F9
2021 · Directed by Justin Lin
Original language: English
- action
- adventure
- crime
The story
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
What it’s like
Loud, saturated and unembarrassed about it: sun-bleached Mediterranean roads, neon-lit night streets and sleek hangars shot in bright, high-contrast digital, with the lens chasing cars at ground level so asphalt blurs past the frame. Sound is the main event, with engines roaring, tires shrieking and a thumping, bass-heavy score that rarely lets up, broken by sudden quiet before a crash. The vibe is breezy, gleefully over-the-top family bonding, the kind of ridiculous escalation that treats physics as a suggestion. Pacing is relentless, with set-piece after set-piece and only brief pauses for banter and reunion hugs, and the emotional throughline is a long-running brotherhood and loyalty among a crew who treat one another as family. Action is frequent and cartoonish, with car crashes, fistfights and gunplay that are heavy on spectacle and light on gore, though some sequences are intense and a few characters meet violent ends. It suits a loud Friday night, a nostalgic rewatch with friends, or a long flight, and it is for viewers who want big, silly, adrenaline-fuelled fun and don't mind a plot that barely pauses for logic.
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