Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
F9 landed in mixed territory, with critics largely agreeing that Justin Lin delivers inventive, gleefully absurd set pieces but splitting hard on whether the bloated runtime, thin characterization, and self-referential meta-commentary drag the film down between its highlights. Audiences were more forgiving than critics, though even fan enthusiasm was noticeably cooler than the franchise's peak entries.
“Physics, gravity, and logic in general have long since been thrown out the window, but the jolts of pleasure keep coming.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“F9 counteracts any character development by devoting a grating amount of time to meta-commentary on its own ridiculousness.”
Matt Patches·Polygon
“This is a movie that sling-shots so far past self-parody that it loops all the way back to something real.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“The problem is all the runway in between the highlights, even longer than the endless literal concrete of the Fast & Furious 6 climax. After a reinvention as a warmer, more diverse Mission: Impossible (practically name-checked here), the series has wound up more like a mid-period James Bond movie in its channel-surfing bloat.”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
“Furious 7 was a lot more fun. And, not that anyone cares, but it was more believable as well.”
John DeFore·The Hollywood Reporter
Action, Adventure, Crime
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
F9 landed in mixed territory, with critics largely agreeing that Justin Lin delivers inventive, gleefully absurd set pieces but splitting hard on whether the bloated runtime, thin characterization, and self-referential meta-commentary drag the film down between its highlights. Audiences were more forgiving than critics, though even fan enthusiasm was noticeably cooler than the franchise's peak entries.
“Physics, gravity, and logic in general have long since been thrown out the window, but the jolts of pleasure keep coming.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“F9 counteracts any character development by devoting a grating amount of time to meta-commentary on its own ridiculousness.”
Matt Patches·Polygon
“This is a movie that sling-shots so far past self-parody that it loops all the way back to something real.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“The problem is all the runway in between the highlights, even longer than the endless literal concrete of the Fast & Furious 6 climax. After a reinvention as a warmer, more diverse Mission: Impossible (practically name-checked here), the series has wound up more like a mid-period James Bond movie in its channel-surfing bloat.”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
“Furious 7 was a lot more fun. And, not that anyone cares, but it was more believable as well.”
John DeFore·The Hollywood Reporter
Action, Adventure, Crime