DirkH’s review published on Letterboxd:
Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.69
There are a couple of things that don't make sense.
First of all, I hate anything and everything motorsports related, I don't care about cars at all and know next to nothing about them. Yet for some reason I have seen every single one of the films in this ludicrous franchise.
Secondly, how is it possible that the fifth film in a franchise is the best? And not by just a little bit, but by quite some margin? Makes no sense whatsoever.
Suffice to say, I enjoyed this quite a bit. There is this scene at the beginning where Walker and Diesel drive a car off a cliff. That scene instantly betrays that you're watching something good as it is so much better than anything in the previous films. Adding Dwayne Johnson helps as well and him and Diesel slugging it out is good fun.
The running time is insane for this type of film which made it drag a little, but it's still an entertaining ride.