I'll start at the top. What's the name of this one, guys? I swear I'm not trying to be cute. In the movie listings and marketing tweets, it's F9. Title card said Fast and Furious 9....... I'm confused. Or maybe they're confused.
I digress.
I LOVE the Fast and Furious flicks, historically speaking. I love cars. Especially fast cars. The franchise didn't have to sell me on anything, just shiny, fast cars and boy did they ever. At first. But things have taken a turn. They're fighting crazy supervillain level hackers now. Spawning spin-offs. Taking down submarines.
And to be honest, I was actually even still with them on that ride because, well.... Shiny, fast cars.
But this movie is a whole other beast. And the biggest lack of excitement I noticed, where are the fucking cars? I saw some destroyed. Some picked up by an airplane. Even saw a Fiero reach heights I never expected a Fiero to get to. But the focus of the movie shifted farther away from cars than I ever expected Fast and Furious anything to even flirt with.
This movie is about family, a common theme in the franchise, sure, but apparently this family now includes a super spy brother who works with and for a supervillain and kidnapped another supervillain and they planned to do a thing.
This thing, I should probably mention here, I sort of missed. Boyfriend had to tell me what it was after the flick cos I just missed the entirety of it's specifics. And yeah, when he told me, it certainly did sound like a thing that should be stopped. But are to Toretto's and Co. really the best group for the job? Not some specially trained, top of their class career military types? Perhaps people with access to Soyuz capsules or the ISS rather than having to launch a tricked out Fiero into space off the back of a jet?
And how tf did they airtight a Fiero? Like........ Cars. Are. Not. Airtight. Sorry. That one's been really bugging me.
It was a good flick. Entertaining and it gives you another chapter in the lives of those we've peeked in on for years. Definitely worth the watch, no lie.
But I've got questions.
