Every Fast & Furious Movie, Ranked

The ninth film in the Fast Saga found Justin Lin returning to the director's chair for the first time since helming installments 3 through 6. But only half of Lin's previous FF films received a positive reception from critics, and F9 joined the two others that met with a more tepid response, even though it took the franchise to new heights (literally) with an action sequence set in Earth orbit. Recent regulars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham sat this one out (though the latter appears in a late cameo), but newcomers John Cena and Michael Rooker joined returning stars like Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Charlize Theron, and Helen Mirren. But moviegoers may have missed Johnson: F9 was a relative underperformer at the box office, grossing less than any of the four previous entries in the series.

“It's overstuffed with all the actors wasting both the viewers’ and the movie’s running time by actually speaking dialogue when we all know that what audiences really want to see is outrageous vehicular slamslaughter.” —Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle