(ESP-ENG) Fast X - The family keeps trying!

Hello friends, good vibes to all.

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As crazy as it may seem you are reading from a person who has never stopped watching any of the more than 10 films that make up this saga and the reason is simple: I think for me it is already a matter of popular culture over cinema per se. And I say crazy because it is common to hear people talking about the nonsense that these films represent for the standards of what should be a good movie and that's where I think the mistake is, these productions are not made to be premiered at film festivals like Cannes or for the community of physicists and scientists to approve and give the approval about whether it is viable what we see here, nothing like that; they are made solely by and for the money and as mere absurd but effective entertainment.

This tenth installment, which we recently learned would be made up of three parts plus a spin-off, is in theory the beginning of the end, the closing of a feud that for more than 20 years has tried to keep the concept of family at the top, even higher than the main premise: speed and modified cars. Because yes people, these movies are about family and how much can be done in the name of it. Fast X I thought it was going to be something extremely crazy and unhinged knowing what we saw in the ninth but it wasn't like that, maybe they are saving it for the two that are missing, but the truth is that within the parameters to which we are accustomed it was quite "calm". But well, let's go and talk a little more.

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Let's see, we have to place ourselves in time. What was seen in the ninth? - Well, a new villain named Cipher (Charlize Theron) who is really a woman quite out of her mind but extremely intelligent who wanted to get her hands on a device to control practically the whole world. That was the ninth. Now, this tenth one kicks off with her in danger as a new villain has arrived in the world of the Toretto family and company, a villain taken from the depths of this story, his name? - Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa). With this new character being out there plotting a revenge of great magnitude both Dom and his family have no choice but to be on the defensive and alert to what could happen at any moment.

There is no plot as such to follow, there is nothing you need to know about the main thread of the film beyond the fact that everything that happens is motivated and driven by revenge. This feeling will be the driving force behind the destruction of cities and something else. If you ask me I don't have a problem with that because it makes it much more personal, I prefer this to the far-fetched plots of finding stolen sophisticated technology and state-of-the-art weapons by raiding secret bases and so on. That fills the screen with action but ends up being empty, this time there is a "weighty" reason behind everything that happens, plus how they built the context the truth and at least for me I feel it was cool.

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Something that continues to surprise me is the ability to put together a good cast. Besides Momoa, who is the absolute star of this film, we have the appearance of Brie Larson and Alan Ritchson himself, who is better known as Reacher. Not to mention the long list already known that goes from John Cena to Jason Statham and one or two other surprises out there. This is important to me because it is an overloaded cast where you might think that there is no room for so many people but that is not the case, it seems that they are always looking to go a step further and take a risk with characters that are NOT secondary because that is the real thing, everyone is relevant, in one way or another, which I think adds value to the story.

What to say about everything that has to do with action and those typical scenes of these films. As I said, they restrained themselves, I didn't see big absurdities within what this universe is. The sequence in Rome was honestly incredible, one of the best of the film, all that chase, handling of shots, moderate use of CGI, gave an important touch of adrenaline to the film. If you saw it you may be thinking about the ending and well, that's what I mean, if we compare the ninth with that scene, this one is really small. If you haven't seen it, you know what to expect more or less. In general I really enjoyed all the scenes, there wasn't something that made me think "why am I watching this?" as it happened with previous installments, it's easy to watch and that's good.

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Finally, something I had already mentioned. You have to understand that these movies are no longer a product purely of speed and vehicles, yes, they are a vital part for the development of the story but it is not the core. Family for Toretto is something incalculable, something that has no comparison with absolutely nothing and that feeling has been transmitted to the whole team making them carry it as a flag and even the coldest of the characters is mounted on that idea. That's the magic of these films and why I think they connect so much with people, no matter how cliché it may be sometimes and no matter how much of a meme it may be.

The only character I'm going to talk about is Dante, this villain taken from a comic book, totally twisted with serious psychological problems is what gives color and life to this movie. I don't think this saga had ever had a "bad guy" like this one, they had all been the typical serious character, with a lot of money, corrupt and delinquent. Here Louis Leterrier decides to get out of that script and adds a great character with some touches of the Joker that I found incredible. Jason Momoa has an important charisma and grace which made it easy for Dante to fit him like a glove. 10 points for this character, I think these movies needed something like this.

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Overall I give this film a 7.5/10. It's good, it's not tiring, it's not absurd, it has an acceptable historical context, Jason Momoa is a 10/10. It's not the best film in the saga but it's certainly not the worst either so that's a win. It has a length of almost two and a half hours. I leave the trailer here.

Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!