Fast & Furious 7 - Movie

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.

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?

Forever - Tv Show [ABC]

I’ll be honest, Ioan Gruffudd could stand there and basically talk about the weather and I’d watch it and be entertained for a solid ten to fifteen minutes and be satisfied. But before you judge me I’ll have you know that if you have a little looksee at a recent survey done somewhere in the world it shows that I am indeed not the only one who thinks that the English accent is quite sexy and should be ranked number one in the world of accents people want to listen to for hours. But alas, that is not the only reason I think ABC’s Forever is a great TV show. There are, in fact, other reasons that make me fall in love with Mr Gruffudd and his portrayal of the immortal Henry Morgan that go beyond his smooth tone of voice and no, it has nothing to do with the image that follows. Though I imagine it could sway a few others to take an interest in the show.



The storyline isn’t exactly a new one as it follows a man who discovers after a certain incident he cannot die. Though the conditions around his death are somewhat glazed over pretty quickly we do however get the gist of how things go down as the story progresses with more than a few unanswered questions.

We find that our immortal man was a doctor and decided to stay in this field and due to his ‘condition’ has strayed to the darker side of his profession as he has become obsessed with the one thing that eluded him, death. It is this same ‘condition’ that allows him the prolonged timeline to master what he does and thus he becomes somewhat of a Sherlock-type detective in his way of analysing the dead. Of course it’s easy to see how he can be so sure of his expertise as he even goes so far as testing certain theories or finding out causes of death on none other than himself.

It’s an interesting mix of entertainment where I see a bit of Sherlock meets CSI with a dash of fantasy to keep you hooked.

The show does try to keep an air of mystery about it, but I think at times it overdoes it slightly as the CSI prowess of Dr Morgan takes over and we nearly forget this is a 200 year old man just killing time with the police. His storyline nearly fading into ‘forget-me-now’ territory before rounding out randomly with a sudden phone call or skinny dip in the river for our doctor [a side effect to his immortality].

Which I think really needs a mention, but where do his clothes go? Seriously it’s killing me to know this! Such a small detail and I can’t help but fuss over it like an idiot stuck staring at a green light as the cars go wild behind me. Don’t get me wrong, I love fantasy. No ADORE fantasy, but there are just some jumps I can’t make without some kind of explanation, you know…

Anyway, despite the niggly bits like such, I like that the story can work a few episodes without relying solely on the fantasy aspect. It shows they have a story to tell, along with characters that aren’t too one dimensional, which is great in this day and age. The side characters are pretty lovable too as they draw you into the world a bit more.

All in all, it’s a good show to watch once or twice a week. Though I don’t see myself binge watching it if given the chance, I do like the idea of having a second season or at the very least, a satisfying end to the first season.