Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Beau Is Afraid 2. Infinity Pool 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 5. Tetris 6. Air 7. Creed III 8. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 9. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 10. M3GAN 11. missing 12. Scream VI 13. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 14. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 15. Renfield 16. Evil Dead Rise 17. The Pope’s Exorcist 18. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 19. Knock at the Cabin 20. Plane 21. Cocaine Bear 22. Knights of the Zodiac Fast X follows my two rules for sequels: never undermine your essence, and escalate. These movies so far have never undermined their essence: fast cars, street races, exciting vehicle driven missions, and of course, family. These movies are shamelessly entertaining, somehow consistently delivering on-character emotional punches within the most bizarre and cartoon-like of circumstances, so if you come into this party to complain about realism, please f**k off until you can manage to get that stick surgically removed from your rectum. You gotta like your entertainment with extra cheese to hang out with this crew. However, you can only escalate so far. We all know the #1 rule in this franchise: if you’re the bad guy from the previous movie, you join the family in the next film. It is THE sticking point that gives this series its charm. But this new baddie makes a point of going against that trope, telling us the audience that they’re aware that they can’t keep this up forever and hopefully will be closing up shop for good soon because the family dinner table is getting a little crowded. Please please please bring back everybody for one last ride, and then respectfully and lovingly lay this adored franchise, and Dominic Toretto, to rest. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 Nanz: https://www.youtube.com/@hiro5449 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message