Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto might be the face of the Fast & Furious franchise, but Jason Momoa is the one who stole the show with Dante Reyes. Yet the action film’s protagonist and antagonist could not escape the reality-defying action scenes.
The franchise has long left behind its simple street-racing days, where the stunts didn’t seem as far-fetched, and with each added film, the ridiculousness of these absurd stunts only grew stronger. Fast X landed in theaters today, adding more bizarre impossible stunts that the viewers have come to expect from the film series.
Spattered across the over-the-top sequences, the familial plot and the seemingly infinite old & new characters seem just like an excuse for the franchise to outdo its previous stunts. Don’t get me wrong – it’s extremely cool, but there’s only so much a human mind can deem “not outlandish.”
There’s a scene where Dom speedily backs out of a cargo plane in the air, lands on two sedans while still accelerating, and then skids onto the road with joyous screams from the audience as the hero makes his entry. The damage? Just to the sedans as his Charger guns down the road. Amazing and yet unbelievably ridiculous!
Oh, and this isn’t the only logic-defying scene Dom pulls off. Not to forget a scene where the franchise’s too-serious hero drives down an actual dam; I can’t come to terms with the helicopter scene. I’d rather believe Letty somehow perfectly balanced and jumped an iron fence with her motorcycle only to zoom away unscathed after her surprising return to the film series.
I’m sure you must have shaken your head in disbelieve as two helicopters harpooned Dom’s car and raised him in the air with it. Only for him to speed down, still mid-air, to land down on the adjoining bridge as the two air vehicles crashed into each other in a blaze of glory. What was he driving on – Aquilon’s wind path?
Sorry for the Roman myth references – I wanted to mark how freakishly impossible, the flying car zooming across without any surface beneath the tires, sounded.
Apart from that, there’s also John Cena’s Jakob Toretto Hulk-smashing a bad guy through two hardwood floors and Dante’s flame thrower cannons that don’t ignite him or the car despite breaking every law in physics. Even critics have not shied away from stating how the film’s absurd action scenes border on falling from the “fun” side down the “overdone” cliff.
Fast & Furious is a franchise that has become known for its action and stunts, and, in this regard, Fast X exceeds all expectations. However, the script by Lin and Mazeau leaves something to be desired, largely because it’s at odds with itself.
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Multiple action scenes feel like rehashes of previous movies – remember when Hobbs and Shaw played tug of war with a helicopter? Well, now Dom’s going to do the same thing with two helicopters! Does it escalate things? Yes. Is it stunningly original? It is not.
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Gravity bends for Vin and his crew the way it obeys the commands of the flying sword fighters in a vintage Wuxia movie. So if you came for plausibility, you aren’t doing this movie right. You either go with it, or you don’t.
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Have you seen Fast X, out now in theaters? If yes, what’s your favorite addition to the ridiculous action sequences? Comment below!
About Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious) is a media franchise centered on action films primarily concerned with illegal street racing, heists, spies, and family. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, live shows, video games, and theme park attractions. It is distributed by Universal Pictures.
The first film was released in 2001, which began the original trilogy of films focused on illegal street racing and culminated in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).
The series transitioned towards heists and spying with Fast & Furious (2009) and was followed by five sequels, with the most recent, F9, released in 2021. A tenth and eleventh film are planned, and the main films are collectively known as The Fast Saga.
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