Review of F9 (2021) by Healingtoolbox — 24 Aug 2021

Much better than I expected. The many critics who don't get F9 don't seem to understand this can only be judged on the level of comic book tropes, characters and narrative. F9 is not a serious movie. It is glorious movie-making--as long as a comic book world view is acceptable to you.

This is Marvel-level filmmaking with a less than Marvel-level plot. Notice in comic books, it is acceptable to kill as many innocent bystanders as the latest spectacle demands. In the best of these movies, it is the velocity and momentum which allows all nonsensical pieces to hang together.

When the DVD comes out, watch it with the sound turned off. Play your own music if you like. You will see the flow and velocity are foreground; everything else is background. Black Widow is similar in this regard.

If you liked Black Widow, I dare you judge F9 much differently.