Monday 6 April 2015

Film Review: Fast & Furious 7

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Cert: 12A (PG13)

Director: James Wan

Screen writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) 

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker , Jason Statham , Michelle Rodriguez , Jordana Brewster , Tyrese Gibson , Ludacris , Dwayne Johnson , Lucas Black , Kurt Russell , Nathalie Emmanuel , Elsa Pataky , Gal Gadot , John Brotherton , Luke Evans, Tony Jaa , Djimon Hounsou , Noel Gugliemi , Ronda Rousey.

Running time: 137 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Women wear bikinis, thongs, very short skirts. Suggestive dancing.

Some minor kissing and suggestive comments.

UNLIKE SOME OF THE EARLY MOVIES IN THE SERIES, THIS ONE IS NOT RATED FOR ANY SEXUAL CONTENT

Violence & Gore: Super sized mayhem, the most destructive entry yet

Profanity:  1 use of "fuck", and a few uses of "shit" and "bitch". Several uses of Gd

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Several lines of dialogue about which beer two characters prefer. Corona is mentioned specifically.

A hospital patient swallows medication from a prescription bottle. 

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Official MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for prolonged frenetic sequences of violence, action and destruction, mayhem, suggestive content and brief strong language.



Story: Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde, and a shady government official called "Mr. Nobody" are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called God's Eye, that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God's Eye program while caught in a power struggle between terrorist and the United States government. 

Likes : For the 7th film in the franchise this one in light of Paul walkers death was the most hard hitting film to watch, not because i was a fan of his film but for who he stood for & did in life to help others. Paul spent most of his life off screen time helping people across the world in disaster zones, bring food & water where needed & building home for those that had lost their's with a team he founded as well as other charity's.
 Paul was truly a great person not only as great actor but a caring person as well who died so young, he is sadly missed by his family & his on screen family on set of fast & furious as well as the fan around the world, this truly was a great film to say good bye to him with honor.
Apart from the odd few flaws in the filming this was an amazingly entertaining film to watch from the fight scene to the car chase's to the insane moments with the jaw dropping special effect of a car jumping from one build to other really did add to the action in the film.
The character of Deckard Shaw was awesome just a ruthless, no fear, no conscious, menacing character played brilliantly & perfect casting with Jason Statham, you just couldn't of got a better actor to play this role as he brought this edge to the character you just don't mess with.
Dwayne Johnson brought it to this film as well, brilliant performance as a hard ass soldier Hobbs, One thing that made his character brilliant in this film was the one-liners such a bad ass character which bring the muscle to the good guy's, but what a fight scene with him & statham character just brutal & fast.
There is one scene in this film that actual was good for Ludacris'character Tej that made him come across as a bit of a bad ass to in the film, that actual mad me think dammmm.....i think that was a pretty cool scene to throw in the film, gave him that moment to shine in a few sec action scene.
Tyrese Gibson role i swear is only written in as the joker character for the film to give it a funny edge so it has something to laugh at to light the mood, which he dose because he actual funny in this film with a few scenes, Michelle Rodriguez & Ronda Rousey performance on screen was good with a pretty brutal fight scene between them both this was well choreographed & believable fight scene, where Michelle had more scene you notice her character still hasn't regain much of her memory although still remember a few things, her performance is brilliant.
Tony Jaa add character welcome addiction to the story add a bit of a flare with paul walkers character special some fight scene with a bit of sadistic humor, but the fight scene again are well choreographed that those were cool, from what i gathered Djimon Hounsou character Jakande was a merc weapons smuggler with a private army, his character was very ruthless as well, Djimon perfect performance pull this role brilliantly, Nathalie Emmanuel performance is brilliant as well.
Vin Diesel return perfect as always in his performance, show a side of Dominic Toretto that almost matched the ruthless concept of statham character Deckard, as their fights scene were brilliant for the film as a final show down between them, but i think it was the heart felt narrative tribute at the end for Paul walker that make this film worth while as it was the most beautiful good by to his friend & brother they could have given.
From what i gather Paul walkers scene were up the Funeral scene, the rest was film with his two brothers they C.G.I Paul's face in to the scene ive got say you could really tell the difference, its was like as if he had never died, he was on set all the way through the film so im very impressed with that, along with some stunt scene & a few c.g.i scene its brought the film almost to near perfect, there are a few questionable scene but this is a film i highly recommend watching as it give a great send off to Paul walker.

Dislikes : The drone moments in the tunnel scene is a little unrealistic, as the wings hit the wall & carry's on fly, this kind of was stupid because it would be flying at all it would of crashed, the only other complaint is certain fight scene were to close to the camera with shake effects. I've mention this before in other film's that is hard to see a fight scene when the camera is close up with the shake camera effects,  you can't see the fight that well. which sadly a few scene that were like this which is a shame because they were mostly Paul walkers character fight scenes, but apart from that this was a good film.

Overall : great action, good banter, insane moments, emotional heart felt tribute ending that will hit your heart string.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9.7 out of 10 for Story / 10 out of 10 for Paul walker tribute ending





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