Fast Month - The Fate of the Furious

F8? Fate? Pun title. Man, this franchise is old.

We arrive at what’s currently the final movie in this franchise, the Fate of the Furious. Released in 2017, the movie was successful, though not as successful as 7. You could that down to the publicity boost the last movie got from the death of Paul Walker, Universal was not expecting to replicate its success, though it still broke the $1bn mark, not bad for a franchise that barely broke even when it started.

It did dip slightly critically though, dropping to a 66% rotten tomatoes rating with an average 6.1/10 and 6.7/10 on IMDb.

So, is it worth the hype, here are my thoughts.

Fast Month - Furious 7

Well, this is movie where this Franchise entered the big leagues, this movie made over $1bn at the world-wide box office, and got critical acclaim of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average of 6.7/10, the highest the series has ever gotten and a decent 7.2/10 on IMDb, only slightly below 5.

Compounding everything is the unfortunate death of Paul Walker. He died (rather ironically) in a car crash. Most of the filming had been completed, all they did is re-do the ending, with digital effects houses super-imposing Walker’s face over the body of one of his brothers. We’ll talk about how they ended it later. But here are my thoughts on how the movie stands as a whole.

Fast Month - Fast and Furious

How do you return your franchise to its roots? Apparently, you take the ‘thes’ out of your title. This is Fast Month

Vin Diesel and David Walker are back, and that’s all anyone will really care about. This movie had a budget of $85m, much like the last one, but was much more popular, making $363m, the next movie would go onto making nearly double that but back to business

Critically, this movie struggled to find its footing, a mere 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average 4.6/10, it was hardly picking up the slack from the previous movies. But it’s been a while now, how does it hold up?