One has to ask the question, if this tenth ‘Fast and the Furious’ film, titled “Fast X,” has indeed had its budget skyrocket to $340 million, and The Wrap seems to indicate that it has, then what kind of profit will it make? This isn’t even counting the marketing costs that will come into promoting the damn thing.
Vin Diesel and company are back for “Fast X” and I honestly couldn’t care less about it. There will be big guns, big muscles, big cars and, really, just big everything because this is America and it’s go big or go home. This tenth chapter will also, I’m just guessing here, end with a big family barbecue where the whole cast is gathered together as the camera slowly rises to the clouds.
Regardless, we have a trailer and it looks exactly as you might suspect from such a monstrous blockbuster. The real pertinent questions I have are how did Gisele (Gal Gadot) return from the dead? Also, how many Lamborghinis have they managed to demolish this time around?
This is also the most unusual movie to star four Oscar winners — Brie Larson, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, and it sure as hell won’t result in acting-driven cinema.
Jason Momoa is the new villain in this tenth instalment of the never-ending franchise. He plays Dante, and who wants to bet Dante turns into a good guy by the end of the saga? It’s as inevitable as day turning to night.
“F9” had a “modest” budget of $200 million, but did manage to make billions worldwide. So, I presume Universal isn’t too worried with this one. Then again, this is film number 10, at some point the series will whimper out, maybe not with this film, but one can only hope.
Yes, the tenth instalment will be a very popular movie for the low-expectations movie crowd and they tend to show up in droves to watch these. The lures of the ‘Fast’ franchise has always been, well, fast cars, but “The French Connection,” “Death Proof,” “Drive,” “Bullit,” “Ronin,” or even “Baby Driver” this is not.
I’ve, painstakingly, seen the nine previous films and only moderately liked 2011’s “Fast Five,” the rest were as bland, overstylized and empty as Vin Diesel’s acting.