Fast & Furious 8 rens up to all – out!

If you thought she was fabulously wicked in Snow White And The Huntsman (2012) and its 2016 sequel, she has upped her game here.

As the playmaker in this eighth instalment of the 16-year-old action franchise, she twists Vin Diesel's tree-trunk arms easily with mere words.

That essentially sums up what the billion-dollar Fast & Furious machine has become.

When it first began in 2001, Diesel and gang were all about car racing and petty crime.

This one takes the cake with "raining" cars - literally - and "zombie" cars.

At the rate the series is going, Diesel will soon be driving cars in space.

Director F. Gary Gray, fresh from his 2015 Oscar-nominated biopic Straight Outta Compton, clearly hasn't forgotten his action roots, though it is a pity he doesn't give his The Italian Job leading lady Theron any action parts.

Still, Fast & Furious 8 cruises along easily enough because of the cast's chemistry.

Jason Statham's spy/baddie Deckard Shaw contributes some of the most fun moments, and joining him is Helen Mirren, who is such a hoot.