Not worth all the hype

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2014)

Following the success of Fast Five, the sixth installment of one of the longest running and most profitable movie franchises ever had some pretty big shoes to fill in, however, this was not accomplished this time. To keep the series going and attract the audience the franchise was turned into an action series with some car chases here and there to please everyone, at the expense of almost everything else.
Despite this change the fifth movie was somewhat original and brought something new, while remaining faithful to the basics that made this franchise known all around the world. Personally I think the "it's an action movie, what would you expect?" type of arguments are just lame excuses to cover up the flaws, and Furious 6 has a lot. From a poorly written script with a character that is brought from the dead and magically learns how to fight UFC style, despite serious injuries and an amnesia (no, couldn't have learned it with the other guy, they weren't that close...) to the action scenes themselves there's nothing new to see here, except more of the same mindless action sequences and even more unrealistic stunts (yap, too much, even for this series). For a vast majority this will be enough, for everyone else it won't. The writers could have made a better job IMO by keeping Dom in his new relationship (which was more than just a mere "rebound" apparently...) and not using constantly the "got to get rid of a certain character to complete the trilogy" philosophy. Fast Five still remains the best. so far.