I stopped watching the F&F franchise around 5 and honestly it's a choice that's only been vindicated by the poor quality of the following instalments, however in all honesty this was a total surprise. My jury was still firmly out until I watched this as I feared the sudden jump to sci-fi and actually embracing its ridiculousness would be a little B movie like and have no quality, however I was happy to be proven wrong. Statham and Johnson have undeniable chemistry which really carried the film with the almost buddy cop dynamic being rather entertaining to see and very charming providing some solid comedic moments. The science fiction aspects were surprisingly minor and oddly enough for such an outlandish premise and franchise as a whole were very believable which is testament to the quality of the film. It's also worth noting there's a certain brand of humour in this which I found suits my taste well, a host of deadpool approved meta humour occurs, with reference to the old man and the sea which was used to tease DP 2, Reynolds makes an appearance which was very welcoming and he's even joined by Rob Delaney hinting at another spin off in Locke and Loeb which after this, I'd be really interested in seeing. There's other surface jokes too like Statham referencing an 'Italian job' and a number of other celebrity cameos at various stages. Ending off with a prolonged 2 v 1 fight sequence it was a fitting way to wrap up Elba's involvement and felt satisfying and just. In all a pleasant surprise that was welcoming to see
