This time, new character Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa) is clumsily inserted in the background.
This is a cheap way to make a new villain seem menacing and meaningful.
Naturally, he is Dante’s primary target.
Vin Diesel and Daniela Melchior in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
but having one character constantly ridiculing the others and making mockery of everything feels maybe a little too on-the-nose.
After that opening retcon flashback,Fast Xemploys another tired cliche to artificially inflate Dante’s menace.
Yet it’s alarming how little they’ve utilizedthe greatest action star of our time.
Jason Momoa in ‘Fast X’.Giulia Parmigiani/Universal Pictures
What’s that about?
There sure area lotof references to the absent Mr. Nobody, though.
you’re able to practically hearChristian Bale’s voice completing the quote with “…not yet.”
Brie Larson in ‘Fast X’.Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures
It’s these seemingly serious stakes that sit oddly alongside Momoa’s over-the-top campiness.
Are we supposed to feel threatened, or is it all just in good fun?
Why so serious, Dom?
