The Fate Of The Furious

PG-13
Starring: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson,Ludacris, Charlize Theron,Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Luke Evans, Kristofer Hivju, Helen Mirren and Scott Eastwood
Running Time: 2 Hours and 16 Minutes

Okay, so here we are once again and the gang is all here with the exception of course, of our beloved Paul Walker. This is the EIGTH  (octoquel) installment of "The Fast And The Furious" franchise!
When Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are finally honeymooning in
Havana, Cuba.
Dom suddenly finds himself being challenged to race the so-called leader (or bully) of the racing gang in Cuba, in order to save an old, beat up car for his cousin or his young cousin has to forfeit his car to the leader. The issue is that Dom has to race in the old beat up car! It is quite the race scene. Dom kicks in the Nos (nitrous oxide system) and it is pure pedal-to-the-medal classic "Fast and Furious" street racing!
This movie starts out with a bang! Lots of Latin culture and the flavor of Cuba which is interesting to see.
When Dom ventures out the next day he encounters Cipher (Charlize Theron) from his past who threatens him (or blackmails him) to turn against his racing buddies and his new wife Letty.
She shows Dom  a picture on her cell phone where he finds out he is actually the father of a newborn son from another woman he was previously involved with.
Cipher is some kind of an evil villain type that will do anything for power! She has kidnapped the woman and the newborn baby and put them on an airplane with her.
The whole movie is based on Dom finding a way to save the baby before Cipher does something to harm the baby. His friends and Letty have no idea why he has turned against them and continue to believe the best in him. This movie is full of mind-blowing stunts and special effects that are unbelievable. There is a chase scene in New York  with the Russian defense minister who just happens to be carrying a briefcase of nuclear codes that ultimately takes them to an unbelievable showdown in Russia.
The gang including; Letty, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Tej (Ludracris) all end up at some kind of Russian military outpost in the middle of nowhere where all crap breaks loose and a huge race/fight takes place on the frozen tundra. All of the drivers are there with the customized fancy race cars going as fast as they can on the ice and snow all while being chased down by the Russians! They are confronted with a gigantic, disastrous nuclear submarine that comes crashing through the ice when Dom saves the day!
Oh, and also, the baby is saved off of the airplane before it goes down and Cipher parachutes safely off the plane too, leaving her character wide open for a sequel.
They eventually all end up at one of their homes where they are all having a party when Dom introduces the newest member of the gang and all is well!?!?
This movie is classic "Fast And Furious" style. It stays true to the franchise and you will get the
 "The Fast and Furious" thrill out of this one too For me personally, I just really miss Paul Walker and his character Brian O'Conner. It just doesn't have the same feel without him. They introduced a new character in this movie, Little Nobody (Scott Eastwood). He just happens to be Clint Eastwood's very handsome son that has a similar look to Paul Walker  and he was also a close friend to Paul Walker for several years as well. It will be interesting to see if they decide to develop his character in the next sequel due out on April 19th 2019.
Parents be advised: This is a hard PG-13. Brief scantily-clothed women in the beginning, crazy racing scenes, violence, destruction and some suggestive content too. Of course they drop one f-bomb and several other curse words.
I am giving "The Fate Of The Furious" two and a half bags of popcorn.