Still holding a grudge against Dom, Jakob has teamed up with erratic billionaire Otto (Thue Ersted Rasmussen) and cybercriminal Cipher (Charlize Theron) to seize global power — although to do what with it, is anyone’s guess.
Storywise, director Justin Lin and his co-writers present a tediously predictable, badly acted and laughably formulaic action movie. Having said that, I suspect the franchise’s global army of fans won’t care too much.
Fast and Furious 9 is undeniably fast and indeed very furious, it’s just not half as entertaining or as funny as it could have been. A real missed opportunity to turn this tired old franchise into something slightly more self-aware.
