Fast X (2023) Movie Review

With my PHD in the Fast and Furious franchise I have both pluses
and minuses with episode ten. I prefer its leaner nature to the
overwhelmingly messy previous two installments - though the
heyday of 5,6&7 is long gone - but that said, the $340
million shooting budget isn't visible and the profit point of
$850 million pure insanity. There are, however, a lot of down
sides. Too many characters, meaning no one gets much meaningful
screen time, exacerbated by splitting up that main cast - the
best thing about the franchise - into different locations,
meaning they're never together and have even less screen time.
It's also quite repetitive, thinly written, and as a result,
weakly performed. Let's hope the finale performs a Harry
Potter/Hunger Games and sends the franchise off into the sunset
with a much better film.