Once again the plot centers on vehicle-based heists. The fourth film’s streamlined title can be seen as a symbol of its return to the series’ roots. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are Hobbs and Shaw! Entertaining though it is, F9 raises the question of whether The Fast and the Furious should have called it quits by now.

It’s also hard to complain about the return of Sung Kang’s Han, even if that’s another convoluted addition to the series’ soap operatic storyline. On the plus side, this sequel is bigger and more bombastic than ever, including finally delivering on the promise of sending our musclebound heroes into space. Cena is disappointingly flat as the vindictive younger Toretto, and even the copious flashback scenes do little to flesh out that sibling rivalry. F9 puts Dom and his family on the defensive as they face a dual threat in the form of Charlize Theron’s Cipher and John Cena as Dom’s long-lost brother, Jakob Toretto, a plot twist that strains the series’ already convoluted family mythology. F9 may have welcomed back director Justin Lin after sitting out The Fate of the Furious and Hobbs & Shaw, but that wasn’t quite enough to recapture the series’ waning magic in its ninth main installment.

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