'Fast X' review: Turbo boost of action, but franchise is running on fumes

I've already been to space with this car, I wonder where else I can drive it to... – Photos: UIP Malaysia

In the last exciting installment of the Fast And Furious franchise, 2021’s Fast 9, the gang drove a car into space, tangled with a long-lost brother and pushed the physical limits of various vintage Dodge Chargers in far-flung locations around the globe, as Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is wont to do.

Since then, there have been a few external shake-ups in the Fast world: longtime director Justin Lin departed the franchise only a week into filming on Fast X, which is now being billed as part one of a three-part finale, and he’s been replaced with a franchise super fan: The Transporter director Louis Leterrier, who swooped in to save the day like a member of Dom’s family piloting a muscle car out of an aircraft.