{"id":2680,"date":"2017-04-18T12:04:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2018-02-12T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:21:44","slug":"the-fate-of-the-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/2017\/04\/18\/the-fate-of-the-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fate of the Furious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ealasaid A. Haas<\/p>\n

Directed by: F. Gary Gray
\nStarring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Chris \u201cLudacris\u201d Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kurt Russell, Scott Eastwood
\nRated: PG-13 for prolonged sequences of violence and destruction, suggestive content, and language<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d is the eighth installment in the popular \u201cFast and Furious\u201d franchise, and it continues the progression of escalating awesomeness and a steadily growing cast. Not having seen the other movies won\u2019t interfere with enjoying the action sequences, but the secondary emphasis is on family relationships \u2013 and without the previous movies, you\u2019ll have to just roll with a lot of the dialog. On the bright side, the progression from 2001\u2019s \u201cThe Fast and the Furious\u201d to the new film is a lot of fun to watch. These are movies worth marathoning. \u201cFate,\u201d like the others, is a cheesy action movie, and it doesn\u2019t just know it, it revels in it. <\/p>\n

The story picks up not long after \u201cFurious 7\u201d ends. Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon when Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) summons them and the rest of the team for another job to save the world. Unfortunately, the mysterious Cipher (Charlize Theron) has something that makes Dom unquestioningly do her bidding \u2013 including betraying his family. The rest of the story is the team battling Dom and Cipher, trying to stop Cipher from getting access to weapons including an EMP generator and nuclear missiles, and trying to figure out why Dom is working for the villain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fast and The Furious\u201d films always, always have three things: fast cars, sexy ladies in very short shorts\/bikinis, and (especially after the first couple of films) mind-boggling action sequences. \u201cFate\u201d delivers on all fronts, especially the last. After the sequence in \u201cFurious 7\u201d where Dom drives a sports car out of one skyscraper and into another (twice!), the bar was set pretty high. \u201cFate\u201d gives us a chase sequence involving hundreds of active cars rather than just a few cars weaving through traffic. It also gives us a tank, a nuclear submarine, and heat-seeking missiles. These sequences are spectacular, and if some of the CGI looks iffy here and there, it\u2019s because I was looking for it. This is worth seeing on the biggest screen available. Is it ridiculous? Yes. Is it awesome? Hell yes! Be prepared to gawk.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots of talk about family, and it\u2019s fun to see how the various characters added as the series progressed are becoming part of the team. Even the dastardly Deckard (Jason Statham) is here to lend a hand. A lot of the film\u2019s humor (and there\u2019s quite a bit of that to go around, which helps even out the seriousness of the overarching plot) comes from how characters like Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej (Chris \u201cLudacris\u201d Bridges) interact with each other. <\/p>\n

One thing that often goes unmentioned about \u201cThe Fast and the Furious\u201d films is the casting. Of the dozen or so central characters, more than half are women and more than half are people of color \u2013 and they\u2019ve been like that since the beginning. It\u2019s not commented on, but once you notice it, it\u2019s obvious. You wouldn\u2019t expect a movie with closeups of ladies\u2019 behinds to also have really progressive casting, but here we are. <\/p>\n

Vin Diesel has worked hard to keep the series going after the tragic death of his co-star, Paul Walker, in 2013 (the tribute at the end of \u201cFurious 7\u201d is beautiful), and he\u2019s succeeded admirably. There\u2019s been talk about two more films, plus several spin-offs, and if \u201cFate\u201d is any indication, they\u2019re worth looking forward to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ealasaid A. Haas Directed by: F. Gary Gray Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Chris \u201cLudacris\u201d Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kurt Russell, Scott Eastwood Rated: PG-13 for prolonged sequences of violence and destruction, suggestive content, and language \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d is the eighth installment in the popular \u201cFast and Furious\u201d franchise, and it continues the progression of escalating awesomeness and a steadily growing cast. Not having seen the other movies won\u2019t interfere with enjoying the action sequences, but the secondary emphasis is on family relationships \u2013 and without the previous movies, you\u2019ll have to just roll with a lot of the dialog. On the bright side, the progression from 2001\u2019s \u201cThe Fast and the Furious\u201d to the new film is a lot of fun to watch. These are movies worth marathoning. \u201cFate,\u201d like the others, is a cheesy action movie, and it doesn\u2019t just know it, it<\/p>\n

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