Designed to appeal to their enormous fan base, the makers clearly have every intention of going out at full throttle.

There are significant lulls in momentum which are not helped by F. Gary Gray's inability to effectively stage action.

Artistically, there are better franchises - and certainly, there are better movies. Rarely, however, is a movie this big such unabashedly dumb fun.

Like most of its predecessors “The Fate of the Furious” is true to its ambitions. Fans of the series are sure to be pleased; detractors will be able to use their same arguments.