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= F9 =

F9 (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 9 or officially, F9: The Fast Saga) is an American action film directed and co-written by Justin Lin with Daniel Casey. It is the sequel to The Fate of the Furious (2017), the ninth main installment, and the tenth full-length film released overall in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The main problem of the film is that it completely lacks the charm from it's other predecessors and has lost touch with the series original roots and instead changed its identity to where it focuses about an action packed, superhero, government fighting style film filled with a bunch of cliches, making it quite a bit of a ripoff to movies like Mission Impossible, which was out of place for the franchise while the illegal street racing formula defined the series.
 * 2) Largest Plot Hole: What doesn't make sense is why wasn't Jakob Toretto mentioned in the previous films other than the fact that he's Dominic's and Mia's brother, but the main issue is that he's just a walking plot device for almost the entire film and what's worse is that he never appeared in any of the older films. Dominic and Mia did not have ANY signs of mentioning their long lost brother in the older predecessor films, as this will be very confusing for newcomers of the franchise.
 * 3) It took 20 YEARS to preview Dominic's flashback from the first film and 15 years to show what happened to Han from Tokyo Drift, leaving it on a long hiatus, which could've been mentioned in the older films.
 * 4) The plot is very dull as it focuses on the main crew trying to stop a cyberhacker from a stealing a crystal ball called the "Ares" device which is nothing more than another plot device aside from Jakob Torreto and as for including the entire summary of the film, it just doesn't make any sense for the franchise as there there aren't any street racing elements at all.
 * 5) An annoying gag about why Roman Pierce hasn't died already from the most brutal attacks and explosions he has faced which is some questionable logic right there.
 * 6) Speaking about Roman Pierce, his character traits have suffered from flanderization, making him a dumb minded, clueless jokester and a punching bag to the crew, while in the older films he had character development on where he was confident and was more serious.
 * 7) The stunts are very unrealistic along with poor visual effects.
 * 8) As mentioned in the previous qualities, there is not one single street race in the film, which was one of the most important parts of the film and it completely ruins the point of it.
 * 9) Another problem that doesn't fit for the film is how the crew travels to space leaving some confusion to viewers.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Awesome acting from the original cast and as well as including John Cena himself too.
 * 2) Justin Lin has returned as a FAF director after seven years of absence.
 * 3) The cinematography is amazing to look at.
 * 4) While being mentioned in the bad qualities section, we do finally get a flashback of what happened to Dominic and his father in the past, and including to what happened to Han after the events of Tokyo Drift.
 * 5) Lucas Black, Don Omar, Shea Whigham, Shad Moss and Jason Tobin make an appearance as they reprise as their old character roles from the previous films.
 * 6) Funny references such as the Stormtrooper joke from Star Wars.