F9: The Fast Saga

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	Vin Diesel	Dominic Toretto
	Michelle Rodriguez	Letty
	Jordana Brewster	Mia
	Tyrese Gibson	Roman
	Ludacris	Tej
	Nathalie Emmanuel	Ramsey
	Charlize Theron	Cipher
	John Cena	Jakob
	Finn Cole	Young Jakob
	Sung Kang	Han
	Anna Sawai	Elle
	Helen Mirren	Queenie
	Kurt Russell	Mr. Nobody
	Lucas Black	Sean
	Lil' Bow Wow	Twinkie
	Thue Ersted Rasmussen	Otto
	Don Omar	Santos
	Shea Whigham	Stasiak
	Vinnie Bennett	Young Dom
	JD Pardo	Jack Toretto
	Michael Rooker	Buddy
	Jim Parrack	Kenny Linder
	Siena Agudong	Young Mia
	Isaac Holtane	Little Brian
	Immanuel Holtane	Little Brian

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Director	Justin Lin
Writer	Daniel Casey, Justin Lin, Alfredo Botello, Gary Scott Thompson
Producer	Sophio Bendiashvili, Vin Diesel, Kevin Elam, Josh Henson, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Justin Lin, Bacho Meburishvili, F. Valentino Morales, Neal H. Moritz, Piya Pestonji, Tom Pestonji, Joe Roth, Scott Shapiro, Clayton Townsend, Alexander Vegh, Samantha Vincent
Musician	Brian Tyler
Photography	Stephen F. Windon

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My quick rating - 5.5/10. This is a really rough one. I am completely biased, and have been ever since I saw this unknown in Pitch Black and immediately had to check out the next Vin Diesel flick, known as The Fast and the Furious. Well, 20 years and billions of dollars later, this has gone from street racing to, in this movie, complete and utter nonsense. The plot is merely a vehicle to get to the next action sequence, which even today has some suspect CGI, to make you question everything you learned in junior high. Here, we inject a new villain, Vin Diesel's long-lost brother, John Cena, in an extremely forced story of why they are foes. Brushing that aside is the whole point of the movie. Not the fact that the family has gone from the street to a brilliant move-in production to make it about money heists to keep the story fresh and the characters something logical to do. Now, apparently, they are above robbing billions and are the crew to call when no one can get the job done. I have checked my brain at the door around the 5th movie, so hopefully you have as well. The casting is still extremely perfect and continues to attract new actors as well, so they surely have that part nailed. Well, minus the fact that the poster below shows one character that doesn't even appear in the movie, and another that is part of an end credit scene, but I digress. The whole saga can continually be summed up by Roman (Tyrese Gibson), who points out the absurdity of everything they have accomplished and how, for some unknown reason, no one dies. He even goes so far as getting in a gunfight with dozens of militants and walks away unscathed. Sure, it is nice to see the movie making fun of itself so blatantly, and I respect them for doing so, but I am hoping they can bring it back down to Earth for the next couple that are already lined up. (Yes, they end up in space in this friggin' movie). There is no issue with anyone seeing this movie and dropping some seriously lower numbers. Far too many scenes are just so stupid it is truly unbelievable, but if you don't know that it is coming, you also have been living in a cave. Know what you are getting into, and you will still have a good time. You have been warned.

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