This is a pretty entertaining car chase film with a love story built into it. But it’s one of those films that fall apart the more you think about it, even though there are some touches that should elevate it to something more.
Tag: Car Chase
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019, David Leitch)
This spinoff is reputed by many to be the worst of the interminable Fast & Furious movies. I must admit I still haven’t seen all of them – though I have seen most by this point – but I’m not sure why exactly. Most of the problems with this movie are typical of the problems …
The Fate of the Furious (2017, F. Gary Gray)
It occurred to me after I watched this latest of the Fast franchise films that these movies have the Bond license: back when Sean Connery and then Roger Moore made Bond films, these films could be filled with the most ridiculous nonsense and nobody cared. In fact, people celebrated them. You put that crap in another film and …
Furious 6 (2013, Justin Lin)
This is another brainless, witless addition to the series featuring ridiculous, over-the-top stunts and poor attempts at humour.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller)
It’s been years since I’ve seen the original trilogy in any kind of thorough way – since Thunderdome used to be on TV all the time, I’ve seen parts of it more than the other two – and I have to say I wasn’t keen on this movie. I hate remakes / reboots in principle …
Fast Five (2011, Justin Lin)
In the very first scene in this movie, most of the principals should have died. So, really, the movie shouldn’t exist. You may wonder why I watched the fifth movie in a series without having seen the first four. In fact, you might suggest that it is totally unfair that I judge the fifth movie …