I saw F9 the other day. I lost interest in the Fast and the Furious franchise after Tokyo Drift, at that point it seemed like they were still trying to make a serious type movie, but it was just too over the top for me. It wasn't until about a month or so ago that I saw one of the later ones, 8 I think, and realized that they had leaned into the over the top ridiculousness of it all, and that admittedly sucked me back in. Whatever one where they decided to "make it rain" and hacked a bunch of cars to drive off some parking structure onto the streets below. It's one thing to think that you're being serious, it's another to understand what's going on and lean into it.
F9 is really no different, even meta at times with characters talking about invincibility and such. Funny, the biggest issue I had with F9 was that they didn't lean into it enough. They had some goofy parts, but the chases just felt.. Slower to me than previous ones. Still, mindless fun, and a random Cardi B cameo that made me laugh out loud.
They had a other cameos that I got a giggle out of, namely Bow-Wow and the other guy from Tokyo Drift, these kids were in High School in the third movie, there's only a gap of like 5 or so years in universe, and they come back looking old and haggard as fuck, so life was apparently cruel to those two.
Probably a good 7/10, nothing amazing, I had to take a leak in the middle of the movie and was willing to step away for that because it's not like you're going to miss much. Enjoyable though. There's rumours of a crossover with the Jurassic Park franchise, and I want that so bad, because if you're going to lean into it, I want you to lean in hard.
Worth a watch at least, if you're into the silliness.