And understandably so, as the first and fourth films failed to rev my fun engine. Yet “Fast Five” achieves that seemingly insurmountable peak. Once worldwide receipts are counted, I suspect its tally will be larger than any of its predecessors. Part of that is because it mostly glosses over what the 2001 original so off-puttingly […]
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The Inheritance
Such is the case with the debut from writer/director Robert O’Hara, which could be called a slavery slasher. That’s new. Taking the classic Agatha Christie setup of everyone invited to quite a spread arriving at the same time, “The Inheritance” gathers five African-American relatives and their respective partners for a family reunion in the snow. […]