This is the one with the Ocean's-style heist, where the gang tears up the city with a vault attached to their rides, bouncing it around like a bar of soap.
The formula is essentially the same as the last flick, but this time they put aside most pretenses of seriousness in favor of one-liners and tongue-in-cheek overblown action. The supporting characters from the previous films, whom we had already forgotten about, also come together to form a team of misfits with no real purpose. Justin Lin’s obsession with Han is still a mystery. He keeps doing prequels to keep him alive so that he can… eat chips?
The over-the-top action sequences have finally hit that sweet spot of trashy goodness and visual impact enough to distract from the cringe-worthy writing and directing. Even the terrible acting serves its purpose in this context. It's a shame that The Rock's role as the good cop was a bit of a letdown. They could have given him more screen time, but as usual, the family always requires a baddie that’s even worse than they are to justify their morally questionable actions.
Actual score: 4.5 Guilty pleasure score: 7.5 with sparse 8.5 moments Final score: 6
Review by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2023-03-30T08:28:22Z
Japanese title: Wild Speed MEGA MAX
This is the one with the Ocean's-style heist, where the gang tears up the city with a vault attached to their rides, bouncing it around like a bar of soap.
The formula is essentially the same as the last flick, but this time they put aside most pretenses of seriousness in favor of one-liners and tongue-in-cheek overblown action. The supporting characters from the previous films, whom we had already forgotten about, also come together to form a team of misfits with no real purpose. Justin Lin’s obsession with Han is still a mystery. He keeps doing prequels to keep him alive so that he can… eat chips?
The over-the-top action sequences have finally hit that sweet spot of trashy goodness and visual impact enough to distract from the cringe-worthy writing and directing. Even the terrible acting serves its purpose in this context. It's a shame that The Rock's role as the good cop was a bit of a letdown. They could have given him more screen time, but as usual, the family always requires a baddie that’s even worse than they are to justify their morally questionable actions.
Actual score: 4.5
Guilty pleasure score: 7.5 with sparse 8.5 moments
Final score: 6