{"id":25754,"date":"2017-07-19T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=25754"},"modified":"2017-07-19T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T01:11:48","slug":"the-fate-of-the-furious-2017-blu-raydvddigital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/19\/the-fate-of-the-furious-2017-blu-raydvddigital\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fate of the Furious (2017) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the death of Paul Walker and the unstoppable ego of Vin Diesel, \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d signals a rock bottom point in the movie series that we haven\u2019t seen since \u201cFast and Furious.\u201d As the series runs on fumes, the writers and producers are working over time to introduce us to dynamic new anti-heroes, all of whom can\u2019t make \u201cFate of the Furious\u201d worth watching. Unless you\u2019re a completionist, or a hardcore Kurt Russell fanatic, \u201cFate of the Furious\u201d is a convoluted and painfully long follow up that tries very hard to fill the void Paul Walker left when he died.<\/p>\n

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This time around \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d works hard to emphasize the relationships of other characters filling the hole that Dominic and Brian once held as rivals and friends. With the star power increasing, Dominic is given a more dramatic sub-plot this time around, as he\u2019s blackmailed in to betraying his \u201cfamily\u201d by an enigmatic blond hacker with Dreadlocks. What Dom\u2019s \u201cfamily\u201d doesn\u2019t know is that she\u2019s holding Dom\u2019s estranged \u201cfamily\u201d hostage and threatens to murder them if he doesn\u2019t steal a brand new piece of high tech technology for her and her crew of thieves and mercenaries.<\/p>\n

Anxious to keep Dom from sinking too deep, Russell\u2019s Mr. Nobody brings everyone on board to stop him, including Jason Statham\u2019s Shaw. \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d works on a paper thin premise that just drags on for such a long time. It\u2019s not often I sit through a \u201cFast and Furious\u201d movie and start checking the time, but this latest installment aroused a lot of reasoning for it. Aside from the weak plot motivation, the writers and producers at least do a great job of walking in to a dynamic action team, as Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson are a hilarious and exciting new pair for the film series. As a bickering pair of muscle bound lugs, they have a good time knocking heads, and I anxiously await their inevitable film spin off.<\/p>\n

As for everyone else on the cast, they pretty much phone in their performances, including folks like Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, and Nathalie Emmanuel. Scott Eastwood also seems to be working on filling the clean cut Caucasian quota that Walker once fulfilled for the series. It\u2019s all nothing but a lot of globe trotting for the sake of international box office, a ton of automotive product placements, and hokey \u201cplot twists\u201d that inspired repeated groans and eye rolls from yours truly. \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d is an indication of the series last stretch. It\u2019s dull, exhausting, and I hope Vin Diesel finishes off the whole shebang before losing the fan base once and for all.<\/p>\n

The combo pack for \u201cThe Fate of the Furious\u201d comes with a DVD copy, and digital copy. The digital copy comes with the extended cut of the film, and it\u2019s only exclusive to the digital version. Sorry, F&F fanatics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cuban Spirit\u201d is an eight minute segment exploring the cast and crew\u2019s time on the island nation, which is the first major studio film to ever shoot there. \u201cIn the Family\u201d is a four part feature that explores the film\u2019s characters, featuring a segment on Cipher and Domb, about the leaderless \u201cFurious\u201d family; there\u2019s an exploration in to the weird Shaw family, a look at the Nobody\u2019s, and a look in to the various cars found in the film. \u201cAll About the Stunts\u201d is a multi part exploration of the key and crucial stunt work including the various races, stunt work in Iceland, and in New York. There are two extended fight scenes from the prison and on the plane with Shaw, and finally a full audio commentary with director F. Gary Gray who covers the production of the film in depth, and offers some interesting insights in to his filming many scenes.<\/p>\n