While it still has all of the breathless action sequences that made the franchise famous, FastX has too many characters and not enough story to be satisfying.
Fast X Score Details “The 10th film in the Fast series shows its age as Fast X has too many characters and not enough of a compelling story to really care about the outcome.” Pros Cons Every time it looks like the Fast & Furious franchise is entering its final lap, Universal Studios and star/producer Vin Diesel find a way to extend the race. When a 10th Fast film was announced nearly a decade ago, it was expected to be the final chapter in the franchise.
It’s not that any one character gets stuck with nothing to do — quite the contrary, screenwriters Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin clearly make a concerted effort to give each of the regulars their own subplot — there’s simply not enough track for most of them to get to full speed. Naturally, Dom gets the most complete story, going head-to-head against an unpredictable psycho who’s dead set on making his life hell.
Multiple supporting players from previous films turn up for a scene or two, plus there are new characters who we’re supposed to get attached to like Brie Larson’s secret agent Tess and Diana Melchior’s street racer Isabel, but they do not receive enough time to make a strong impression.
The drawback to the increasing insanity of the automotive action is that it no longer has any sense of actual danger or stakes. Dominic Toretto does not take fall damage, and neither do any of his allies. Every character is both an elite-level performance driver and a master of mixed martial arts. Two members of the gang have returned from the dead. It’s hard to believe any of them is ever in real jeopardy.
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