FAST X
Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Re D yes.Tenth and final installment of the Fast and Furious franchise.
Released: 2023-05-17
Duration: 142 min
Production: Universal Pictures, Original Film, One Race, Perfect Storm Entertainment, Dentsu, RK films
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A New Height of Ridiculousness: Fast X's Exuberant Return to the Fast and Furious Franchise
Vin Diesel and company are back for another installment of the Fast and Furious saga, this time in the form of Fast X. This chapter, which pays homage to the franchise's ideal level of preposterousness, offers an overabundance of action and a reintroduction of the series' signature giddy excesses.
The Fast & Furious franchise reached new heights with Fast Five, a compact heist thriller that brought Dom Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and their band of gearhead rogues together for an Ocean's Eleven-inspired adventure. The film's most memorable moment comes when Dom and Brian attach a giant bank vault to their Dodge Chargers and drag it through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, causing mayhem as they swat away pursuers like a wrecking ball. The subsequent films have attempted to surpass this simple, reptilian pleasure, but recent entries have started to feel laborious, struggling to outdo themselves.
Fast X acknowledges Fast Five as the pinnacle of the franchise, as it reintroduces a super-villain from a previous villain's son. (It turns out that destroying a crime boss with a flying bank vault has unforeseen consequences.) By revisiting the heist sequence, the film sets the stage for a return to the series' gleeful excesses, embracing high camp and cartoonishly destructive violence while abandoning the somber tone of entries like The Fate of the Furious. The result may be as dumb as a box of rocks, but there's still something undeniably entertaining about a film that nearly destroys the Vatican as a warm-up act.
Following an obligatory ode to "family," which has become as essential to the series as James Bond's martini order, Fast X swiftly establishes Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa) as the vengeful son of Rio kingpin Herman Reyes. With a sadistic streak and his father's incalculable wealth at his disposal, Dante doesn't merely want to take down Dom and his crew - he wants to systematically dismantle their lives, starting with framing them for a massive bomb explosion that turns the agency against them.
While the plot has little relevance, Jason Momoa steals the show as the comical-psychotic villain Dante. He gives the character the insanity and anger of a disgruntled employee on a notice period, delivering entertaining jibes and nicknames for the other characters. Momoa's interpretation of Dante as a mincing, androgynous chaos demon may lean into the gay killer archetype, but it's a welcome injection of new energy into the franchise.
Despite the film's chaotic and silly nature, director Louis Leterrier delivers an orgy of explosions and car chases that demand minimal emotional investment. If you don't mind a cycle of preposterous action sequences loaded with VFX, Fast X delivers exactly what it promises - mindless popcorn entertainment in every scene.[
However, the film's lack of novelty factor is hard to ignore. Watching one Fast & Furious movie is often akin to watching them all, as the franchise has settled into a familiar pattern of escalating stunts and world-saving missions. With the series nearing its end, one can't help but wonder how it has been allowed to go on for so long
Overall, Fast X is a stupidly entertaining sequel that offers more of the same from the Fast and Furious franchise. While it may not break new ground, the film's exuberant embrace of its own ridiculousness and Jason Momoa's scene-stealing performance make it a giddily effective addition to the series.
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