Tag Archives: Ludacris

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

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

The Fast and the Furious series review

June 12, 2013 flawintheiris

The sixth entry in this wildly successful action franchise came out recently, a franchise I've pretty much ignored. Why? Though I met Vin Diesel one time and he was friendly enough, I was never a huge fan of the guy onscreen. And I never much liked his pal, Paul Walker. The real appeal of these… Read More