Fast And Furious 8
Fast And Furious 8 (or The Fate of the Furious if you prefer) sees Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) blackmailed into working for Cypher (Charlize Theron) a shady cyberhacker and terrorist who seeks to procure nuclear missiles. Toretto's old gang, a ragtag bunch of characters whose origins are presumably spread across seven other films that I haven't seen, must work together to stop them both and get to the bottom of his betrayal.
I said at the end of my review of Free Fire that I was looking for something more substantial from a trip to the cinema, so obviously I walk smack bang into the most substanceless film possible. A flimsy plot sees us visit Havana, New York, Berlin and a remote area of Russia for some ludicrous action set pieces, a man diverting the trajectory of a torpedo with his arm and an entertaining precautionary tale regarding self-driving cars.
Diesel and Theron are perfectly fine (doing their best with some ropey dialogue) but it's the supporting performances that grab the attention. Dwayne Johnson has become a bonifide action star in the past few years and the film is several times better when either he or Jason Statham is on screen.The two of them have a terrific chemistry that's all too fleetingly explored, whilst Helen Mirren shows up as Statham's mother and nearly steals the movie. On the back of this, last year's Central Intelligence and 2015's Spy, I'm warming to both of them as actors and would like a Johnson/Statham action comedy please.
It's flashy and ostentatious and I'll have forgotten everything about it by the weekend. But embrace the ridiculousness and you'll have fun with Fast and Furious 8.
I said at the end of my review of Free Fire that I was looking for something more substantial from a trip to the cinema, so obviously I walk smack bang into the most substanceless film possible. A flimsy plot sees us visit Havana, New York, Berlin and a remote area of Russia for some ludicrous action set pieces, a man diverting the trajectory of a torpedo with his arm and an entertaining precautionary tale regarding self-driving cars.
Diesel and Theron are perfectly fine (doing their best with some ropey dialogue) but it's the supporting performances that grab the attention. Dwayne Johnson has become a bonifide action star in the past few years and the film is several times better when either he or Jason Statham is on screen.The two of them have a terrific chemistry that's all too fleetingly explored, whilst Helen Mirren shows up as Statham's mother and nearly steals the movie. On the back of this, last year's Central Intelligence and 2015's Spy, I'm warming to both of them as actors and would like a Johnson/Statham action comedy please.
It's flashy and ostentatious and I'll have forgotten everything about it by the weekend. But embrace the ridiculousness and you'll have fun with Fast and Furious 8.
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