Best of all in the series !!!! I'm the fan of the series. I only saw the first one and the last 3 movies. but so far it was the best
You know what's more surprising than there's seven of these? The fact that they got better! Especially the last two movies, which are both very well directed action movies. Here James Wan - well known for The Conjuring and the Insidious films - is taking over the direction. I was truly excited for Furious 7 and it is actually a lot of fun: it is a big unrealistic good time with cars flying out of air planes using parachutes, explosions, fist fights and there are all great things!
Ridiculous, over the top, cheesy, cliche and somehow fantastic, Furious 7 is another very very fun installment in the franchise. It's crazy how Five, Six, and now 7 are all considered the best installments. How often can you get quality films 5, 6, and 7 movies deep? The dialogue is a bit stilted at times, and there are moments when the CGI Paul Walker is pretty noticeable, but for the most part, this is a very well-done film.
The film begins kind of bland, giving us the introductory information on the new villain, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham). Shaw is the highly-skilled assassin whose younger brother was severely injured by the Fast family in the sixth film. He is out for vengeance against Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew, and he won't slow down until he takes care of business. In comes the hot-shot director of a secret agency, played excellently by Kurt Russell, who informs Dom of a surveillance device called "God's Eye" that can find anyone and would be used for injustice if in the wrong hands. By telling Dom he can use the device to find Shaw, he convinces the alpha and his team to obtain "God's Eye," leading to a series of car chases, fight scenes, and the usual fair from these films.
The film is constantly filled with tension and excitement despite its slightly long running time ). The impressive, absurd yet glorious stunt-filled action sequences featured in this film will definitely keep the audience glued to the screen. They able to both match and even top the efforts of its previous installments. Aside from the usual sport cars that many viewers of the franchise used to be seeing in the past, there are more luxurious supercars being used this time around: Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, Lamborghini, and whatever they were. There are also a few comic relief scenes with Roman (Tyrese Gibson) as well to relief some of tension between the action sequences.
However, the film is not without its problems. The franchise's biggest problem has always been the lack of compelling, memorable villains. The same can be said for this one as well. There are two villains this time around and they were constantly sidelined most of the time by each other and the big action sequences. The characters are not well developed enough, which is a waste. There are some plot contrivances here and there and some dialogues in certain scenes are particularly cheesy and corny, which I think viewers of the franchise would get used to them by now.
If you thought Vin Diesel flying 50 feet in the air to catch a girl was over the top in Fast and Furious 6, wait till you see Furious 7. Watch The Rock fall ten stories, Paul Walker defy gravity, Jason Statham tele-port through out the film, Vin Diesel carry a two ton car, drive off a cliff with all the insouciance of a man on his way to buy a pint of milk, crash and survive without a single scratch, and most importantly drive a car through not 1, not 2, but 3 sky scrappers. Also be ready to watch telenovella scene from Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez.
Fast & Furious 7 is exactly what fans have been hoping for, and is most probably what non-fans wish this series could become. It's not perfect, but then again, it's not supposed to be. What it should be is special, and in that it indubitably succeeded.
8/10·IMDb
82%·Rotten Tomatoes
67/100 - Metacritics
8/10 - Verdict
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