The Laws of Physics Do Not Apply

Rating: 2/10 (15 December 2013)

If you want mindless action, there are many better movies to watch. This movie is aimed at the youth market, primarily boys who play video games. The script is off-putting for several reasons: 1. the franchise has gone past the street racing story that made the first several installments fun to watch. The sixth film has become more James Bond than East L.A. The world must be saved from evil geniuses who will possess Doomsday military hardware unless Dom and his crew stop them. This premise takes the story away from California and off to Moscow, Macau, London, and Spain where the team works with a unit of the U.S. government. 2. The dialog is leaden. The main characters speak in philosophical nuggets. As one might expect from the spy genre, they did not scrimp on special effects, explosions or computer graphics. Because of the number of sequels, the dialog is filled with nostalgic references to the past. One should have seen the prior films in order to understand all the references. The sappy references to the past are overdone.
Dom's men live by a code - something about keeping the family together. The team is not only saving the world, they are saving Letty who is in the clutches of the evil geniuses who will destroy the world. Apparently, she didn't die in a prior sequel, but she does suffer from amnesia. These are the standard plot devises of soap opera fare. The film runs a little long, but there is no stretch of film that rings true.
Boys who love video games might like this film, but the story is lame and the massive expense for special effects could have supported the making of a dozen good movies. It's a dud.