Went and saw "F9" today in the fast/furious franchise. I had to press the "I believe" button so often, I wore the letters off that thing. Over the top is an understatement. I won't give away any spoilers here, in case you want to go see it, but considering what it's up against from other movie choices (Boss Baby 2, Peter Rabbit 2, Forever Purge...), it's not that hard to pick this one. Maybe if you're into gore and guts the Forever Purge may be worth a look. I liked the first couple of them but then they became like the Friday the 13th franchise...
But- that being said- it was pretty much non-stop action, and more of a reunion movie of nearly all the F/F franchise players. Some had flashback cameos, while others showed up for a brief moment or two, but with the exception of Dwayne Johnson, it pretty much was a reunion, even with Tokyo Drift's Lucas Black and Lil' Bow Wow, or, er, just Bow Wow, Shad Moss, whatever he's going by now. Even Han returns....wtf? And then in the post credit scene him and Shaw (Jason Statham) face off once again. For those who may not know or forgot, Shaw was the d*ckhole that "killed" Han in Tokyo Drift (F/F3) but that tidbit wasn't revealed until F6 post-credit scene (keeping up with the timelines on who did what when sucks as they seem to love to go back and forth with it). Oh, and Paul Walker (Brian) didn't make it in this movie, obviously, but it was alluded to that he's still hanging around in a couple of spots. Even Dom's sister (and Brian's wife) Mia shows up to help. There's talk of him being "CGI'd" into the last of the movies in the franchise, so we'll have to just wait and see. And...John Cena joins in as Dom's and Mia's brother that nobody talked about up to now apparently.
In some spots, stuff happened so far out in left field I was literally laughing out loud...it was so, shall we say, Ludacris? (see what I did there?)
All in all it was a fun romp, and a little leeway is in order here for a thin plot but loads of action, regardless of how far out there...literally...it became. If there was a category, it would win an Oscar for the most damage done by a magnet in a single film.
Award winning acting? Y'all know better. But again, just kick back with your M&Ms, or Popcorn, or whatever movie snack suits you and throw away a little over 2 hours of your life watching the outlandish mayhem and lots of "You gotta be kiddin' me?" moments. Sh*t blows up, goes fast, stops fast, and LOADS of damaged vehicles. If that's up your alley- go have some fun.
But- that being said- it was pretty much non-stop action, and more of a reunion movie of nearly all the F/F franchise players. Some had flashback cameos, while others showed up for a brief moment or two, but with the exception of Dwayne Johnson, it pretty much was a reunion, even with Tokyo Drift's Lucas Black and Lil' Bow Wow, or, er, just Bow Wow, Shad Moss, whatever he's going by now. Even Han returns....wtf? And then in the post credit scene him and Shaw (Jason Statham) face off once again. For those who may not know or forgot, Shaw was the d*ckhole that "killed" Han in Tokyo Drift (F/F3) but that tidbit wasn't revealed until F6 post-credit scene (keeping up with the timelines on who did what when sucks as they seem to love to go back and forth with it). Oh, and Paul Walker (Brian) didn't make it in this movie, obviously, but it was alluded to that he's still hanging around in a couple of spots. Even Dom's sister (and Brian's wife) Mia shows up to help. There's talk of him being "CGI'd" into the last of the movies in the franchise, so we'll have to just wait and see. And...John Cena joins in as Dom's and Mia's brother that nobody talked about up to now apparently.
In some spots, stuff happened so far out in left field I was literally laughing out loud...it was so, shall we say, Ludacris? (see what I did there?)
All in all it was a fun romp, and a little leeway is in order here for a thin plot but loads of action, regardless of how far out there...literally...it became. If there was a category, it would win an Oscar for the most damage done by a magnet in a single film.
Award winning acting? Y'all know better. But again, just kick back with your M&Ms, or Popcorn, or whatever movie snack suits you and throw away a little over 2 hours of your life watching the outlandish mayhem and lots of "You gotta be kiddin' me?" moments. Sh*t blows up, goes fast, stops fast, and LOADS of damaged vehicles. If that's up your alley- go have some fun.
