TOO FAST TOO FURIOUS....I THINK NOT.....
The Fast and Furious franchise is nowadays what Summer Blockbuster Movies are all about. With it's crazy over the top stunts, silly facial macho acting, heavy soundtrack, it manages to keep you on the edge of your seat and feeding your face with popcorn. I love the Fast and Furious franchise. The only exception was the 3rd one. Lucas Black's accent and Bow Wow's acting were too much for me to handle. It wasn't horrible but it isn't my favorite of the franchise. (I still own it on BluRay)
Furious 7 is filled with comedic action scenes (cars flying through buildings, jumping out of planes, The Rock gunning down a helicopter with a M230 machine gun) as well as a great ending to give a final sendoff to Paul Walker. As everyone should know Paul Walker died during the making of this film in a car chase. The director had to make a difficult decision on how to finish the film without him. I think he did a great job at it. The final sendoff will leave everyone in the theater with a little tear in their eye. I can't wait to check out the behind the scenes and commentary on the Blu Ray to see what challenges they had and which scenes included his brother as a stand-in.
One of the things that I loved about this film was that it paid homage to the previous installments with scenes like Race Wars from Fast 1 and including Bow Wow and Lucas Black from Fast 3. I loved the fight with Ronda Rousey but could have done without the cameo from Iggy Azalea. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been a great addition to the franchise since Fast 5 and he continued to deliver. In my opinion he has been a great big action star since the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Keep the action coming Rock but please no more Tooth Fairy like movies.
My only takeaway from Furious 7 is that it was a little long. The action scenes were so long and from the beginning to the very end almost. I felt very tense and unable to breath at times because they were so long winded and even though I knew they would make it out, you still had that feeling they wouldn't.
If you can escape realism or you enjoy the Fast and Furious franchise, I would definitely recommend this movie!! Sit back and grab some popcorn because this is a "popcorn" flick after all! Just enjoy the ride!
R.I.P. Paul Walker
My rating: 4 1/2 Stars
