Review of F9 (2021) by Mrpajamas — 17 Jul 2021

Unbelievable how far this franchise has come. From car tuning to... I don't even know what that is. An incredible load of action, accentuated of course by unrealistic physics, but I'm not criticizing that.

The series has been pushing the boundaries of realism in these exploding scenes for a long time now, and that doesn't bother me so much. It's a nice spectacle. Where the problem lies is more in the story, which just kinda sucks here.

The plot, like something out of a sci-fi movie, and then there's that one location that was already really over the top, but I don't want to spoil that for you. On top of that, we get characters from previous episodes returning, which is cool, but including Han, who as we can already know.

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................................is long dead. Even though it was explained in the movie how it's possible that he survived, I still think they shouldn't have revived Han. My opinion. What's cool are the flashbacks that Dom has here.

They're cool, but unfortunately that's probably the best thing about the movie. Add to that the ending, which just didn't satisfy me. Not to just criticize the film, I praise the music, which was really cool in places, and maybe the action, which although it's really overdone, is at least nice to watch and a blast for action lovers.

For me, an average film that I don't recommend even to fans of the series.