Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017) by Blanche — 22 Apr 2017

What a mess this film was. For me, the most weakest instalment thus far. The villain was hardly memorable and her motives were for the most part, vague. There were numerous moments that didn't connect with each other well at all. The entire plot felt baseless and pulled out of nowhere a lot of the time. However, because it is Fast & Furious, it doesn't necessarily need to. There were obviously enjoyable moments behind these dumb segments. Though the action sequences as a whole weren't much of an improvement on the previous instalment, I still found them pretty good and the comedic value is still rich. Dwayne, Jason and Tyrese notably did pretty good jobs at exactly that.

When it comes to this franchise, I expect great action and great comedy. It's peculiar in the sense that the action was alright and the comedy skits were very good, but the overall foundation of the film is incredibly poor to the extent that it stands out now unlike its predecessors. It just weighs everything else down. It has certainly faltered in quality. All I got from this film was the feeling of a franchise being dragged on for too long. I feel as though they should have left it after Paul Walker sadly passed away. It would have been the perfect and most appropriate swansong. Now it just feels like it's just dragging itself to the finish line in the longest way imaginable.