They poke fun at the fact that they never get injured or die, but that isn't enough when looking at just how dumb the action is here.
And I have had to ignore or forgive a lot but until now I have found those set pieces able to clear an increasingly elevating hurdle, the baggage of these characters and trying to make me care even as they become impervious superheroes that have long left the earthbound trappings of a scrappy team of underground street racers lead by Vin Diesel back in 2001.
Unfortunately, the joy I felt with previous action incarnations from the series was not recaptured this time.