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Dir: F. Gary Gray (12A, 160 mins)
The stunt-fuelled ‘family’ spectacular returns again for more high octane action and clunky dialogue for a long time, running at over two and a half hours. That’s a lot of mayhem. This time out, Vin Diesel’s character Dom goes to the dark side apparently. Despite being all lovey-dovey with partner Michelle Rodriguez, Diesel is seduced by cyber terrorist Charlize Theron for nefarious ends. So the main good guy becomes the bad guy, the Rock and Jason Stratham, the previous baddie have to team up, along with series regulars Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson to fight against the man who brought them all together. Kurt Russell returns as government agent Mr Nobody, ensuring that the team have lots of cars and guns to do battle with and the ludicrous set pieces include a submarine vs cars chase in the Arctic. The scale is huge, the last film grossed over a billion and a half making spectacle key, despite all the talk that this is the darkest most emotional instalment yet. It will be utter nonsense, as the other Furious films are, but undoubtedly fun, with Helen Mirren also cameoing and, yes, bald muscly people hitting each other. A lot.
Opens April 14