Furious 7 2015 [alternative name Fast & Furious 7] by AverageMansReviews

Furious 7 2015 [alternative name Fast & Furious 7] by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/cutting/breaking/burning/medical

Merciless revenge is coming to those that have hospitalised his little brother: Owen Shaw's [Luke Evans] bigger and much more ruthless brother Deckard Shaw [Jason Statham] is seeking revenge which he begins with DSS Agent Luke Hobbs [Dwayne Johnson,] then moves on to Han [Sung Kang;] I know this was shown in the previous projects extra credit scene, but we get a little bit more detail here and then attempts to hit at the heart of Dominic Toretto [Vin Diesel] and his family and keep an eye out for Kara [Ronda Rousey] the head of security for Jordanian Prince.

The pacing for this 140 minutes film is generally speaking good. Meaning for some strange reason this instalment in opening section and for some reason over an hour in, we have this nostalgic objectifying women's thing going on. You know back in the early instalments of this franchise we had women dancing without too much clothing on to hip-hop music or something like that and going wrong that kind of thing was acceptable/okay back then, because it was back then. But as we are here and now in the seventh film of 2015 on its release in the first film was released in 2001, you know times change, when you have Roman Pearce [Tyrese Gibson] and Tej Parker [Chris "Ludacris" Bridges] arguing over this new character including Rock-Paper-Scissors for her and full disclosure Letty Ortiz [Michelle Rodriguez] comes into this scene and has something to say about it, I mean speaking of nostalgia we have Johnson pulling out one of his old signature wrestling moves in the first action sequence with/vs. Deckard Shaw [Jason Statham:] you are looking for the glass like coffee table he puts Deckard Shaw through it by using a move known as "The Rock Bottom."

When this film chooses to leave its nostalgia or archaic look behind more frequently then things look positive; like the art the scenery such as the golden women in this party sequence, I know I have just criticised this film for hip-hop objectifying women thing; but the difference being there is artistic visions in effect here; this is one of those fine line situations and of course there is this sequence which was nicely put together to commiserate the sad and tragic passing of Paul Walker in this film franchise as Brian O'Connor/Cody Walker [Paul Walker's younger brother stood in some scenes as Brian O'Connor.] RIP Paul Walker 1973-2013.

The action; I am sure they probably went with bigger or go home, so this is what we have bigger action sequences, for two vague examples; we have these vehicles that have parachutes available for when is the right time to use them falling out of this military transport aircraft and for a bit of comedy Pearce thinks twice about doing this even though it was his plan, but don't worry Parker has a backup plan to resolve Pearce's fear. The second action sequence is basically this giant game of keep away adapted involving this militarised chopper and different members/cars of Toretto's family; all they have to do is keep this package alive and to give this individual time to complete their part of the plan.

The character developments and the performances are all good; minus the nostalgic immaturity of which I have already discussed, but mine is that the chemistry between these long-term characters and their performers which has been built over these many films now is clearly still a massive positive as it seems to evolve every film title and even with the newcomers they seem to just gel in.

Unfortunately I have to talk about the elephant in the room; I will stress this twice; I did not and I will say that again I did not find this comical or amusing in the slightest and I am not blaming anyone that worked on this film [because as I have highlighted it unfortunately happened towards the end of making this film,] but in hindsight it is an extreme awkward situation or situations. When there are many times in one way or another it is said that O'Connor misses the bullets being fired at him or you almost dies from doing something which is full of adrenaline.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; after everything is said and done it finds itself at this mark, on the whole it is solidly entertaining and yes this film has awards accredited to it Winners 36 including Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2016 Best Action/Adventure Film. 36 Nominees including from the same award event/ceremony Best Editing Christian Wagner Dylan Highsmith Kirk M. Morri Leigh Folsom Boyd.