The Fate of the Furious: reviews

What the critics say average 6.4 from 10 outlets

• 8.3 The PlaylistKimber Myers The Fate of the Furious is almost impossible not to like. It achieves exactly what it sets out to do, successfully lighting up the brain?s pleasure centers at each opportunity with a variety of tools in its arsenal. Read
• 8.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman The Fate of the Furious is nothing more than pulp done smart, but scene for scene it?s elegant rather than bombastic, and it packs a heady escapist wallop. Read
• 7.5 Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt Thankfully, it?s frequently also much funnier and lighter on its feet than previous outings, and a lot of that credit goes to Statham and Johnson. Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyDavid D'Arcy The spectacle gives you enough action from enough famous names to sustain the momentum of its legacy. Read
• 6.5 The VergeBryan Bishop The series feels more pedestrian this time around, in spite of the trailer scene where Hobbs redirects a missile with his bare hands. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Fate delivers exactly what fans have come to expect, for better and for worse. Read
• 6.0 EmpireChris Hewitt Fast 8 is more of the same, more or less, with the emphasis heavily on more. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianGwilym Mumford This is a big dumb action movie in its purest, most honourable sense: fast, furious and frequently fun. Read
• 4.2 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Welcome back to the ever-expanding world of the Fast and the Furious, where family comes first, physics comes a distant second, and logic blew a flat tire like three movies ago. Read
• 4.0 The WrapDan Callahan There is only one inventive action sequence here. Read