Review of Fast X (2023) by Infrarecon — 13 Jun 2023

These days Fast and the Furious Movies are not what they were. Back in the old days of Paul Walker and Tokyo Drift, it was about racing and some little High stakes drama on the side, now it's all about High octane CGI Action, with just absurdity everywhere you look.

Now from a critic's point of view, this is a bad film in almost all respects.

CGI, in some shots, is uncanny to the trained eye.

Dialogue is piss poor, and jokes primarily don't land, some do but are not executed as well as they should.

Characters, there are too many characters, and the film will cut from here, to here, to there breaking the film's focus, especially at the end.

Action is ridiculous and just does not work in a realistic manner.

Lack of Racing, just trying to save the world again, and of course the family.

It cuts a little too much but most of the cuts are effective in use.

Weirdly dramatic, This is only if you are new to the franchise or don't remember the past 1, 2, 3...9 films.

So with all these problems why on earth do I give this a 7,.

It is just purely entertaining, when the action is on even during the fight scenes, my eyes are glued to the screen.

Look I don't like Fast and the Furious movies besides Tokyo Drift and another numbered sequel that I totally forgot.

(Oh god, I'm gonna have to watch all of these movies and rate them, help me, lord).

You can't turn your back on Family *cough, Ratings.

CGI: 9/10, fun action.

Plot and Story: 6/10, it makes sense I guess, it's a plot but it doesn't tie the film together well.

Characters: 5/10, Too many characters, some acting retarded, and that poor bar owner's ceiling.

Racing: 2/10, A drag race really, that's the best you can come up with, tell me when Tokyo Drift 2 is out.

Writing and Dialogue: 5/10, they Tried something, It wasn't great but it was something.

Family: 5/10, you'll see why.

So 7/10, it's an entertaining film that meets a requirement of an entertaining film, do you need to go out and see this, No, Do you need to see it also no, but if you are deciding to watch a movie to switch off your mind and just get wrapped up in some action and destruction then this is the movie, you won't be disappointed, you won't be satisfied but you will be left with wanting to see how it all ends up.

Maybe I'm a bit too easy with F & F movies, but hey I went in wanting to see action right here and right now, and that's what I got. This I would say is like the Avengers Infinity War of F & F Movies, I guess thanks to Jason Momoa.

If the Next movie is sufficiently better than this then I would be pleased. If not then the rating of this movie will go down I was battling between 6 and 7. Let's hope they saved the goods for the next one so we can end this Franchise on a High Note.