The Fate of the Furious banks on loyal and curious cinematic rubbernecking to drive us to these films. And, mostly, we forgive its glaring flaws for the merriment of the show. However, with repetition of story and recycling of catch phrases, The Future of the Furious doesn’t seem as bright as it once did in, say, Tokyo.

This current installment has our fearless Dominic Toretto (Diesel) forced into rogue status in the style of Jack Bauer (clearly just a point of reference and not a comparison) while former adversaries and family unite to unearth the truth behind Toretto’s uncharacteristic actions. The alluring interaction of Cipher (Theron) and Dom does well to preserve her mysterious motif until the ideal moment of revelation. We found Theron an interesting choice because F. Gary Gray (Italian Job) seemed to attempt an iced version of George Miller’s brilliant Fury Road sequences to no avail, of course, but it surely brought concluding excitement.

This is a turning point as Hobbs (The Rock) and Shaw (Statham) are laughing at their lines outtake style, which is both comforting and concerning. Dom and his furious family must share F8’s 2.1 napkins out of 5 at this Sunday’s dinner.

The appeal of Jordan Peele is that his comedic intelligence fosters accuracy. And with the stew of notions in Get Out, it is no surprise that social commentary and genre defiance flow in perfect symmetry in this wildly entertaining film.

The young Rose (Williams) and Chris (Kaluuya) reluctantly prepare to visit her uppity parents who are unaware of their daughter’s interracial relationship. Upon arrival, a cloaking eeriness floats through the air as we realize that Chris’ skin color probably isn’t a surprise. Rose is ideally sarcastic about the reaction of her parents Missy (Keener) and Dean (Whitford) but an odd reality presents itself around the house.

About the time sci-fi and horror are in command, we are brought back to comedy in one fell swoop with harmless Georgina (Gabriel) walking across the window to a frightful musical crescendo. It is a full circle moment and a reminder of the intended playful takeaway ultimately sustained throughout by Rod (Howery), Chris’ TSA agent best friend.

Jordan Peele, for us, channels Simon Pegg to cross all classes of films but cannot quite cross into the Film Clas elite as we take out 4.49 napkins out of 5 for Get Out.