The Fate of the Furious

Name: The Fate of the Furious
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 14, 2017
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Charlize Theron, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, Ludacris

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 14, 2017 | PG-13

Starring: Charlize Theron, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Nathalie Emmanuel, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel

Summary: Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest toNow that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage…and to bring home the man who made them a family.… Expand

Director: F. Gary Gray

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 136 min

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Oliver Jones

Apr 14, 2017

I lost count but the word “family” is mentioned upwards of 50 times, many more times than it is in, say, Lilo & Stitch. Yes, it is way too much, like everything else in this aggressively over-the-top film, but at the same time, it just feels nice to be part of the group. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Apr 9, 2017

The Fate of the Furious is nothing more than pulp done smart, but scene for scene it’s elegant rather than bombastic, and it packs a heady escapist wallop. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Apr 12, 2017

The action is not just big — big is easy. It’s creative. It’s choreographed. It’s unexpected and delightful. It’s lots of fun and a stark contrast to the previous film, “Furious 7,” which was huge but flat, just commotion without inspiration. Read full review

The Guardian Gwilym Mumford

Apr 10, 2017

This is a big dumb action movie in its purest, most honourable sense: fast, furious and frequently fun. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Apr 12, 2017

More so than in any of the other movies, Dom’s wrecking crew of car nuts comes across like survival-of-the-speediest tacho-fascists, high-fiving their way through a path of destruction and to a collateral death toll that one presumes now numbers in the hundreds. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Apr 13, 2017

The problem this time around is the plot is particularly idiotic, the supposedly snappy quips are lame and come at some weirdly inappropriate moments — and it’s all delivered in an extremely bloated package. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Apr 13, 2017

Who am I to call it soulless, graceless, witless, incoherent — even for the franchise — and, not incidentally, brain-numbingly long at 136 minutes? Read full review

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Ayrtondiaz

Apr 14, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. le pongo esta calificación porque crecí con estas películas y me siento identificado con ellas y cuando llego furious 7 dije la saga va por buen camino y con esta senti que ese es el camino lo único que puedo destacar es la ausencia del grande paul walker.… Expand

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issamnasr

Apr 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i think its one of the best part of the moves the classic cars amazing and the effects its wawww its great add to 2017 moves i like it will the best .… Expand

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MrBonesSTL

Apr 14, 2017

Really, I thought it was quite entertaining. It's exactly how I expected it to be: action-packed, Tyrese with his comedy, & the Rock with his comedy & ass-kicking. Some things could have been better but all & all this is a F&F movie & a good one at that. The prior one was better (but youReally, I thought it was quite entertaining. It's exactly how I expected it to be: action-packed, Tyrese with his comedy, & the Rock with his comedy & ass-kicking. Some things could have been better but all & all this is a F&F movie & a good one at that. The prior one was better (but you can't replace Paul Walker).… Expand

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Captain_Chaos

May 20, 2017

If you've been following the Furious series from the beginning, its transformation from being about street racing to being about international counter-terrorism would seem completely ridiculous- and it is, but it revels in its over-the-top bombast and is all the more enjoyable for it, as itIf you've been following the Furious series from the beginning, its transformation from being about street racing to being about international counter-terrorism would seem completely ridiculous- and it is, but it revels in its over-the-top bombast and is all the more enjoyable for it, as it slowly accrues bigger name actors and bigger stunts. Good car movies almost never get made anymore, but Furious fits the bill. Its breakneck pace makes you forget the sheer length of the film and, as always, you come and stay to these movies for the awesome vehicular stunts.

However, Fate is by far the darkest and most emotionally weighty film in the series, if you can believe it, and it commits the old sin of stuffing a female character in the fridge to provide motivation to a male lead, and honestly suffers for it.… Expand

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KaptenVideo

Apr 16, 2017

… Aaaand we’re back in the magical land of Vin Diesel, where the family always come first, the cup is always full, the national sport is grabbing life by the balls, and everybody and everything is at the very height of its powers, or ready to get annihilated.
Thus far promoted mostly as „The… Aaaand we’re back in the magical land of Vin Diesel, where the family always come first, the cup is always full, the national sport is grabbing life by the balls, and everybody and everything is at the very height of its powers, or ready to get annihilated.
Thus far promoted mostly as „The Fate of the Furious“, there’s actually nothing ultimate or definitive about this eighth installment of loved larger-than-life action series.
Just business as usual although there's nothing wrong with having some of the "good old" if it comes in such a spectacular package.
Part 8 doesn’t disappoint here. There’s a lot of beauty on show – may it come in the form of people, cars, locales or physical laws defying action.
Most of the setpieces are so cool that you just have to wonder at the amount of work all this must have required, done digitally or in real life – from the starting race in Cuba to the prison riot to the zombie car army to attacking the Arctic military base, or pretty much everything in-between.
The Arctic part itself is so huge that it should have been saved for another movie, perhaps „FF9“. In current form it’s like a last dish in the end of the big feast: one could enjoy it more if the belly was not so full already. Also, it could benefit from having more breathing room. The events are so cramped together and the heroes get already comically lucky here, that it loses some of desired impact.
In the competence porn subgenre, "FF" is still one of the big ones, alongside "Mission: Impossible" and James Bond. I wouldn’t call the new one also the new king but it’s good enough to satisfy the hunger for another slice of truly over the top action that Vin Diesel seems to have dedicated his career to. Not to forget, he appeared in another episode of „xXx“ earlier this year also.
The cast is cool as always. We have:
* most of the main crew (Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris),
* expected side crew (Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Luke Evans, Nathalie Emmanuel)
* and some promising fresh faces (Charlize Theron as the main baddie, Helen Mirren, also Celestino Cornielle and Kristofer Hivju in small but very intriguing parts). I hope some of the new ones figure heavily in future sequel(s) because they have not enough room to shine here.
We have also Scott „son of Clint“ Eastwood who’s bit of surprising addition, lacking the screen charm or physicality of every other star here. I hope they are not considering making him a regular.
Speaking of the future, I would be excited to see the "FF" series seriously considering the hard mission that it has usually avoided so far, part 7 maybe excluded.
Namely, the original movie is not just about grabbing life by the balls, or beautiful girls and cars. It’s about staying true to family and building better life for them. It exhibits a strong sense of place and community; a world which is attractive already by itself, where the audience would like to stay in – not that often seen in movies, action or otherwise.
I secretly believe that this hidden depth is a part of the reason the first „FF“ was able to birth this mega franchise we still get to enjoy all these years later. And this is where the series should head back to.
Because let’s be honest, the action can’t get much more spectacular and over-the-top than we’ve seen so far – without doing Bollywood, at least. And the movies about having heart could actually do with having a bit more depth and heart.
Two sequels have already been promised, in April 2019 and April 2021 respectively, and I am sure they will find ways to outshine (at least some of the) massive action setpieces seen so far. They always do, although it always seems kind of impossible having just finished watching the latest. But seriously, how about going back to the roots?
The title abbreviation „FF8“ reminds me of the function key F8, commonly used in desktop computers to access Windows Safe Mode. Playing it safe is exactly the movie’s only downfall.
The real drama is promised but ultimately missing, although the promise is great, with the central hero getting caught up with some demons and Diesel proving he has enough acting chops to play it out convincingly.… Expand

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travellyn

May 23, 2017

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Dom and the crew are back for another fast ride and a nice ride it is capitalising on what made the past few outings the successful block busters they are it knows how silly it is but embraces it and delivers what we love well crafted vehicular war fair dramatic heft for our team as there get two new members statham being one of them who is back after being imprisoned arfter the last instalment this particular instalment takes new territory enough soap opera to rival a tv drama but sticking to its ground routes while adding a hole new ball game for Dom as he's doing the one thing franchise adicts would never think he would do crossing the team/ family in order to do something understandable and admirable save his son from the hands of the villianes high tec smart ass cipher keeping its family emphasis and with fun characters with brilliant chemistry that are always fun to revisit and higher than ever this franchise has proved once again thats its far from out of gas and even opens up more stores to tell… Expand

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VladiMiagk

May 14, 2018

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

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