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F9: The Fast Saga. This franchise reaching its ninth entry, or 10 counting
F9 also sees its release in the same month and year as the original film in 2001. This marks the 20th anniversary of the franchise, that looked like it was about two steps away from becoming bargain-bin, direct-to-video fodder with 2006’s
Tokyo Drift. With that in mind,
F9 sees the return of director Justin Lin to the series; the man responsible for transforming a mildly successful update of
Point Break about underground street racing into one of the biggest summer action-adventure popcorn film franchises on the planet.
F9 picks up sometime after the events of
The
Fast and Furious franchise has never cared about staying grounded. Even the scrappy 2001 original hovered an inch or two off the streets it burnt up every night with cans of NOS. But
F9, the latest installment in the streetracing-turned-spy-heist series, does pose the question: how high is too high? Director
Justin Lin, who makes a glorious return to
Fast and Furious after stepping away from the franchise following
Fast & Furious 6, hasn’t found that ceiling yet. And lord help us if he ever does.
F9 is probably best summed up by the stunts it pulls off: a magnet so strong that it pulls a car into a truck;