Fast X Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed

Fast X has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 60% after its initial wave of critics’ reviews – barely edging it over the borderline of being “Fresh.” Fast X has had 77 reviews submitted at the time of writing this; the general consensus seems to be that the ever-increasing ridiculousness of The Fast Saga has completely jumped the shark in this tenth installment. That said, the balancing factors seem to be a standout performance from Jason Momoa (Aquaman) as the film’s villain, Dante, as well as some thrilling action from director Louis Leterrrier (The Incredible Hulk). 

In our own ComicBook.com review of Fast X, critic Spencer Perry says: 

At its core, Fast X has strayed entirely from what people like about the best movies in the franchise: the ensemble cast together, the world-traveling scope that was shot on location, and the practical car effects. There are pieces of all these things, but not enough for a movie that has clearly spent hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars to make it to the big screen on this particular release date. Is the action still slick and fun? For the most part. Are you going to have a good time at the movies while watching it? Probably. But if you consider the mechanical elements that made your favorite movies in this series what they are, you will notice their absence here. Fast X has fundamentally dropped the ball in terms of what made it so special from other franchises. Even if Fast X appears to have lost some of its identity, if it’s promising us at least one more movie where Jason Momoa is running around like an unhinged goblin that’s watched too many Saw movies, that’s not the most awful thing.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

ComicBook Nation host Kofi Outlaw counters with the idea that Fast X is exactly the kind of culminating chapter that diehard fans of the franchise will enjoy – even if they are the only ones who will: 

If you like #FastAndFuriousmovies then #FAST10 will be your Avengers: Infinity War. A great villain makes all the difference.

The franchise is so entrenched in what it is it’s become critic-proof. #FastAndFuriousis a victory lap for the mindless joy of these flicks.

You can read the story synopsis for Fast X below – the film will be in theaters on Friday:

The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast and Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything-and everyone-that Dom loves, forever. 

In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price. Dante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance. 

Directed by Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Incredible Hulk), Fast X stars returning cast members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Jason Statham, John Cena and Scott Eastwood, with Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron. The film also features an extraordinary new cast including Oscar® winner Brie Larson as Tess, a rogue representative from the Agency; Alan Richtson (Reacher) as Aimes, the new head of the Agency who doesn’t hold the same fondness for Dom’s crew as his predecessor, Mr. Nobody; Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) as a Brazilian street racer with a powerful tie to Dom’s past; and legendary Oscar® winner Rita Moreno as Dom and Mia’s Abuelita Toretto. Fast X is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Justin Lin, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Samantha Vincent. The executive producers are Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr., David Cain, Chris Morgan, Amanda Lewis and Mark Bomback.