Fast X's mixed reviews give it a Rotten score in Rotten Tomatoes, but how does it compare to the rest of the franchise? Originally pitched as the first of a two-part finale to the entire Fast and Furious franchise, Fast X is now the first installment of a trilogy, but its reviews don't paint the brightest picture for the franchise's conclusion. While most reviews say fans who are still invested in the series will likely get more of what they want from the over-the-top movies, they're also critical of the writing and played out hyperbole of the unrealistically extreme car stunts and other franchise tropes.
The Fast and Furious franchise started smaller with The Fast and the Furious in 2001, and while it didn't earn strong reviews, it earned a solid $207.3 million at the box office, particularly considering its $38 million budget. The review scores and box office creeped upwards for the next few movies before exploding in Fast Five, turning Fast and Furious into one of the most lucrative blockbuster franchises, earning over $1 billion in both Furious 7 and Fate of the Furious. Only a few of the movies in the franchise have earned Fresh reviews in Rotten Tomatoes, so here's how Fast X's Rotten Tomatoes score compares.
Fast X Has the Lowest Fast & Furious Rotten Tomatoes Score Since the 4th Movie
Fast X's Rotten Tomatoes score is currently 58 percent, the fifth-lowest score in the franchise behind Furious 7 (81 percent), Fast Five (78 percent), Fast & Furious 6 (71 percent), The Fate of the Furious (67 percent), and F9 (59 percent). Fast X ranks ahead of The Fast and the Furious (55 percent), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (38 percent), 2 Fast 2 Furious (36 percent), and Fast & Furious (29 percent). Fast X reviews also continues a downward trend from the franchise-high 81 percent in Furious 7, with each movie declining over the last until Fast X's 58 percent, which will likely fall even lower as more reviews come in.
Fast X's Rotten Tomatoes Score is Still Higher Than the Fast & Furious Average
Despite scoring lower than most of the recent Fast and Furious movies, Fast X's 58 percent score is actually one point higher than the franchise's 57 percent average. Since none of the Fast and Furious movies even earned a Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score until Fast Five, the franchise average is still quite low. Of course, if Fast X's score drops any more as more reviews come in, it'll fall below the franchise average, and could even fall below the original The Fast and the Furious if it drops below 55 percent.
With Rotten Tomatoes trending down with each new Fast and Furious release, Fast X's 58 percent Rotten Tomatoes score could be a bad sign for the remaining two movies in the franchise; however, considering Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's arrival as Hobbs accompanied the franchise's original jump into Fresh territory, and the highest rated movies in the franchise are the ones he's in, The Rock's return for the final Fast and Furious movies could revive the franchise's review scores once again.
