With "Fast X," the "Fast and Furious" franchise hits a wall thanks to a messy script and choppy action sequences, suggesting the series is about out of gas.

F9: The Fast Saga proves that the series would benefit from treating its audience kinder by giving them something interesting rather than this absurdity.

No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past. F9 is the ninth chapter in the “Fast & Furious Saga,” which has endured for two decades and has earned more than $5 billion around the world. The first trai...