Director: James Wan
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Djimon Hounsou, Lucas Black, Elsa Pataky, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey.
After the release of the sixth movie, Universal wanted to release the
film in 2014 due to the franchises status as a “bankable asset” and Lin decided
not to return to direct and in his place was James Wan. However, on November 30th,
2013, when the movie was in the middle of production, Paul Walker was killed in
a car accident, causing the rest of filming to be halted and the film pushed
back to 2015. Once filming resumed Paul’s brother Caleb and Cody were hired to
complete the remaining scenes that Paul intended to film, with the use of CGI/motion-capture performance.
Once the movie was released, the film received positive reviews and made over a
billion at the box-office.
Like the last two Fast movies, this one was enjoyable and it paid
tribute to Paul well, and this was the first movie in the series to take place
after Tokyo Drift, because in the film, Dom (Vin Diesel) and the team – Brian
(Paul Walker), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej
(Ludacris) are forced to come back together when they learn that Deckard Shaw
(Jason Statham), the brother of the now comatose Owen was the one who murdered
Han in Tokyo and is now out for them. The team are then recruited by a
government agent Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell), recommended by Luke Hobbs (Dwayne
Johnson), now hospital bound to help him track down a surveillance device known as “God’s Eye” with
the help of a hacker named Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) before Somalian warlord
Mose Jakande (Djimon Hounsou) gets to it first. From start to finish the never
drags and each sequence does not disappoint, I know that they had CGI instead
of practical effects, but this time the use of CGI is actually good mainly
because the stunts and sequences performed are very death defying like cars
flying in the air to a bus sliding to the end of a cliff and barley escaping,
it’s insane.
The performances, if not all, do not disappoint, Diesel is at the
heart of the movie, but maybe not as good as the last movie due to Walker’s
passing but at least he was still passionate about it.
Paul Walker was able to give a solid performance before his untimely
demise, but with Caleb and Cody taking over the second half of production, they
were able to fulfill what Paul started and the CGI enhancements used was
incredible.
Michelle Rodriguez gave a much stronger performance as Letty,
progressing her character arc and being able to be a full team player.
Both Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson give good energy to their characters
and their bickering does not get old.
It was nice to see Lucas Black return as Sean from “Tokyo Drift”, but
he only appears in one scene and they could have used him a lot more in this,
but I understand why he did not have a big part.
Dwayne Johnson had some good moments and I enjoyed his fight scene
with Jason Statham and his involvement at the end when shooting down the
helicopter with a Gatling gun, but shame that he had a smaller part compared to
previous installments.
I enjoyed Statham in this, he is a favourite actor of mine, but he doesn’t
appear as much as expected and shows up when there is an action scene, he not
as good of a villain as Owen in six, but he is a welcome addition to the
series.
Kurt Russell was also a welcome addition and had some fun moments with
Diesel. He plays his part with such cool and enthusiasm.
Tony Jaa also makes an appearance in this and has two cool fights
scenes with Walker.
Then there’s Ronda Rousey and all I have to say was, what was she
doing there, she was forgettable.
Overall, Furious 7 was a great, emotional and memorable installment
that pays tribute to Walker well and brings his character arc full circle.
Rating: 8/10
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