I don't know where the fun and joy of the "Fast & Furious" movies disappeared to in "F9". Here, everyone in front of and behind the camera seems to be working on autopilot. Vin Diesel doesn't appear to be in the mood to do this film at all. Furthermore, in every shot, it looks like his face was altered with some half-baked deaging technology. And was he ever even on set with the other actors? New to the cast is John Cena as Dom's brother Jacob; siblings you've never heard of are part of every daily soap, after all. Unfortunately, Cena isn't allowed to be funny; he just doesn't work for me in serious roles. The return of Charlize Theron's Cipher isn't something I'm excited about either.
I did like a few things, though, like the return of the "Tokyo Drift" crew. Also, Sung Kang finally gets to be in the mix again. And I love that the series is finally going into space. Of course, that's incredibly stupid, but I definitely prefer it a thousand times over the dull main storyline. Of the action sequences, the only one that sticks in my mind is the one with the magnets, which are very picky about what they pull towards them and what not. But it's better than every single hand-to-hand fight scene. I don't know if the series has another entertaining movie in it; this one definitely wasn't one.
Review by ToralfVIP 3BlockedParent2023-05-01T21:15:39Z
I don't know where the fun and joy of the "Fast & Furious" movies disappeared to in "F9". Here, everyone in front of and behind the camera seems to be working on autopilot. Vin Diesel doesn't appear to be in the mood to do this film at all. Furthermore, in every shot, it looks like his face was altered with some half-baked deaging technology. And was he ever even on set with the other actors? New to the cast is John Cena as Dom's brother Jacob; siblings you've never heard of are part of every daily soap, after all. Unfortunately, Cena isn't allowed to be funny; he just doesn't work for me in serious roles. The return of Charlize Theron's Cipher isn't something I'm excited about either.
I did like a few things, though, like the return of the "Tokyo Drift" crew. Also, Sung Kang finally gets to be in the mix again. And I love that the series is finally going into space. Of course, that's incredibly stupid, but I definitely prefer it a thousand times over the dull main storyline. Of the action sequences, the only one that sticks in my mind is the one with the magnets, which are very picky about what they pull towards them and what not. But it's better than every single hand-to-hand fight scene. I don't know if the series has another entertaining movie in it; this one definitely wasn't one.