Fast X – You Made One Mistake ... You Never Took Our Mics

With Fast X, our favorite street racers turned international spies again find themselves entangled with another bad guy hell bent on world domination and revenge. This time, it is the deliciously evil Dante, played with the perfect amount of lunacy by Jason Mamoa. Dante is the son of Hernan Reyes, who we last saw meeting his demise in Fast Five. Thus, Fast X is essentially trying to recapture the magic of what is widely believed to be the best film in the series. Whether it accomplishes that goal or not all depends on how much gas you think the series has left in the tank. Fast X is excessively loud, dumb, and over the top in all the best ways—but also all the same ways we've seen before. As a result, it does leave one wondering how much longer Dom and his adopted family can keep the pedal to the metal. Like F9, Fast X's box office is eating the dust of Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious (Fast 8). Looking to finish with just over $700 million worldwide and with an ultra soft $130 million domestic (as of this writing), the law of diminishing returns appears to be in full effect. The same can be said for its reviews. At 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, Fast X is the worst reviewed entry since the fourth. With two movies to go, all signs point to this needing an exit ramp. So, sit back, send your tastebuds drifting with a Dynamite IPA from Goldwater Brewing, and tail-whip a rolling bomb with a crane! I, the Thunderous Wizard (@WriterTLK), Chumpzilla, and Bling Blake are going full throttle through the streets of Rome! This Week’s Segments: Introduction/Plot Breakdown – Not all races can be won! (00:00) Lingering Questions – The Double Turn Podcast street races for pink slips, and then we predict who will randomly come back from the dead next. (43:00) The "Sum Bitch" Trivia Challenge – I challenge the field to trivia about the Fast and Furious franchise. (1:08:25) Recommendations – We offer our picks for the week and next up: We kick off Hops and WTF Flops with the baffling Tip Toes! (1:19:45) And, as always, hit us up on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram to check out all the interesting factoids—the Rock's upcoming pseudo-sequel and more—from this week’s episode! You can find this episode of Hops and Box Office Flops on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Spotify, Acast, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music, and more!