense (Home Alone iii's Olek Krupa). Earlier the theft, with some assist from Raldo, Dom evades Cipher, hacking the various CCTV sources, to meet with Shaw'southward mother Magdalene (Dame Helen Mirren), persuading her to help him. Cipher hacks into the electronics systems of many cars, causing them to disable the convoy so that Dom can take the football. The team intercepts Dom, merely Dom escapes, shooting and apparently killing Shaw in the process. Letty tries to reason with Dom, but Cipher's enforcer, Connor Rhodes (Game of Thrones' Kristofer Hivju), ambushes and nearly kills her, Dom rescues her. In retaliation, Cipher has Rhodes execute Elena in front of a helpless Dom. Cipher retaliates by having Rhodes execute Elena in front of a helpless Dom. At a base in Russian federation, Dom activates the EMP device to disable the security system and a nuclear submarine, enabling Nil to hijack it to use its weapons to trigger a nuclear war. The team once over again intercepts, who attempt to close down the sub, and utilize cars to cake the gates, preventing the sub from leaving into open up waters. Meanwhile, Shaw, who faked his death, teams up with Owen, and at their mother's behest, infiltrates Cipher'south plane to rescue Dom's son. Once Shaw reports that the kid is safe, Dom turns on Zero and kills Rhodes, before re-joining his team. Infuriated, Cipher fires a homing missile at Dom, but in his car, he manoeuvres it abroad from his team, and causes it to hit the submarine instead. The team quickly form a vehicle blockade effectually Dom, shielding him from the explosion fire. Equally Shaw reaches the forepart of the plane and confronts Cipher, she jumps from the plane with a parachute. Mr. Nobody and his protégé visit Dom and his team in New York City to report that Nix is all the same at big in Athens. Hobbs is offered his job back at the DSS, but he turns it downwardly to spend more fourth dimension with his daughter. Shaw puts his differences with Dom and Hobbs bated, and delivers Dom his son. Dom names his son Brian, after his friend and brother-in-police force Brian O'Conner, and he and his friends celebrate. Also starring Patrick St. Esprit as DS Allan and Luke Hawx equally Miller. Diesel is interesting going rogue and betraying his friends, Johnson and Statham are proficient equally the bickering heavyweights, and Theron is a suitably nasty villain. The story is merely about different to what we've seen earlier, the hacking element is certainly interesting, there are obviously the over-the-peak moments that edge on ridiculous (prowl controlled cars being hacked and driven?), but the many absurd cars, race and chase sequences, including across the ice, and the exciting stunts make all worthwhile, an pretty entertaining action thriller. Skilful!
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Fast & Furious eight
This juggernaut of a moving-picture show franchise continues with protagonist Dominic Toretto existence approached by a hacker known every bit 'Goose egg' who has something that causes him to betray his squad. He helps his team steal an EMP device before stealing information technology from them and handing it over to Cipher. This leaves Agent Hobbs arrested and placed in the same gaol as Deckard Shaw, a man he put there. Neither of them are there for long though as they escape and are promptly enlisted to piece of work with Dom's squad to find him and Cipher before they can complete her plans which ultimately involve the theft of nuclear weapons from a Russian base in the frozen Barents Bounding main.
If you lot want realism or annihilation vaguely believable then this certainly isn't the motion picture for you lot; all the same if you lot want lots of ridiculously over the top activeness then this is a lot of fun. It starts with street race through Havana which Dom finishes in a car that is on fire. Later on this prologue the story is introduced; only why Dom betrays his friends isn't immediately obvious just in one case explained it makes sense. The story provides many exciting gear up pieces; these include plenty of shooting, explosions, fighting and inevitably lots of fast cars. All these require some suspension of disbelief but for the well-nigh part they stays just the correct side of featherbrained... the events in New York that involve numerous cars being hacked and remotely controlled by Zip did unfortunately go from heady to laughable simply I was able to enjoy the rest of the activity; especially the finale. The bandage are a lot of fun; most notably Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Charlize Theron and Kristofer Hivju are solid as villains Goose egg and her lieutenant, Rhodes. Overall I'd say this is well worth watching if you want some proficient, over-the-pinnacle, encephalon-in-neutral action.
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New entry with plenty of noisy action-packed , thrills and overwhelming motorcar pursuits.
Overwhelming activeness/drama motion-picture show with a lot of surprises , thriller and plot twists . Thrilling and breathtaking movie with intrigue , tension , explosive activeness , twists and turns . The drivers, the cars and impressive races are the real stars of this flick , well directed by F Gary Gray. This is an heady narration of our intimate group with exceptionally fine photographic camera work and great car hunt sequences and crashes on the metropolitan streets and on ice landscapes . Heading back to the take a chance where information technology all began , our starring joining forces to blast musculus, tuner and exotic cars across Cuba and flooring through the Arctic outdoors . Beginning our protagonist : Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) on their honeymoon in Republic of cuba, there a strange adult female (Charlize Theron) somehow manages to make Dom betray the family unit he has fought hard to protect . As the old fugitive ex-con Dominic Toretto ( Vin Diesel ) reignites a hard confrontation with his ex-friends . At present forcing to team up with Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) and Shaw (Jason Statham), the squad must travel from New York Metropolis to the icy plains of the Barents Bounding main and to bring dwelling house the homo who made them a family, they are forced to fight a shared enemies named Deckard and his brother Owen (Luke Evans). They must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to crush . New roads ahead. Family unit no more. The ride isn't over. Ride or die. Recollect. Family will be broken.
The picture blends action-packed , suspense , chills , tension , heady car pursuits , thriller , a little bit of violence and spectacular sequences though won't mean much on petty screen TV . Flashy, noisy race-cars prepare in various countries, and lavishly and efficiently financed past the producers , - the famous Neal Moritz and Vin Diesel, also - of the previous parts . Pulse-quickening action just plenty of clichés and lots of muddy driving and heavier on crashes than coherency , this time beingness really influenced by James Bond movies . All stunts were performed by authentic experts without people damage. F. Gary Gray's direction is competent though the story eventually run out of gas , at times . The motion picture gives new pregnant to the term ¨smash-biting activeness¨ with extremely spectacular gear up pieces and overwhelming scenes. Suspenseful and intriguing storyline brand for a thrilling ride as long as you don't contemplate the details for too long . This phenomenal and awesome primary stars Vin Diesel , Michelle Rodriguez , Dwayne Johnson , Jason Statham , Charlize Theron every bit a megalomaniac nasty female person are well accompanied past a peak-notch support bandage with full of familiar faces doing a very fine job , such equally : Tyrese Gibson , Ludacris , Kurt Russell , Nathalie Emmanuel , Luke Evan, Elsa Pataky , Kristofer Hivju , Scott Eastwood , Patrick St. Esprit , amid others.
It displays a vivid and colorful cinematography past Stephen F. Windon with a large number of filming locations such every bit : Atlanta, Georgia, Guardian Center of Perry, Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, New York ,USA , Havana, Cuba , Akranes, Iceland , Mývatn, Iceland (Glacier), Berlin, Germany . Displaying a thrilling and rosing musical score by Brian Tyler . The picture was well directed , featuring the usual choreographed pyrotechnics by F Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, The Negotiator , Men In Black : International, Exist cool, Diablo, Law abiding citizen , The Italian job , Fast and Furious viii) . Rating : half-dozen.five/x . Amend than average .The flick will appeal to adrenaline lovers and those young people looking for strong emotions. This is the kind of film in which the cars enthusiast will bask immensely , information technology'due south a must run into for cars fonds.
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One time yous have seen ane, y'all've seen them all...
Granted that I am not a fan of the "Fast & Furious" franchise in any way, but I still have managed to sentinel every unmarried movie that has been released. Why? Well, because it is dotterel entertainment, that still accept some visual appeal, and they have managed to put in some good choices for bandage.
The 2017 improver to the franchise is no different, and you know exactly what you are getting here if you accept seen merely any one of the previous many movies in the franchise. And there is a sense of 'why is this franchise still going on?' equally the movie starts to play.
First of all, I have a huge problem with Vin Diesel fuel in the lead office of this franchise. He is barred of any kind of acting talent, he is unfathomably monotonous to listen to as he staggers through his dialogue, and he is just too much of a superman in the franchise that information technology is atrocious to show to. And I was actually ready to get upward and turn off the pic when he continued to bulldoze a machine engulfed in flames, then spun the car effectually and collection in reverse and notwithstanding managed to win a drag race through the winding streets of Cuba. It was but so pathetically lame that it was an insult to whatever viewer with just a shred of intelligence.
However, I managed to stick with the movie because of Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson.
"The Fate of the Furious" was a visually great flick, only if you accept seen any of the previous movies, then you accept essentially also already seen this motion picture. Sure, there were some story twist forth the way, that only a true fan of the franchise would and could properly appreciate. For the rest of us, it wasn't a peculiarly invigorating story existence told here.
Now, I will say that the cast was good in "The Fate of the Furious", and it has been nifty throughout the entire franchise. And it is especially good to take the cast actors and actresses return to portray their characters fourth dimension and time again. Even so, aside from Vin Diesel fuel, then information technology was also hard to have Charlize Theron serious in this film, peculiarly when she looked as artificial as she did hither in the movie. I don't know what went incorrect along the style, but she looks downright strange now.
"The Fate of the Furious" is definitely a picture that caters for fans of the franchise and to people who have an interest in muscle cars of all kinds. I can't claim to have much of an interest in either, then I was simply hither for the adrenaline and the fast paced activeness, and to sentry a select few of the cast ensemble perform on the screen.
So is this 2017 installment to the franchise bigger, badder and better? No, hardly and so. It was pretty much running in the exact same lane every bit all the previous movies, for better or worse.
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Fast and furious is certainly what it is.
The Fate of the Furious isn't satisfied wnith just jumping the shark: information technology launches itself over a nuclear submarine. Although the action starts in familiar street racing territory, it soon becomes apparent merely how silly things are almost to get, with Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) throwing himself from a speeding, burning car (going in reverse) onto a physical surface and ascension to his feet unscathed (whereas you and I would be a tattered mess of broken bones and mangled flesh). It's quite clear that this is going to be a cartoonish popcorn activity movie with no regard for logic, merely if you lot're able to park your brain for a couple of hours, it can exist a lot of fun.
The plot concerns a cyberterrorist called Goose egg (Charlize Theron) who forces Dom to piece of work for her, threatening to impale his ex-lover and their baby son if he doesn't co-operate. Cipher orders Dom to steal an EMP device and some codes for Russian nukes, which will be used to hold the earth to ransom. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) assembles a team (the usual characters) to endeavour and cease this from happening.
All of this is an excuse for numerous spectacular action set-pieces which involve vehicular carnage on a massive calibration and some fell hand to hand gainsay, and every bit a slam bang slice of mindless cinema it certainly impresses, director F. Gary Gray conducting the special effects laden mayhem with aplomb. Standout scenes include a jailbreak in which Hobbs and fellow prisoner Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) bust some heads, the 'nuclear football' heist in NYC that sees cars raining from skyscrapers, and the crazy finale in which the same nuclear sub threatens to vanquish our heroes (one moment involving a Lamborghini door had me laughing out loud at its sheer preposterousness).
Clearly, I am not alone in appreciating the silliness of this series, given the film's box-part success, and the fact that there is already a 9th film in product (as well as a spin off due later this twelvemonth). Every bit long they keep the craziness going, I'll be watching.
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Continuation of "Furious" series started in 2001 with "Fast/Furious."
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I watched this at home on DVD from my public library. I take generally found the "Furious" series of movies entertaining and this one is frequently entertaining, sometimes though information technology slows down a chip too much.
Information technology starts in the streets of Havana, Cuba with a disagreement and a street race, all done in the commencement ten minutes. This race is novel in that Dom's (Vin Diesel) machine is in flames and he has to finish the race going backwards total speed!
But then he is recruited unwillingly by Cipher (Charlize Theron as a villain) to help steal a weapon, with her ultimate goal of starting a nuclear conflict. His new son and ex-wife are at stake, he has to break away from his usual buddies. Theron is very proficient every bit the villain.
The usual buddies are enlisted to rails him and Zip down, they include Jason Statham as Deckard, Dwayne Johnson every bit Hobbs, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Tyrese Gibson as Roman, and Ludicrous as Tej Parker. A minor appearance is made by Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody and Clint Eastwood'due south son as a green agent.
And so the groups and the action move to a number of places, including Manhattan. There is an interesting "actress" on the DVD that explains the restrictions in filming high-speed (35 mph max) chase scenes in downtown. Some of the scenes are spectacular and, as usual, way over the top. And so there is the nuclear submarine, operated remotely, chasing cars on the ice above, tin you say "over the acme"?
The story hither is way secondary, the characters and action are what one might scout this movie for. Information technology is suitably entertaining.
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so this is dumb
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I recollect that with a movie like this in this franchise particularly, there are two levels of stupidity: one is the kind that makes a dumb activeness movie so flavorful with your massive, over-priced popcorn and soda - it knows how crazy it is and it goes for it. The sequence in this movie, which too has some of the *other* impaired, which I'll go to momentarily, that typifies this is when Cipher (Charlize Theron) has not but Dom (Vin Diesel) in his car going later the Russian dude that has the nuclear Macguffincodes or what have you, involves Zip and her small team using their Special Hacking Flick Skills to hack what seems to be every single auto within a many-block radius in Manhattan, NYC, and are able to make every car (driver or not) bulldoze on their own so they can box in the Russian limo and his motorcade.
It's a gloriously stupid sequence to behold, but on the surface information technology appears to be done with a considerable amount of attention paid to the mounting pressure of showtime a few cars and so a mount of cars falling out of a multi-level parking deck that makes the Blues Brothers look similar they need some Popeye spinach to catch up. Notwithstanding while it has a level of entertainment to it, and perhaps I was the dumb ane deep downwardly for trying to utilise logic to information technology, at that place were a lot of things about the sequence that didn't brand sense on a elementary, logical level. What, use logic to a seemingly critic-proof, multi-billion dollar franchise that now has China money flowing in like a blood transfusion? Sure, why not?
For case - the squad that the Rock and Kurt Russell have together (Scott Eastwood joins up this fourth dimension) should be on the alert for suspicious things going on (maybe one of the hackers in *their* group could, I don't know, attempt to see if Dominic turns upward first somewhere?) and nevertheless it'south halfway through this massive carsploitation fix slice until they get into their cars (from BROOKLYN no less, sorry simply I noticed and I'chiliad sure others will too) and head out to finish what'due south going on. Aside from them getting to where the action is happening in record time - and even then I could suspend my disbelief - information technology didn't make sense within the logic (still illogical) the movie had going for it. Not to mention that sort of right earlier this a meeting happens between Dom (when, shockingly, Nada and their team tin can't seem to find him?!) and Helen Mirren'due south character (her real identity I cartel not reveal in case y'all accept the guts to see this popcorn fire of a moving-picture show), and even so here information technology doesn't make sense how he could telephone call her in fourth dimension because everything that's happened since Cipher forced him to "Go Rogue" as information technology were.
The kind of "Bad Impaired" is more than things like that, where it's not the fun dumb bad stuff that activity movies similar this and others have - I'g used to that, subsequently all, and I've seen 75% of this franchise (missing ii of the eight, and I don't imagine I'chiliad missing *too* much in the sordid saga, eh) - information technology's more than of the badness that comes from a hacky screenwriter who tries initially to fix absurd things, and and then says "f*** information technology" and lets the story run amuck. And it's not that this is even hard stuff to figure out; one knows from a story like this, where the "team/Family" of the 'F&F' coiffure (amidst them return Statham and the Rock, the latter 2 the best parts of the movie particularly their scenes together) accept to deal with a lead who "turns" (think, I dunno, friggin Muppets Almost Wanted, for example) that all volition exist revealed to exist something shocking or surprising. What Zippo's plan is though relies on a LOT of things that have to fall in to place, and also for us to remember a item female character who, frankly, I forgot all near. And by the end of it all, when (spoiler?) Dom turns back around to join the F&F crew, it's all so water under the bridge in that location might also non be water or bridges always once more.
Aside from Johnson and Statham, in that location'southward no purpose in pointing out interim, or what is basically asked of these people as posturing or fulfilling their ane 1/two poses and characters - they're funny and mannerly and Statham especially brings information technology in a climax that involves a babe, of all things - but I should mention that Theron felt wasted here. She makes what should exist a fun thrill park ride into something that'south overly serious, similar she's, you know, in a *real* flick, and the tone didn't work for me. She's fine of course, don't get me incorrect, just she tries to bring subtlety and quiet-voiced menace to a role that should exist, perchance, mayhap, more over the acme or scenery chewing. If there was that, it wouldn't collide then much in tone with the jokier F&F Crew scenes. But equally she is acting in a whole other flick (and only doing alright by it, frankly, and she never does action in the way 1 might've seen in Fury Route or the upcoming Diminutive Blonde), and information technology shows.
What else is in that location to say? These characters and this world are a live-activity cartoon or even an anime TV show, where it's loaded for bear with lather operatic twists, while also being PG-13 "family" fun that has less than zero consequences to whatever of its action. I'1000 certain anybody got paid handsomely, it's morose-looking monotoned star near of all in Diesel, but by the finish I felt like I lost more brain cells than when I went in, which, for all of their ludicrous and shameless trajectories, the other sequels didn't exercise (or at least since 'two Fast').
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An adrenaline fuelled take a chance
This movie tells the story of a gang of notorious criminals who are torn apart by betrayal, and seduction by a mysterious woman. Their newest mission takes them all around the world, fighting against terrible forces and for uniting themselves once again.
In anticipation of this film, I recently watched the fourth to the sixth films as I take not watched them before. Each successive motion-picture show impressed me more, and the seventh pic is even so quite fresh in my mind. The trailer of this eighth film astounded me, so I could not wait to picket it. And I am not disappointed. The action scenes are great, truly intense, thrilling and heady. The submarine scene is but amazing. I tin honestly say that they accept outdone themselves again. I really enjoyed this motion picture.
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It's Zombie Time And That's Not Really A Criticism
I gave upward on the franchise later the second movie considering I thought the movies were zilch more than popular crime drama for the MTV generation. I then watched the seventh picture in the series simply because it was breaking box office records and was absolutely surprised at the direction the films were now taking , a sort of James Bond for the MTV generation meets THE EXPENDABLES without the bloodshed. How do you follow that up ? The uncomplicated answer is more of the same
There are slight differences involving characterisation. With FAST & FURIOUS 8 ( And who'd accept thought I would be writing that championship away back in 2003 ? ) Dom isn't exactly the good guy whilst Deckard Shaw isn't exactly the bad guy. Okay information technology's non exactly grapheme development either but you do feel that the producers need to do something to follow the loss of Paul Walker from the franchise and to be off-white Jason Statham makes a likable anti hero. The focus of goodness lies with activity hero family unit man Hobbs played by Dwayne Johnson
Of course things like plotting and internal logic take non been included - Did I mention this is a franchise pic ? - because this is a movie made for people half my age who grew upwardly with the characters . In fact I've got a problem remembering what the plot was , something to do with a electro magnetic pulse doomsday weapon I think but this is irrelevant and the core focus is auto chases , one liners and tongue in cheek humour. If you lot're not a fan then this movie won't convert yous and if yous are a fan you lot'll be more than than satisfied
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Nonetheless "Furious" Simply Not Every bit Furious as "Furious 7"
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The eighth entry in "The Fast and The Furious" franchise, "Straight Outta Compton" director F. Gary Greyness'southward "The Fate of the Furious," takes demolition derby derring-do to delirious heights, with adventurous, high-octane automotive anarchy like you've never seen. Although information technology doesn't generate the emotional gravitas that fueled "Furious 7" in the wake of Paul Walker's tragic decease, "The Fate of the Furious" still delivers slam-bang, super-charged spectacle with speed and manner. Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Luke Evans, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Elsa Pataky reprise their roles and absorb the slack. Franchise newcomer Charlize Theron gives this larger-than-life yarn an electrifying jolt as an ultra-cyberterrorist. She qualifies as the equivalent of James Bond'due south nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld for the "Furious" franchise, and our heroes struggle to set aside their differences then they can neutralize her and save the world. Goose egg wants to make the super-powers accountable collectively with the acquisition of some of their WMDs. Unfortunately, the filmmakers keep Theron confined as well ofttimes to her tricked-out jet that would make Edward Snowden drool with envy.
Unlike previous "Furious" installments, "The Fate of the Furious" plumbs the past for one of its major surprises: Dominic Toretto's treacherous expose of both friends and family. The revelation of Toretto's treachery isn't as startling every bit the treachery itself. Allow'south chalk it up to the secret life of franchise characters or what happened that neither we know nor more than importantly what Dom doesn't know that prompts his duplicity. If you haven't seen "Fast Five" (2011), you may be confused, while dice-hard "Furious" aficionados will remember a similar story-line in "Fast & Furious 6" when Letty went rogue. Despite its formulaic B-moving picture mayhem, "The Fate of the Furious" has something to say most computerized automotive technology that unscrupulous cyberterrorists similar Null could exploit. Long-time "Furious" scenarist Chris Morgan'south far-fetched just exciting screenplay should make insurance companies, motorists, and passengers wary of computer-equipped vehicles without safeguards that tin be hacked. Listen you, getting carjacked is bad enough, but information technology is entirely something else to be carjacked by your own vehicle. "Furious 8" utilizes this provocative premise with pizazz galore.
"The Fate of the Furious" unfolds in sunny Havana, Cuba, where Dom and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez of "Girlfight") are enjoying their honeymoon. The franchise has been burning rubber since 2001 and then it was inevitable the lovebirds would necktie the knot. Predictably, the action warms up with an exhilarating street race between Dom and an impudent Cuban contender Raldo (Celestino Cornielle of "Nasty Work") who thinks he cannot exist defeated. He wants to repossess a ramshackle ride from another commuter for lack of payment. Not only is Fernando (newcomer Janmarco Santiago) the owner who fell behind on his payments, but he is too 1 of Dom's Cuban cousins. Dom challenges Raldo to a race with Fernando's bit-heap jalopy. Director F. Gary Gray flaunts his mode all the way to the finish line with this harrowing little steeplechase, and Dom wins Raldo'due south respect. Dom's ride literally turns into a infinite vehicle re-inbound orbit with its engine afire like an asteroid as he careens Fernando's crate backwards, similar Burt Reynolds did in "Hooper" (1978), to proceed from being cooked live.
Concurrently, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson of "Fundamental Intelligence") assembles his squad to perform the impossible. Hobbs' superiors warn him he'll practise time if he is nabbed. Naturally, Dom and his "Furious" bunch buckle upwards for activity. Something inexplicable, however, has afflicted Dom since he encountered a skinny blonde with dreadlocks in Havana. This inscrutable dame, Cipher (Charlize Theron of "Mad Max: Fury Road"), showed him something on a cell telephone that shocked him. Moreover, she uses it to blackmail our hero. Basically, Hobbs' mission goes sideways as Dom turns "rogue," double-crosses Hobbs, and steals a summit-secret EMP device for Cipher. The EMP device can coma all communication in a urban center and brand it comparable to a day in the Stone Age. Hobbs lands in prison where he clashes with his old rival, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham of "The Transporter" trilogy), and the 2 taunt each other until they manage to break out. The anonymous government amanuensis who reunited the team in "Furious 7," Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell of "Tombstone"), had a hand in engineering their escape. Dom's old team signs up to piece of work with Hobbs and Deckard and catch Dom. Mr. Nobody reveals that Dom'south new accomplice is a mastermind estimator hacker who flies around in her own AWACS-equipped jet.
Since the divergence of Paul Walker's graphic symbol, the producers accept replaced him substantially with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. If you saw "Furious 7," you know how much these two titans abominate each other. Mr. Nobody orders them to shake and brand up. Our heroes butt off to New York City where Cipher has dispatched Dom to snatch a nuclear football game from the Russian Minister of Defence force. Essentially, nuclear football isn't a pigskin, but rather an emergency suitcase that contains the launch codes for a nuclear assault. Zilch hacks into every machine with a computer to create pandemonium so Dom can locate the limo and steal the appliance. Hundreds of cars plunge like lemmings from high-rise parking lots so the Russian Defense Minister remains trapped in a traffic jam. This scene alone is worth the price of admission! Afterward, Cipher sends Dom to Russian federation with the EMP to disable a nuclear submarine so she can hack into it and command it to launch her WMDs.
Preposterous pabulum from start to finish, "The Fate of the Furious" never runs out of steam during its adrenaline-laced 136 minutes. Eventually, you know Dom will bandy sides as before long as he can, and Aught's thousand scheme volition collapse. Not surprisingly, our heroes dodge the lots of bullets and rockets simply considering they're virtuous while each jumbo explosion serves to reduce the ranks of villains. "The Fate of the Furious" yields nonstop thrills.
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A hoot
Warning: Spoilers
Dom and Letty are on honeymoon in Cuba when Dom is approached by Nix (Charlize Theron) every bit a result of which Dom goes rogue on the next caper, leading to Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) being imprisoned with Deckard (Jason Statham). The trailer tells you this, simply doesn't tell you why. And neither will I.
If you become back to, say, From Russia With Love, the James Bail films were actually about spying. They then moved towards increasingly spectacular only outlandish action amusement. Nobody could claim they were great cinema but, by heaven, they were entertaining.
The Fast & Furious films are following a similar pattern. They are no longer about street racing: they have unlikely plots providing a framework for a family of characters to take brilliantly conceived and executed action sequences built effectually them. They are never going to win Best Film Oscars, but they are incredibly entertaining.
And the fact that nosotros are at present up to number 8 means that they have history to draw on: in that location are a number of faces popping upwards who are surprising, some familiar and some non.
Oh, and of course the action sequences are great fun. Some are revealed in the trailer, some not, but they are all ludicrously incommunicable, and laugh-out-loud delightful, bordering on punch-the-air "Yes!"-ness in places.
I loved it.
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The Fast & The Furious:Part 8.
Warning: Spoilers
During Easter I realised that I have not seen a single 2017 flick! Being a fan of the franchise,I decided that it was time to bulldoze into my starting time 2017 movie.
The plot:
Whilst honeymooning with his wife Letty Ortiz, Dominic Toretto is approached by cyberterrorist Nothing,and asked to leave his "family" and join her criminal gang. Turning information technology down,Toretto is shown something past Nada which forces him to join. Keeping information technology surreptitious,Toretto betrays Ortiz,Hobbs, Roman and Parker by stealing an electronic flop that is on Cipher'due south wish listing. Finding their leader to have gone rogue,the rest of the gang start trying to figure out how to remain fast and furious,against Dominic Toretto.
View on the film:
Coming straight outta Compton,director F. Gary Greyness & returning cinematographer Stephen F. Windon follow Furious seven'south James Wan'southward decision to retain some of his own mode within the serial,as Gray separates the locations with whip-pan affiliate headings and surprisingly still group shots showing the friendships, being rolled straight from Greyness's Hip-Hop ballsy. Impressively driving the series into a more than living cartoon atmosphere,Grayness delivers cracking extravagant set-pieces which strike a fine residual between hard- hitting combat scenes with wonderfully bonkers CGI that takes the car races into flight of fantasy.
Revving up the series again,the screenplay past Chris Morgan cooks upwardly a delicious gumbo,that mixes the hyper activity scenes with espionage skills,a gritty jail escape,and even some propah British Gangster business. Slightly turning down the action volume,Morgan does well at setting up the side by side films with Letty's/Toretto'south relationship being more prominent,and last baddie Deckard solidly joining the goodies. Beingness the first lead women baddie in the series, Charlize Theron gives a wonderfully icy operation every bit Zip,thanks to the unsettling calm Theron gives Naught being against the explosive performances of Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and The Stath,who all detect the fate of the furious.
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What you will await - for better or for worse
I suppose if y'all liked the previous entries in this picture series, you lot volition enjoy "The Fate of the Furious". As for me, I had long given up on this series getting to really prove itself, and the only reason I watched it was that I got the Blu-ray for gratuitous from my local library. True, I have seen a number of movies that were a lot worse than this; the movie doesn't brand the ultimate sin of existence boring at any moment, for case. But nevertheless, it'south really stretched out, lasting about 135 minutes in length. There's no reason why this motion picture had to exist that long. The cast does its best, and sometimes they exercise take hold of your attention with their performances or even just their presence, though it's odd that some of the members of the team hardly go a run a risk to show their stuff. There is a lot of action, though information technology is for the most function and then plainly computer generated that its impact is muted at times. To sum up, I think Universal Pictures has milked this serial every bit much equally it tin can, judging from what I described and the fact that the domestic box office take was a substantial drop from that of the previous entry. I really promise the rumor that a next entry is planned that will accept place in outer infinite isn't true.
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You accept the time it takes for me to potable this......
Warning: Spoilers
..............And I'one thousand ******* thirsty.......
Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and the rest of the coiffure have a realisation of a normal life.
But when a mysterious woman coaxes Dom dorsum into the world of crime, he can't seem to escape and a betray those closest to him, they volition confront treachery that will test them similar never before.
From Cuba to the streets of New York City, and to the plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the team will cantankerous the globe to cease a myth from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring habitation the man who fabricated them a family........
Afterwards the turgid second and tertiary instalments, this franchise should take gone the way of Police force Academy, or found a squeamish domicile on direct to Blu Ray, but the makers must have sold their souls to something, because how on earth doe this serial just get bigger and better with each outing?
The simple respond is, it just gets bigger and amend with each outing, and the makers know they have their audience now, considering although the films have upped the set up pieces as the numbers increase, they are basically selling the aforementioned motion picture, just adding another elaborate maguffin to the mix, and another special guest star to the bandage.
We know the characters at present, we've known them since 2001, and I for one want to know who volition bring together this extended family, and what will go of them.
This is the silliest entry into the franchise by far, and if you've read my previous reviews of the other films, I say this every time, only rest bodacious, I have non had this much fun in a cinema in such a long fourth dimension, and that'due south what the film intends to do, entertain and ask you to suspend disbelief for a couple of hours.
It's the perfect cure for the atrocious world nosotros live in at the moment.
Just this film isn't well-nigh Diesel and his ego, he'due south letting the rest of the cast loose, and past far this is The Rocks and Statham'due south film. The set piece involving him in daring rescue on a plane is the highlight of the moving-picture show by far, and it reminded me of the 'over the rainbow' sequence in Confront/Off, but with far more laughs and chipmunks.
The barrack between the bandage is as good equally the action, and whenever The Rock, Statham, and Russell are on screen, the dialogue crackles.
Theron is wonderful as the elusive Nada, and although the franchise has had its fair share of pantomime villains, she is past far the most unsafe one the gang have faced.
And then there'south Helen Mirren, and as soon as she opens her oral fissure, you know what involvement she has in the narrative.
My only moan is that something happens to a graphic symbol halfway through the film, and y'all know it'due south just a red herring, cheers to the awful camera bending in that particular scene.
Information technology'southward just a bonkers films, from the initial race, to the prison break, to the submarine with heat seeking missile, to the quite spooky zombie car scene.
The film has raised the bar for silliness, that'south for certain, merely my gosh, if your a fan of the franchise, this is wonderful stuff.
A lot better than other part eight films, similar Jason Takes Manhatten.
Let's promise the next i isn't subtitled Mission To Moscow.
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'In another life you could've washed some serious harm.'
With eight versions of THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS out and 2 more in production, information technology is obvious that the audience loves these Vin Diesel blockbusters. Written by Chris Morgan who has been creating from F & F 6 on based on the characters of Gary Scott Thompson, F. Gary Gary directs this a flake overdone epic spreading the story a chip to far around the globe and concentrating on a new female character (Charlize Theron).
The basic main characters are noise, crashed cars, and fire, but into this mix is inserted the plot - When a mysterious woman named Cypher (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom (Vin Diesel) into the world of terrorism and a expose of those closest to him, the coiffure face trials that will test them as never before. Or better outlined, 'Now that Dom and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez are on their honeymoon in Cuba and Brian and Mia accept retired from the game-and the rest of the coiffure has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. Just when a mysterious woman (Theron) seduces Dom into the globe of crime he can't seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that volition test them equally never before. From the shores of Republic of cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Ocean, the elite strength will crisscross the earth to finish an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world'southward stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family.' Tack on an ending that is about honey and babies and the film sort of sputters to a halt.
Definitely a movie for Fast and Furious fans – if a bit long and over baked. Of form the other regulars and new characters are well portrayed past Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Ludicrous, Tyrese Gibson, and add together Kurt Russell, Scott Eastwood, and a quickie from Helen Mirren and at that place is a castoff fine actors out having fun. If CGI effects seem to exist over done, then take a nap – if you can.
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Meh!
It was all I expected from the franchise and none of what I hoped. They story doesn't exist, the jokes are stale, the acting is decent for scenes that don't really crave interim and the driving part of the film is really weak. I mean, they are furiously driving cars on a frozen lake! How hard tin can that exist? Just drive directly!
I wanted to bask Charlize equally a villain more than. She is stunningly beautiful and in a menstruum in her life where I recollect she just wants to have the most fun out of acting every bit she tin. I wanted the script to give her that, just information technology didn't quite work. She was bang-up, only the character was well-nigh cardboard.
Too, when you lot talk with the villain face to face, just impale him. A lot of people won't dice uselessly in the next half 60 minutes merely to testify how mean the villain is. Weak, Dom, weak!
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