Furious 7 finds Dom (Vin Diesel) and the rest of his crew moving on from the events of the last movie and leave that life behind. Unfourtanetly, their past comes back to haunt them when Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) seeks revenge for what happened to his brother Owen (movie 6's villain played by Luke Evans).
James Wan takes over as director and I think he does a really good job, especially considering he's done mostly horror movies up until this point. I also give him a lot of credit for being able to finish the movie after Paul Walker's death. Since Paul only completed about half of his scenes, they had to use a combination of cgi, body doubles (including Paul's brothers), and stunt doubles. It was edited so well that I couldn't even tell the difference for the most part, except for a few brief moments where it was obvious cgi if you looked really close.
Even though the action keeps getting crazier and crazier, I had so much fun watching this movie. It was nearly two and a half hours but it sure didn't feel like it. Although I'm convinced that somewhere along the line (a deleted scene maybe?) Dom and his crew gained superpowers. That's the only explanation I can think of for what they are able to pull off. There's no way a normal human would be able to survive what they do.
I can forgive them for that though. What I can't forgive them for is the terrible dialog. It's too distracting and I had to take off a point it was so bad.
Overall though, I really enjoyed Furious 7. If you liked the other movies than you'll love this. I know Vin Diesel said there would be an eighth movie, but I wish they would end it here. It tied everything up nicely and it was very respectful to Paul's memory. The last ten minutes had me tearing up.
Who am I kidding, whenever an eighth movie is released, I'll be there opening night :)
My Rating: 9/10
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