A good crazy action film

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2019)

Following watching Fast 5, I have now just seen Fast 6 and I enjoyed this one about the same amount as Fast 5 & Fast 7 meaning these are a solid set of films. The premise of the film sees agent Hobbs recruit Dominic Torretto and his crew in order to take down a rival gang, who has a former family member amongst there ranks. Vin Diesel is back as Torretto and he does a better job in this film, his character has a more emotional stake in the story this time and even though he isn't the best actor I thought he did a good job with the material given. Dwayne Johnson really does add something to these films, I liked his chemistry with the crew and thought pretty much everybody bounced off of each other well. Luke Evans plays the villain in this film and I thought he did a good job, it was nice to see a villain that squared up to the heroes and provided a challenge both physically and mentally. However, I feel like in these films that Paul Walker is just really bland and really doesn't add to much to the film, I know the tragic circumstances around his life but that doesn't change my opinion that he is a pretty boring character in this film. The story in the film has a more dramatic feel to it the the last film, it feels like there are personal stakes in this film and that makes it more interesting. However, the film never does a particularly good job to get across the villains motivations, it just feels like we gotta stop him because he is the bad guy in the film but there isn't a particularly interesting reason for these two crews to be feuding. The script is fun with a well balanced use of humour and drama which helped improve this film. The style is as ludicrous as you would expect, there are some entertaining and high octane action scenes that are fun to watch. Though I felt the setting for the climax of the film was really dark and it was quite hard to see exactly what was really going on, what you can see is entertaining but you can't see enough. Overall this is an enjoyable film that is another fun addittion to this franchise.