Keeps on keeping on

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2019)

This is my first time through the Fast and Furious franchise. I eat all my words I ever said about the series. I scoffed at how popular it was and now I get it. In fact, this is one of the best action franchises to have come along. Fast 6 returns to true form with breathtaking action, stunts, heists, car chases and a climatic battle against a massive airplane. The series has come a far cry from it's street racing days but maybe that's okay and it works for this series too. Vin Diesel still proves he's got it at least in this franchise and he commands the team effortlessly. Paul Walker is a little more subtly a lead than he was in previous instalments but he still does a good job. For such an ensemble cast, everyone has their moment and everyone is important to "the family" Justin Lin is an incredible action director. Do you have to suspend belief? Sure sometimes like most great action films but he knows what we want to see to be purely entertained. The villain in Fast 6 was a little underwhelming (perhaps on purpose - stay tuned for future instalments) but he wasn't as strong as some of the others in previous films. Dwayne Johnson returns as well and whereas in the last film he and Vin were enemies of sorts now they're working together and this adds a whole new level of action and excitement to the film. This franchise holds it's own and you won't be disappointed in this sixth part. 8/10