‘Fast X’ draws out the chases, fights to the point of tedium

Dom (Vin Diesel) is off on a solo mission in “Fast X.” (Universal Pictures)

Here’s your reminder “The Fast and the Furious” was based on a true story as chronicled in a 1998 Vibe magazine article, and that the original film from 2001 is a somewhat grounded crime film with Paul Walker’s LAPD Officer Brian O’Conner going undercover to infiltrate a gang of street racers and thieves led by Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto.

Cut to the year 2023, and nobody, I mean NOBODY, expects realism or logic when it comes to the “FF” movies, which have grown bigger and more bloated, with Dom and his friends (and foes) performing feats of daring and strength and gravity-defying driving that would have Speed Racer and Captain America giving them a standing ovation.