Fast X review: proof that there's method in the madness of the Fast & Furious franchise
By Joshua Gulam, Senior Lecturer in Film, Liverpool Hope University
Dr Sarah Feinstein, Lecturer in Heritage Studies and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds
Fraser Elliott, Lecturer in Film, Exhibition and Curation, The University of Edinburgh
There’s a scene in the latest Fast & Furious film, Fast X, where Aimes (Alan Ritchson) – the government agent tasked with apprehending Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew – gives a rundown of the heroes’ backstory:
Let’s start back at the beginning … Los Angeles, 2001 … Humble roots, local kids … Street racers who became hijackers … Graduated to high-speed smuggling, mobile jailbreaks, train robberies … If it could be done in a car, they…
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