This Week's Movies - The Fate of the Furious
The Fate of the Furious (Fast & Furious 8) ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
After stealing a electro-magnetic thingummy from an ultra-secure facility in Berlin, the Fast & Furious team are shocked to discover that Dom (Vin Diesel) has gone rogue, handing over the destructive doodad to cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron). As the team struggle to get their heads around the betrayal, they are joined by new FBI wonk (Scott Eastwood), old hand Luke Hobbs (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson) and one-time bad guy Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) to work out what really went down.
Pros:
1. The action set-pieces have gone properly Looney Tunes, what-the-heck-am-I-watching, high-five-a-stranger-sitting-next-to-you BANANAS. The Rock pushing a torpedo into a truck? Yep. The world’s biggest wrecking ball taking out a dozen cop cars? Sure. Charlize Theron hacking into hundreds of cars and lobbing them around New York? You betcha.
2. The chemistry between The Rock and Jason Statham. Their childish rivalry is second to none, and the lines they spit out – ‘I’m going to beat your ass like a Cherokee drum’ – are genuinely hilarious. In context, anyway, I promise.
3. There’s one scene involving The Stath and The Stath alone that is basically a massive spoiler, but let it be said: it’s the Stathiest sequence ever, the perfect mix of action, comedy and sheer over-the-top masculinity. It’s even better than his oil fight from The Transporter, and that’s saying something.
Cons:
1. If you’re looking for a plot that makes sense, this isn’t for you.
2. If you’re looking for stunts that make sense, this isn’t for you.
3. If you’re looking for anything that makes sense, this isn’t for you. If you’re willing to swallow or ignore the increasingly complicated backstory, this is popcorn cinema par excellence, and there’s a moment where someone uses a Lamborgini door as a bullet shield before knocking a goon off a skidoo. So there.
