Momoa Prevents ‘Fast-X’ Crash

Racing franchise came close to skidding off road

By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer

Fans and critics may disagree over when exactly the “Fast & Furious” franchise jumped the shark, but there is only one correct answer: When the Pontiac Fiero went into space.

Weightless and violating every physical law, the floating cartasked with bumping a satellite in the ninth installment - was the very symbol of how bloated and crazed the once-plucky series had become. There really was no way down after that.

And yet we have come to 10, part of a planned series of films finally saying goodbye. “Fast X” is, thankfully, shackled to Earth’s gravity - sometimes tenuously, it must be said - but it has become almost camp, as if it breathed in too much of its own fumes.

“Fast X” reaches into the fifth movie - 2011’s “Fast Five” - for the seeds to tell a new story. In a memorable moment five movies ago, Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto wrecked a bad guy and his team on a bridge in Rio de Janeiro. Little did we know then, but that bad guy had a son who survived and now, years later, vows vengeance. That’s it. That’s the plot.

That said, “Fast X” is mon-