Fast X has officially roared into theaters, and it looks like everything is business as usual in familyland; the franchise event has nearly overtaken its $340 million production budget after its first weekend at the box office, and is doing quite poorly with critics, all of whom seem to have missed the memo on the The Fast Saga‘s unorthodox ethos.
Indeed, by very few critical metrics could the Fast films, including Fast X, be considered good movies, but the genius of baking one’s own silliness directly into every plot beat and performance that are otherwise played as straight as possible, deserves every tip of the hat in the world. That alone has us hoping that Fast X‘s swansong energy is just a misdirection.
And while every road has its end, golden boy Vin Diesel has nevertheless remained coy on whether Fast X, the first in the once-alleged three-part finale, is truly the last time we’ll be linking up with Dominic Toretto and company. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Diesel touched on the earth-shattering consequences he had to deal with when he first said that the franchise was flirting with the finish line.
“The last time I told my daughter [it] was the last one, all I saw was tears. So I gotta be really careful [about] who and what I say.”
Seems like it’s official, then; if the end of the Fast franchise means that Diesel makes his daughter sad, we can be all but certain that we’ll be getting another 80 or so years’ worth of these glorious amalgamations of high-rolling nonsense. The fact that they tend to reel in a hefty amount of cash might be helpful in securing its future, too, but risking the tears of family is no doubt the true linchpin here.
Fast X is now playing in theaters.