Genre
Action | Crime | Thriller
Director
James Wan
Country
USA
Cast
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Lucas Black, Elsa Pataky, Noel Gugliemi, John Brotherton, Ali Fazal, Luke Evans
Storyline
Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family for his comatose brother (Luke Evans).
Opinion
I don't want to sound mean or like an awful person or anything, but I believe the reason why this film made all those money - and got a quite positive response - it's because of the dead of Paul Walker, and now I'm telling you why.
First of all, "Furious 7" is quite stupid, boring and predictable, it looks like a parody of the franchise and it doesn't even fall into the action category because it is so unreal it should be listed as science fiction. But let's move on.
Chris Morgan, the screenwriter, was probably high when he wrote the script. The plot, well once again there really isn't a plot, it is just something resembling a story of revenge that eventually ends in the most predictable way, is utterly ridiculous, full of holes and illogical developments that will make your head hurts if, like me, you're trying to make sense of it.But it is an action flick right? Why am I even thinking the film should make sense? Unfortunately for the film, it doesn't even work as an action movie. There is plenty of action and I gotta admit that it's great action but was it necessary to make it so unreal? Vin Diesel and Jason Statham fight for 15 minutes maybe and they barely have a scratch. Not to mention the impossible car stunts. It does seem more like science fiction than action.
"Furious 7" biggest strength - and mostly like the only one - is the final tribute to Paul Walker. I'm not talking only about the scenes from the old films, but about that last scene, when Toretto keeps driving and Brian turns left, a turn toward the unknown. All the film should have had this kind of depth.
At this point, part of the charm of this series is seeing just how ridiculous the stunts can be. Everything in the script is geared towards putting our heroes in a position where they will have to something outrageous. At that, the film excels. They make stupidity sublime. For that, I am anxiously waiting for F8 so I can fork over more of my cash to these people. Sad, I know, but I can't help myself.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad, I know, but I'll probably do the same.
DeleteI am proud to say i have not seen any of these films. i have seen glimpses but that was enough. They made all that hoopla over his death and it was sad but he was driving way too fast so it was his error sadly.
ReplyDeleteFinally someone saying things as they are. He was driving too fast and those kind of things happen. There's nobody to blame, only him. And it's sad of course because he was still young but it's just wrong that they used Walker's death to make more money.
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