The seventh instalment of the fast and the furious movie franchise was always going to be a movie to have high expectations for, after all it would be the last movie we all got to see the late Paul Walker in and most likely all the others gathered for. So needless to say most movie goers went to the cinema expecting gold or at least a shiny silver and after accompanying a group of friends and family recently to go watch the movie I must say, it did not disappoint.
The racing crew delivered, in my opinion, quite a nice feature film in both acting and story as they tackled a revenge plot and a little side plot of one of their own recovering lost memories. For what it generally was, a racing movie with cars and girls, it gave good action shots with some daring stunts and some interesting location shots.
The cars were beautiful and the women were breath-taking as we followed the story where we find the crew being hunted by the brother of the man they took down in a previous film. As Dom so nicely puts it, ‘the sins of London have followed us home…’
Their hunter proves to be a deadly opponent as it turns out he happens to be a ‘ghost’ assassin, feared even by the people who created him, so basically your average bad guy that everybody is scared of.
But Dom and the family aren’t left alone to face this new threat as a secret, no name, shadow group approaches them to offer their services to help them deal with this new bad guy… so long as they do them a tiny little favour. I find this turn of events was just a convenient way to give the group the toys they would need to do the cool stunts and action scenes they would do later on in the movie, plus an excuse to go travelling to the beautiful locations they end up in.
But Dom and the family aren’t left alone to face this new threat as a secret, no name, shadow group approaches them to offer their services to help them deal with this new bad guy… so long as they do them a tiny little favour. I find this turn of events was just a convenient way to give the group the toys they would need to do the cool stunts and action scenes they would do later on in the movie, plus an excuse to go travelling to the beautiful locations they end up in.
The acting was on point with their respective characters that I am sure they have fully embraced at this point in the franchise. There was also a notable sombre tone that was underlined in the end of the movie for obvious reasons that took time to let the actors say a last goodbye to their late friend that made for a somewhat happy ending that still had you reaching for a tissue or two.
So all in all, it was a good action movie that satisfied the hunger for action, cars and sexy ladies. Plus the story was laid out, filled in and tied up all with a pretty bow. What more could you ask for?
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