Tag Archives: Jordana Brewster

Fast X review — 10 x dumb, mostly fun

May 19, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Louis Leterrier | Written by Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin | 141 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Amazon Prime So, what is my Fast & Furious ranking — I hear nobody ask. I'll get to that, but if you'd like a fuller picture — I did a franchise review on this well-oiled machine about… Read More

Simulant review — Replicant cinema

April 8, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by April Mullen | Written by Ryan Christopher Churchill | 95 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave For awhile now I've been impressed by the influence of the Charlie Brooker science fiction show, Black Mirror. Since its debut as a deeply cynical but scarily prophetic tech-anxiety sci-fi series, I've detected the reach of its potent… Read More

F9: The Fast Saga review — Going nowhere fast, sans fury

July 3, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Justin Lin | Written by Lin, Daniel Casey, and Alfredo Botello | 143 min | Netflix There was every sign this would be a revvin' good time at the movies. The return of Justin Lin to the drivers' seat, the man who helmed many of the series' best entries: Fast Five, Fast &… Read More

The Fate Of The Furious review — Pistons pop and fizzle

April 16, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by F. Gary Gray | Written by Chris Morgan, based on characters by Gary Scott Thompson | 136 min We've been promised a final trilogy of movies to take us across this franchise's finish line—and that we even got this far is kind of amazing. This whole shooting match started as a low-budget exploitation picture,… Read More

Furious 7 review — More is more, more or less

April 4, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by James Wan, written by Chris Morgan, from characters by Gary Scott Thompson | Netflix Hot Car: Lykan Hypersport, the $3.4 million supercar. If the successive entries in this increasingly popular franchise have shown us anything it's that more is more. More cars, more stunts, more characters, more arm butter, more slo-mo, more macho attitude,… Read More