Fast 8

8 Films about cars, hijacks, robberies and family….What more could they do with this series?  How about a heel turn? (As seen in the trailers).  But as with all heel turns, if you are a WWE fan, there is motive.  And there is a motive with Dom (Vin Diesel) that after knowing why he did it, he did it.  There is a scene though in a trailer where his old team has him surrounded, and he basically flips and destroys their cars, but what if he would have severely injured them?  Where would that turn then have taken this team?

This series seems to amp up a little bit more each movie with the action and the stunts.  From the bank vault in Fast 5, Tank and Plane  in Fast 6 to the Submarine and wrecking ball here.  It makes you wonder what they have left they can do for the next 2 films that are planned.  With making $500 million plus on opening weekend, that basically assures there are going to be more. 

This movie though was flat on the characters, and maybe that was a few of them trying to fill Paul Walker’s spot more.  Tyrese got a little more physical in this with more than just his mouth.  Vin’s character didn’t have that normal “bro” to play off of and with all the stuff going on with him and the Rock on set, you can see that void there.  The interaction that was the best in the flick I thought was between Statham and the Rock.  It would be fun to dive into those characters more, and maybe that’s where the sequels go.

I don’t know what more we can do with Dom’s character, and making him the focal point.  Maybe it’s time he takes a backseat to Tyrese, Ludacris and the others to get a little more freshness into the series.

Fast 1, 5 and 6 are still my favorites in the series, this comes up midway of the 8.  Still some good points that may make it to the Summer Movie Awards.

The Fate of theFurious 5/10 Stars

2017 Summer Movies Awards Watch List

Back for a 9th year, the (kinda in my own mind) prestigious Summer Movie Awards….Preview.  Ok maybe I haven’t done the preview for 9 years but this hopefully gets everyone ready for the ever growing Summer Movie Season, which I’m extending to include Power Rangers and the last week of March for the second year in a row.

This year’s slate is full of sequels, some reboots or reboots, a few newcomers, cartoons (for the kids), the Rock with a shirtless Zac Efron, and old faces in familiar places.  Also have a bunch of one offs that look like some nice escapes from reality and a few that could provide some laughs.  This year, more so than others, its almost every week that something new looks entertaining through the end of July.  August looks to cool off, but there could be some sneaky there and end the watch list ends with action.  

The SMA watch list:

Power Rangers (Mar 24)

Wilson (Mar 24)

Chips (Mar 24)

Smurfs: The Lost Village (Apr 7)

Going in Style (Apr 7)

Fast 8 (Apr 14)

Free Fire (Apr 21)

The Circle (Apr 21)

Guardians of the Galaxy (May 5)

Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)

Baywatch (May 26)

Wonder Woman (June 2)

Captain Underpants (June 2)

The Mummy (June 9)

Cars 3 (June 16)

Transformers : The Last Knight (June 23)

Despicable Me 3 (June 30)

Spiderman Homecoming (July 7)

War for the Planet of the Apes (July 14)

Dunkirk (July 21)

Renegades (Sept 1)

Of this list, Disney/Marvel I think will be the big winner with Cars, GOTG2, Spiderman, and Pirates all coming out.  Wonder Woman I think could be sneaky good and a dark horse for Best Flick, and I’m thinking that Spiderman Or Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is the front runner right now.  The Mummy reboot with Tom Cruise looks like Suicide Squad & Mission Impossible together.  

Transformers, the first one was 2 hours of awesomeness, but every other one has been a disappointment, and there are 14 MORE in the pipe.  14!  How much more can Gru do, and curious to the end of the Cars trilogy.  2 focused so much on Mater, and he’s not been in any trailer.