I had no idea whatsoever that man like Guy Ritchie was doing another movie that was NOT 'Man from U.N.C.L.E' or 'Sherlock Holmes 3'. That said, I had a gander on Wikipedia and he is actually filming another movie currently called 'Five Eyes'. Talk about being busy! The last movie I saw of his was 'The Gentleman' and that was a great movie, I loved it, a wonderful return to form. Before that was Aladdin and I enjoyed that too, so let's hope Guy is back in his stride of directing top notch films and hopefully he will get back to the first two films I mentioned.
As for this trailer, I really enjoyed it and although there wasn't really much to it than Jason Statham going around shooting people and either killing or incapacitating them with one bullet, this revenge quest might be generic, but it's Jason Statham, you know. This is John Wick with a child, no? Sometimes the simplest formula can be the best and it does help having a great Director on form like Guy Ritchie.
Directed by Guy Ritchie and Starring Jason, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei, Eddie Marsan & Scott Eastwood
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The F&F series has had its ups and downs.
When Tokyo Drift came out, putting a slight spin on the series where the
franchise “drifts” and attempts to change direction, they needed something
different and a change in pace. It was
when F&F5 (Fast Five) when Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (Franchise Viagra) stepped into the fold and
joined the franchise. The F&F series got a lot better.
I’m not ashamed to say I’ve seen all of the F&F movies and Tokyo Drift was
the worst of them all (It just wasn't as good). But with some
well written interwoven stories, the order the films coming out, is NOT the order
you should view them which makes for interesting viewing. But I say all of
that to say this. Branching out into a
spin-off of the F&F franchise, like what Transformers done with Bumblebee,
but failed on the title, this movie not only benefits from having Fast and
Furious in the title, (because if you are a fan of the franchise, you know what to expect), but the movie also benefits from being as absurd, crazy, silly
and unbelievable as the regular F&F movies and on top of all that, this film doesn't take itself seriously and is very
funny and entertaining.
Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckhard Shaw (Jason Statham) are two completely different people who are very
good at their respective jobs, are from two different worlds and they hate each other. After the events of Fast & Furious 8, these two are paired up to stop a man named Brixton Lore (Idris Elba) who will stop at nothing to obtain a deadly virus that threatens to wipe out the human population (not that original, more Mission Impossible-esk). However, things become a bit tricky when Deckard's sister (Vanessa Kirby) is involved somehow and caught in the mix of it all. Our two "heroes" have to "play nice" with one another in order to achieve their goal, Stop Brixton!
How do you think this film would play out by watching the trailer below? The one you've already seen or the many you have seen before watching this? Or, if you have seen the latest few F&F movies but not seen this trailer, what are your thoughts? Yes, it plays exactly how you thought. It does exactly what it says on the tin and then some - only because it was a little bit long in the tooth. But with the surprise cameo or involvement of 2-3 other characters played by well known actors, this movie treads from being your normal F&F type of movie with a few laughs and inhumanly courageous death-defying stunts and lunacy to all of that and a barrel of insanely funny comedy moment's that may have you wet yourself or die of laughter. They even threw in a few known wrestlers.
The acting for this type of movie by these quality actors are very good, as expected and as to be expected (no oscars here). The story, meh..who cares!?! The villain Top-Notch, especially how Idris plays him, plus his name is BRIXTON!!! (I'm from London England, Brixton is literally down the road. [It's a place, look it up] But it's a wonder why he never chose any other "close-to-home, towns). The chemistry between Dwayne and Jason is pretty much unrivalled and their banter, they have banter for days. The visuals are excellent especially the fighting scenes. There is a shot where the rock has a fight very early on involving, a woman...excellent, visually. I'm just hoping there were no strings involved. But then the ending fighting scene, visually, also stunning. I didn't dig the ending THAT much and how it ended, but it was interesting how they left it, definitely open for a sequel....as they do in Hollywood. I guess when they do their female spin-off and should that do well...they would have successfully milked the cow by the tit and produce liquid gold. Let's just hope it's more quality than quantity before they destroy themselves over money.
If you are a fan of the franchise this is a definite must watch. But you would need to know that Vin Diesel's character or better yet Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, DO NOT GET ALONG AT ALL!!! So with that said, you can't expect to see Dominic appear in the Hobbs & Shaw spin-offs, unless they squash their beef.
However you can expand the universe outwards and involve other characters and have many different mini franchises under one franchise. I believe that's possible.
Fast and Furious 7. Yes, 7! There has been 7 films in vein of speedy cars, daring heists and street fights under the banner, 'Fast', 'Furious' or an amalgam of them both. And to think, who would have even thought this franchise would amount to 7 movies. I'm pretty sure Vincent didn't see this one coming. And having done all these films over a number of years, the stars who brought this together have grown a bond with one another, so with the passing of Paul Walker, mid - shoot, you can only imagine how special this film is to them and the many many fans who adore the franchise.
Where the director and studio were in two minds about cancelling the film altogether, they decided to go ahead and complete the movie after their short break and what we got, was a very entertaining and decent film.
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family are attacked very close to home forcing him to retaliate against the previous movies antagonist's older brother Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) after their last family outing. He is a Ghost. You don't find him, he finds you. As the attack leaves a family member dead, Dom and the gang rally up to pull off a daring heist to capture the ghost and eliminate him with the help of Frank Petty (Kurt Russell) and Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). Pretty straight forward, right? Yup, nothing more to it.
You couldn't have expected anything more or anything too intricate about FF7 as these films have never been story driven (No pun intended), as such. But, with that said, over the years, it hasn't always been about cars and car racing like how it was back in the day. With the seemingly seem less call back and inclusion of Tokyo Drift (a film everyone tries to forget) James Wan effortlessly makes the insertion of this bad egg film, seem somewhat noteworthy and gives it (partially - I might add) new life and credibility.
You get the same gimmicks from the previous two films (and why not, they have been killing it in the box office, right?), humour, insane and practically impossible feats and stunts, eye candy for men (if cars weren't enough, right?) and brawls like none other. Yes, there will be bits where you think, "Come off it", "Yep, that is some bullsh*t" and "No f*cking way is that possible", but it is all aprt of the F&F fun. Nothing too over the top (haha), as far as F&F goes and nothing too underwhelming. Fast Cars, Explosions, Comedy & Family.
However to some this film up. You get ultimately what you got in the previous outings but with the death of Paul Walker, they amicably weave his departure from the series nicely which doesn't capitalise or force the issue. A tribute, if you will, to a great character in a great series. Time for Fast And Furious...In space!
