The films in the Fast and Furious franchise –somehow on its ninth installment– are nearly impossible to dislike. They may not always be good, but they are guaranteed to be exciting.
The often silly and outrageous, exceedingly entertaining movies about muscle cars and muscular heroes continually find new ways to top each other. You thought Vin Diesel driving off a cliff was cool? Wait till you see Vin Diesel driving off a cliff while a train explodes in the background. That not good enough for you? How about Vin Diesel driving off a cliff in the middle of Thailand, while a fighter jet soars above him and a pack of sharks swim below? Now we’re talking.
Diesel returns as Dominic Toretto, who has risen from the Los Angeles street racing scene to become an international driver specializing in the extraction, transportation and delivery of highly classified materials. He’s living off the grid with his wife, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), when a message sends them on another mission. They team up with Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Tej (Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges), Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) and Mia (Jordana Brewster), then go up against their scowling nemesis, Jakob (John Cena of WWE fame).
At first, it seems Lin might be grounding things in a more dramatic world this time– he doesn’t open with sky-diving cars, but rather, on an exposition dump that introduces Dom and Jakob as brothers. It’s a gut-wrenching moment, a run-down on their sibling rivalry. But then all drama is left in the dust. The next scene involves a high-speed chase in Thailand, featuring tanks, fighter jets, Ferraris, machine guns, vast expanses of jungle and electric blue water, along with the aforementioned cliff jump.
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