THB #371: Fast X (spoiler-free)

Not the entire featured cast… by at least a half dozen

There are many ways to tag-line a review of this film…

The first major studio film that might have been written by AI.

The ultimate experience of a franchise eating its own tail, by design.

A surrender to pure fan service, a modern It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, with guest stars showing up for absolutely no purpose, so much so that they should turn to the camera and give a Love Boat smirk to the audience before doing the bits.

Universal’s biggest cartoon release since Mario Bros.

So steeped in series cliches that it is now mocking its own absurdities constantly.

A film that uses de-aging that is so self-aware that they would have been better off Pesci-ing.

The series that no longer knows the difference between bigger and better.

Okay… here’s the thing.

It’s okay.