Wait, take a step back, how did Helen Mirren get into this movie? Michelle Rodriguez, who plays his wife Letty, spends much of the movie getting mad at him about this, but not as mad as everyone else, because she knows he loves family. In Fate, however, Toretto betrays them because of dark, Charlize Theron–related reasons, but of course he’s not actually going to betray them because of other, deeper family-related reasons. Also, like any good friend group, his “family” has absorbed former antagonists, including the late Paul Walker and the Rock’s government agent Luke Hobbs, into it over time. As someone who saw Collateral Beauty simply for the sake of Helen Mirren’s ridiculous outfits, I can assure you that this is a far, far better use of your time.ĭominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) heads up a “family” of rogue race-racing criminals who basically have superpowers at this point and save the world in various ways that all somehow involve cars - apparently things used to be more realistic, but things have escalated over time. Magdalene appears only in two brief scenes, but of course, both are delightful. How much Helen Mirren am I getting for the price of my ticket? You assume she’ll help him, but only for a price. He’s being held hostage by Charlize Theron’s evil hacker, and he needs an out. She’s a crime boss with substantial but ill-defined powers who appears halfway through the movie to chat with Vin Diesel over a cuppa. Make of it what you will.Īnyway, as Deckard’s mother, Magdalene is sort of a lawful neutral figure - like most of the Furious characters, she operates outside the law, but has a strong sense of family values. Vin Diesel and the Rock, former frenemies, spend most of the movie apart for nebulous reasons, and so Statham acts as a sort of replacement Vin for the Rock’s character, which leads to much eye contact and grimacing. Like any Jason Statham character, Deckard is a very angry man who loves his mom, babies, and also his brother Owen (Luke Evans), who was apparently the villain in Fast & Furious 6.ĭeckard was a villain in Furious 7, but by the time we’ve gotten to The Fate of the Furious, he’s more of an ally. Even the name is a slight spoiler: She’s the mother of Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw, who was apparently the villain of Furious 7. Though she doesn’t appear in the opening credits, Mirren plays Magdalene Shaw. Now, for those Helen Mirren fans who need convincing, or just simply want to know what they’re getting into, a brief guide. The movie was loud, confusing, and full of explosions, which is pretty much all you need from a blockbuster. As a die-hard Helen Mirren fan - I went to see The Hundred-Foot Journey please don’t ask me to describe anything that happened in it - I saw The Fate of the Furious out of a sense of moral obligation, despite not having seen any of the previous installments of the franchise, though the plot points of many of them have been described in great detail to me by the various straight men in my life. The film, The Fate of the Furious, is the eighth installment of some larger franchise, which chronicles the adventures of Vin Diesel, the Rock, their muscles, and the various muscle cars the love. As you may have heard, a new Helen Mirren action movie comes out this weekend.
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