The Fate of the Furious

Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 14, 2017

6.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 750 Ratings

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steelystanApr 18, 2017

I generally enjoy the FF franchise because they're so over the top and doesn't take itself too seriously. This movie, not so much. Every scene felt like a commercial, everything was a one-liner, and the villain was boring. You may enjoy itI generally enjoy the FF franchise because they're so over the top and doesn't take itself too seriously. This movie, not so much. Every scene felt like a commercial, everything was a one-liner, and the villain was boring. You may enjoy it but I couldn't even stay awake.… Expand

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DuffladApr 22, 2017

My very first 0 EVER This movie is more about kids than cars The next movie in the franchise should be called "Fast Families." The Fast movies have become less furious and are losing what made them any good to begin with

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ryecaApr 20, 2017

Bald meat-baby-man convinces the world he is an action star, not in fact, Groot. Questionably dreadlocked Charlize Theron, with the power to create mass hysteria via hacking superpowers and fly in a plane that never needs re-fueling - decidesBald meat-baby-man convinces the world he is an action star, not in fact, Groot. Questionably dreadlocked Charlize Theron, with the power to create mass hysteria via hacking superpowers and fly in a plane that never needs re-fueling - decides to instead hatch an absurdly elaborate plan involving a baby, bald-meat-baby-man, fancy cars, a nuke, and an old Russian submarine in order to "make the world accountable?" Green-screen work on par with that "Reading Rainbow" episode, you know the one, where LeVar climbs that mountain. Michelle Rodriguez attempts to hold in her lunch when kissing bald-baby-man-meat. Also, fake keyboard clicky-hacky wars - "I've got her" *click *click "Take this" *clicky *typey "Darn, she locked me out. What a hacker." Thanks, China.… Expand

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MaxIndieGamesApr 19, 2017

When did Fast & Furious go from racing to every other Action Movie in history.. and no racing.

This doesn't even compare to FNF7, this series should've ended at 7, did I mention 7 was better? Cause it is.

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E71Jun 30, 2017

Ugh. If this movie was any cheesier it would turn into a big block of cheese.
It was like watching some silly cartoon. They have hit new lows.

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PlndrmApr 25, 2017

Please stop watching this series of films! Because of some people with very bad taste we get every year one more part of this boring story. Even Transformers is more realistic than this ****

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skykappahAug 7, 2017

In the wise words of Kirk Lazarus, "Everybody knows you never go full r3t*rd." Well there's r3t*rd and then there is The Fate of the Furious... It goes above and beyond. Now this isn't my first F&F, but with each installment they have gottenIn the wise words of Kirk Lazarus, "Everybody knows you never go full r3t*rd." Well there's r3t*rd and then there is The Fate of the Furious... It goes above and beyond. Now this isn't my first F&F, but with each installment they have gotten more stupid than the next though they have remained enjoyable for turning one's brain off, a guilty pleasure. This one is just too stupid though...Just everything. It does need watching just to see if you could survive it after the mass car hacking spectacle.. That's where I gave up, after that it's just as idiotic throughout.

Really, this is a special kind of film.… Expand

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deckJun 8, 2017

The best part of this film is the prison sequence 9/10. After that, only the usual action with the scary scripts comes 0/10.Berlin is not in a mountainous region.

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robertoiglesiasMay 12, 2020

So some woman seduces Dom and he betrays his piss poor excuse for a family. These characters suck, and I still don't give a damn what happens. The action is decent, but not outstanding.

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VladiMiagkMay 14, 2018

Это просто ужасный фильм. Такой откровенной тупости я не видел уже давно. Куда же вы скатились. Остановитесь.

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Voodoo123Mar 16, 2019

+Very silly OTT action galore
+Sound, visuals and cast all pumped up ready to GO
-Awful child-like dialogue -A tired effort compared to previous films This was a bit of a slog to get through - admittedly I maybe asked to much of the film+Very silly OTT action galore
+Sound, visuals and cast all pumped up ready to GO
-Awful child-like dialogue
-A tired effort compared to previous films

This was a bit of a slog to get through - admittedly I maybe asked to much of the film going in and so I found it was harder to enjoy than I'd expected so I recommend watching with as few IQ points as possible engaged so you can switch off the logic centre of your brain enough to enjoy the BAH BAH BAH BLOOM YEA BOI awesomeness. While Statham and Johnson were at least watchable, everyone else looked asleep...

IMO Fast 5 was a gem and the original had its charms -FOTF and the other films in the series are a bit of a chore. The producers have forgone the idea of a film about fancy racing and moral codes with a twist of danger, but instead decided to screw that formula and grab the big screen easy bucks and waste obscene amounts of money on an expensively made poorly written badly executed thunderbirds episode (with some cars in there somewhere honest!).… Expand

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lhmtgameMay 2, 2017

The fast and The furious movie title should be end at episode 7. They tried to dig an empty FF mine. There is nothing interesting in FF8.
If they try to make FF9, it will be even worse than FF8

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sjwilkinMay 26, 2017

Fast and the Furious (2001) has always been a firm favourite of mine but sadly the formula has changed so so much over the last 15 years that what we have had in the last 3 or 4 instalments is not even vaguely familiar.
F8... ridiculouslyFast and the Furious (2001) has always been a firm favourite of mine but sadly the formula has changed so so much over the last 15 years that what we have had in the last 3 or 4 instalments is not even vaguely familiar.
F8... ridiculously over the top, stupid in fact! Nothing makes sense, nothing is believable, everything is mind boggilingy silly it pained me to watch it to be honest. The only honourable mention is Statham... absolutely hilarious from the word go. He is built for comedy and carries the movie as far as I was concerned. F9 surely will be made and itll make a billion dollars blah blah blah... awful series now. RIP 2001.… Expand

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DomgwyDec 20, 2017

About five minutes in to Fast & Furious 8 Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) tells a member of his ‘family’ to take the battery out of a car to make it go faster.

It’s at this point that you remember where you are. The Fast & Furious franchiseAbout five minutes in to Fast & Furious 8 Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) tells a member of his ‘family’ to take the battery out of a car to make it go faster.

It’s at this point that you remember where you are. The Fast & Furious franchise slipped past the point of self parody about three films ago (which was the one with the never ending runway?) and is all the better for it.

The trick to enjoying Fast 8 is to go in with the right mind-set. Do not, under any circumstances, take it seriously. If you expect the film to essentially be 28 Jump Street, you’re going to have a great time (take a look at the helicopter scene from 22 Jump Street below, at this point the action scenes in the Fast & Furious films are about the same level of ridiculousness).

In this latest addition the team faces they’re greatest challenge yet as Dom goes ‘rogue’. As always though the ‘story’ of the film is largely secondary as director F.Gary Gray (which can’t surely be a real name) lurches from insane action sequence to insane action sequence with little regard for those trivial things like logic, believability or character consistency.

As has been the case on a number of occasions in the long running series, the villain of the previous outing (Jason Statham) has now been completely forgiven and joins the ever growing family. Regardless of whether it makes sense or not, allowing Statham to stretch his comedic muscles is definitely playing to his strengths and his continuous back and forth with Dwayne Johnson’s Hobbs produces a few genuinely entertaining (if eye-rolling) moments.

Generally speaking the rest of the cast is on auto-pilot as they bassically play themselves. At any moment, Johnson could walk off set and continue his interview with Jimmy Kimmel without missing a beat.

There is one new cast member who sticks out like a sore thumb however, which becomes an even bigger issue as more and more of the cast start to resemble mumbling thumbs —

Charleize Theron is far too good an actress to be in this. As Fast & Furious 8’s bad guy she makes Vin Diesel, and everyone else in the room, look silly by comparison. That’s not to say she even gives a standout performance, but Theron phoning it in with some melodramatic dialogue is better than Diesel on his best day.

It’s in these scenes that the film gets close to taking itself too seriously, luckily though we’re never too far away from the physics defying, computer-generated madness that we paid our money for.

Fans of the series will be well served by the obligatory cameos, call backs and the return of the occasional loose plot thread. The filmmakers also dance delicately around the absence of the late Paul Walker, name dropping his character is a far better way of addressing the issue than simply never speaking of him again (The Dark Knight Rises went with the latter strategy in a similar situation, much to that film’s detriment).

For the rest of us (I wouldn’t really count myself as a fan) Fast & Furious 8 is more of the same and that’s fine. The franchise is essentially a fictionalised version of Top Gear. We’re watching a group of people who are having the time of their lives running around, driving expensive cars and blowing stuff up.

F8, like its predecessors, is a film that knows exactly what it is and who it’s for. In a year that has so far seen a couple of mis-judged re-imaginings (I’m looking at you Power Rangers and Ghost in the Shell) that is definitely something to be admired.

Love them or hate them Toretto and the ‘family’ aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, so we may as well enjoy the ride.… Expand

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