What in the HELL was that?
Just because they had one bonding moment in Furious 8 doesn't mean they get their own movie. Besides this franchise hit the "enemies working together to bring down a common enemy" nail on the head so many times that it's too far in the wall to hang a picture.
Hobbs only saved the world three times, not four like he stated. I wouldn't call that last movie saving the world. Averted the crisis, sure, but Charlize Theron got away. I consider the world saved when the bad guy of the day is locked up or burning in the wreckage. Grim, I know, but that's how this franchise goes.
Also, I thought Daddy's staying home to be with his daughter. Did she not want to be with him anymore. The movies never really explained his marital status. I assume he's divorced, not surprised, because the moms at his daughter's soccer game were checking him out. But with this now Daddy's gotta go to work business again, is she I the picture? Did Mom take her away? Did the bad guys take her away? 'Cause then you need Brian Mills, not Deckard Shaw. Or perhaps maybe not since his own daughter kept getting Taken.
Idris Elba's character sounds like something out of a comic book, which is far and away from where this franchise began. It went from undercover cop to cop breaking the law, to out of place spinoff, to out of place reboot/prequel, to reboot/prequel/sequel, to reboot/prequel/sequel/sequel of a sequel, to sequel/trilogy(?), to buddy cop spinoff.
I'm starting to lose momentum with this franchise. Number eight should be it, except Charlize Theron is still out there. When we get to ten, 'cause you know we're going to "FasTEN Your Seatbelts", I'm calling it. Finish it!
In theaters: August 2, 2019
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