<em>Fast & Furious</em> and Pretty Stale
The franchise’s formula—merciless villain and world-threatening chaos, plus cars—just isn’t landing like it used to.
We should have known something was wrong when Dominic Toretto started drinking a different brand of beer. The hero of the long-running series, Dom (played by Vin Diesel), has always been known for three things: his fearless skill behind the wheel of a car, his fierce loyalty to his family, and his fondness for an ice-cold Corona. That is, until 2017, , saw Dom and his crew drinking—heaven forbid—Budweiser. That mistake was corrected in the, but it was a subtle sign that the saga was losing its grip on the mythic, silly internal logic that made it so special.
