Fast X 2023 by AverageMansReviews

Fast X 2023 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/drugs/breaking/burning/kamikaze/decomposing/medical

10 years earlier in Fast Five 2011 our story gets set in stone: in a nutshell and without giving too much away; we have Dante Reyes [Jason Momoa:] the Sun of Herman Reyes [Joaquim de Almeida] seeking revenge for his father against those that have wronged him including anyone connected to them, but this is where I should really point out Dante is a psychopath. So Dominic "Dom" Toretto [Vin Diesel:] ex-criminal leader turned Black-Ops Crew leader of his family/unit of highly skilled individuals alongside Letty Ortiz [Michelle Rodriguez:] his lifelong best friend and wife, in her own right she is most definitely someone you don't want to screw with, but these are just two names on Dante's hit list.

The framework and pacing of this 141 minutes film is quite frankly it looks and feels too long, yes there may be lots happening but for the first half or maybe more it never really gets going yes I will say this once more even though there is lots happening on the screen, it fails to capture your attention and I said to the person that I watch some of these projects with at the time something to the effect of this is boring and it is. I mean don't get the wrong later on in this film everything begins to wake up and actually feel and look like what this film should be high octaned yet natural feeling action.

Which with absolutely no surprise because of this including this incredibly lengthy time generally speaking it leaves these character developments and performances hanging high and dry. To the point where deep, deep down if you have been alive long enough around films or if not at the very least around this franchise you get this feeling of; man this franchise is really starting to run on fumes as it doesn't have much more to give.

Dante [Jason Momoa] his character is a positive and a negative, we can understand his motivation, he takes the mantle of this big time criminal seeking revenge and being unhinged with appropriate comedy now and again. But that is somewhat tarnished by pushing his unhinged personality traits to too far including comedy as well. So what you actually end up with is something like Jack Napier a.k.a. The Joker which as everyone should know if that is what they were going for; if it is not done correctly to a very high standard consistently you get something like this in this film and in a nutshell as the person said that I watch this film with I am paraphrasing here they make him into a joke; she was not impressed, for me I get what this person was saying. But for me generally speaking it was okay, but I am not too keen on it if I had to pick between a positive or a negative I would have to agree with this person I went with to see this film, we were expecting a much more serious character, but I really want to point this out we both like Momoa so this isn't anything against him, in fact he does good it is just these character developments.

But on the other hand we have Jakob Toretto [John Cena:] a highly skilled thief and assassin also the brother of Dom and Mia [Jordana Brewster,] which he has taken his nephew/father Dom Little Brian/"Little B" [Leo Abelo Perry"] from his sister Mia to keep him safe and take him on a journey. This journey is good fun throughout whenever whenever we check in on them; be it this old car nostalgic bits and pieces from Jakob younger years including dancing style, including later on some advice and then dropping out of this plane inside this compact plane that runs alcohol; these scenes/sequences in this film feel they have assimilated the adventure/from A to B richer for the experience storyline outlay and yes if I had to guess we see Cena performing his wrestling finisher or one of them known as the Attitude Adjustment, the reason why I have said I guess is because it happens quickly so I could be wrong it is roughly in his sister’s house on this agency member of this unit I think it was upstairs through this hole I think, but apologies if I am wrong.

The other character developments/performances; the character developments including most of their comedy elements there may be a few comedy moments that may get a laugh such as when Letty realises where she is in the world, a little while after this good one-on-one sequence with Cipher [Charlize Theron:] a criminal/computer mastermind that has a history with Dom and his family/crew. The performances; as you may have guessed by now this cast has to do lots of the heavy lifting to make this film work, so until this film speeds up or gets motivated as I have already referenced later on it does feel like they are really having to work some magic to keep things together.

Art: yes this film looks pleasant and eye-catching from time to time but what really captured my interest was the art in the first section of closing credits there was lots happening here be it Dante's eyes slowly burning Polaroid pictures or/and elements of this film.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; yes this instalment may have some good things about it, but having said that it is hardly the strongest instalment from this franchise and one final thing there is one extra scene after the first section of ending credits.