There’s just one major problem with the whole affair: it’s morbid.

The Fate of the Furious capitalizes on stunts and familiar characters and still manages to surprise.

Many movie franchises peter out over time to become pale reflections of what made them good at the beginning. I would have laughed if someone ever suggested that Jason Voorhees of the Friday the 13th series would end up in space or that the titular character of the Leprechaun movies would rap in a bar. […]