“F9: The Fast Saga” (2021) / Z-View

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F9: The Fast Saga (2021)

Director:  Justin Lin

Screenplay:  Daniel Casey,  Justin Lin  

Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludicris, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Finn Cole, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren and Kurt Russell.

Tagline: Fast Family Forever

The Overview:  Beware of Spoilers…

I was a big fan of the first several Fast and Furious movies. Not so much with the last few.  The problem is that in each new film the stakes get bigger and the stunts more outrageous.  We are now at the point where the Road Runner cartoons have more logical storylines and respect for physics.

With F9: The Fast Saga, whatever you need to happen will happen:

  • Drive a car over a suspension bridge that has one end cut loose? No problem, just shift gears and keep driving.
  • Drive a car over a chasm where a suspension bridge was just cut loose?  No problem, hit the nitrous and a bridge cable will wrap around your axel and swing you to the other side.
  • Need an electromagnet that will pull cars through a building to wreck a truck chasing you?  No problem, flip the switch.  Need a gag where the electromagnet pulls of necklaces, rings and watches from pedestrians?  No problem, flip the switch – the necklaces, rings and watches will come off and leave necks, fingers and wrists intact.
  • Attacked by truckloads of machinegun armed soldiers who fire hundreds of rounds?  No problem, you won’t even get winged!  And you’re able to use a pistol to take out soldiers with each shot.
  • Chase a gun repelling across the city?  No problem, drive the car crazy through traffic, stop and run to the roof of a building and jump out into space.  No worries, you’ll crash into him knocking you both through a window where you can fight!  He’ll miss a punch a knock out part of wall!  Then he’ll pick you up and run with you through the house destroying doorways.
  • Your girlfriend in the midst of a motorcycle jump has her bike knocked from under her?  No worry, you can drive your car so she lands on it!  Much softer hitting the metal car at 100 miles an hour than the ground!
  • Need to go to outer space with virtually no training or a space ship?  No problem, strap a jet engine onto a small car and put on scuba gear.

Needless to say, these are just a few of the insane things that happen.  I can suspend disbelief for a few items, but when a logical storyline goes out the window and there is no real concern that a character will be hurt, let alone killed, you’re going to lose me.  I’ll watch, but with less interest than I have in a Road Runner cartoon,  F9: The Fast Saga rates 2 of 5 stars.