Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed April 14th, The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray, 1 out of 4 stars. Is this film worth reviewing? Those who have journeyed along since the beginning, joined and caught up since then, or just jumped aboard the caravan with the last film, Furious 7 the highest earner , to date, of the bunch , are all probably going to go see The Fate of the Furious , irrespective of what I or any other film critic has to say.
There are the occasional moments of creative mayhem, but director F. Gary Gray Straight Outta Compton too often overwhelms the creativity with said mayhem.
More explosions do not a better action sequence make there is one nicely staged fight scene in a prison that surprised me, however.
I will admit, having never managed to sit through an entire entry in the series before, that I am not the target audience, but at least what I had previously seen was well-choreographed. Still, the boys and two girls are back, with some new villains to oppose them, and so that might be enough to rake in the bucks.
Only Diesel and Rodriguez have starred since inception: Gibson and Ludacris were added in the second film, Johnson came aboard in 5, and Emmanuel in 7. Jason Statham Spy , a villain last time, is back in a more flexible role. As an actress, she certainly is capable of oozing evil charm see Snow White and the Hunstman , but she is here saddled with such obviously nefarious lines that we keep on expecting her to cackle on delivery.
