Ben Oliver

film — 16 February 2025

F9

We’ve been on a steady downward slope in how enjoyable these films are, probably since Fast Five. So it’s a smart move to re-hire its director and see if he can inject some joy back into it all.

film — 14 February 2025

I’m not sure where Fast & Furious purists stand on this one, but it’s got the name in the title and it’s a film, so here I am. It’s a spin-off though so the ‘family’ aren’t back; it’s just Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Jason Statham. There’s a glimmer of promise here as Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy director David Leitch is behind the camera.

film — 12 February 2025

The Fate of the Furious

It’s inevitable that at some point in the series, Vin Diesel is going to ‘go rogue’. James Bond has done it. Mission Impossible has done it. And so now, 8 films in it’s time for Dominic Toretto to get pulled away from his ‘family’ by Charlize Theron. And really, who can blame him?

film — 11 February 2025

Furious 7

If these films weren’t already a bit like The Avengers then this one really pushes it over the line into superhero territory. The Rock watching The Hulk on TV at the start of the film was some A+ level foreshadowing.

film — 08 February 2025

Fast & Furious 6

So it turns out I’ve already seen this one, I reviewed it on Letterboxd when it came out. Hand on heart I could not have told you this had I not just found my old review. It’s not on this website but it reads like so:

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