Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Jinyue
Among the many Hollywood imported blockbusters, the "Fast and Furious" series is the favorite film of Chinese audiences, and the mainland box office of "Fast and Furious 7" and "Fast and Furious 8" both exceeded 2 billion yuan. Even "Fast and Furious 9", which was frantically complained about by the audience, reached 1.39 billion yuan at the final box office when it was released in the mainland in 2021. But this money-making benefit is weakening, on May 17, "Fast and Furious 10" was released in the mainland, 3 days after release, only received 260 million yuan at the box office, far less than expected. The box office forecast of Maoyan Professional Edition shows that the final box office of the film is about 800 million yuan. In terms of word of mouth, the film's current score on Douban is 6.6 points, and the performance is mediocre.
"The film side played the slogan of the 'final chapter' of this series, I thought this was the last part, but after watching the movie, I found that the father-son duel between the villains Dante (Jason Momoa) and Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in the film has just begun, and it seems that it will not end if you don't make a few more of this final chapter." Mr. Zhang, the audience, told reporters.
Previously, Vin Diesel revealed at the Rome premiere of "Fast and Furious 10" that the producer Universal Pictures originally planned to make two "final chapters", and after watching the finished film of "Fast and Furious 10", Universal Pictures hopes to end with a "trilogy". "I think that when the film party was promoting before, it intentionally or unintentionally created the illusion that this is the last film." Mr. Zhang said.
Family and affection are the emotional core of the "Fast and Furious" series of movies, and "Fast and Furious 10" still sticks to this theme. With Dominic Toreto becoming a father, the film naturally takes "father-son love" as the main line of the film, in which the villain Dante vowed to avenge his father because he witnessed his father killed by Toretto 10 years ago, and Toreto was fearless in order to protect his son, and the two fathers began a peak showdown.
"The special effects of the film are still remarkable, it is a qualified popcorn blockbuster, but regardless of the principles of physics and logic, the characteristics of brainless bombardment still exist." Audience Liu Guodong is a fan of this series, he believes that compared to the picture of Toretto and others driving into space in "Fast and Furious 9", "Fast and Furious 10" is much more convergent, "The scene in Rome in the film that stops the rolling 'iron ball bomb' is tense and exciting, the only regret is that this bomb seems to have grown legs, regardless of the undulating terrain, it is to run wildly all the way, and go as far as you want." The common sense of physics that even children know is all ineffective in this movie. ”
"Turning enemies into friends" is the most common trick in this series, which also makes the Toretto family more and more personnel. Some viewers complained that as long as the villain is more popular with the audience, even if he is dead, he will be resurrected in later films. In "Fast and Furious 10", the "female devil" Seifer, who had previously made Toretto suffer, suddenly came to the door and asked to cooperate with Toreto after being coerced and attacked by Dante, in line with the principle of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend". And the previous villain Decarter Shaw (Jason Statham) also soon joined the Toretto family camp. "I feel that the biggest feature of this series is that any hatred can be resolved, only the plot needs, everything is not a problem, is this too free of the concept of right and wrong, Toretto's 'logging tired' (Family's Internet slogan) slogan shouted at any time in the film really has the function of a magic spell? I'm skeptical. Netizen Chen Juan complained.
The cast of "Fast and Furious 10" can be described as strong, in addition to the members of the Toretto family, the female characters alone appear Brie Larson's Tess, Daniela Manhivo's Isabel, Charlize Cyron's Seifer and Gal Gadot at the end. "I feel that the actresses who can play in Hollywood are basically assembled in this movie." Netizen Chen Juan said.
Although there are many slots, for some audiences, "Fast and Furious 10" is still remarkable, "The film is really star-studded, can compete with Marvel's "Avengers" cast, special effects and action scenes are still explosive, the actresses' looks and action scenes are also very interesting, for a popcorn action blockbuster, the audience can not ask for too much." Audience Chen Jun said.