Nail-biting sequel plenty of noisy action ; being mostly filmed in London and Canary Islands , Spain

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2014)

The picture mingles action-packed , thrills , drama , exciting car pursuits , suspense , fights , a little bit of violence and spectacular sequences though won't mean much on little screen TV. It's a summer Blockbuster where reality , plot and dialog have no place . Since Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian's (Paul Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Luke Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again. As Brian goes undercover to infiltrate a prison to figure out dark secrets.
This is an exciting follow-up with exceptionally fine camera work and great car chase sequences and crashes on the metropolitan streets , motorways , airport and several other places . The drivers, the cars , explosions are the real stars of this movie from the beginning to the end . Dennis McCarthy, the man behind building the vehicles used in the fast car franchise says that they used "a whole fleet of BMW M5s" in order to complete one sequence . Pulse-quickening action but plenty of clichés and lots of dirty driving and heavier on crashes than coherency . All stunts were performed by authentic experts without people damage . Drivers challenge their contenders for car races , through illicit street racing and highways , even less legal, with tank included ; causing wreak havoc racing 195 mph . The tank chase was originally planned to be created via CGI, but director Justin Lin insisted that it had to be done practically with some post-production enhancements . Several hero cars for the new film are being procured from California-based Lucra Cars . Very much in the B-movie tradition of the original ¨Gone in 60 seconds¨, ¨Grand theft auto¨ and ¨Eat my dust¨. Paul Walker does impress again in the role of a retired cop who goes back in action to help his friends . Again Vin Diesel as the patriarch-philosopher-thief character , the head of a tight-knit family or quirky thieves hopped on car exhaust adrenaline . Nice support cast such as Tyrese Gibson , Sung Kang , Gal Gadot , Ludicrous , Luke Evans , Elsa Pataky and Gina Carano .
Thrilling and rousing musical score by the Spanish Lucas Vidal . Colorful as well as glamorous cinematography by Stephen F Windon . Justin Lin's direction (he previously made Annapolis and Better Luck tomorrow , The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) is competent though the story eventually run out of gas . Two theater-sized units were used for post-production work overseen by director Justin Lin . The flick will appeal to adrenaline lovers and those young people looking for strong emotions. This is the kind of film in which the cars enthusiastic will enjoy immensely, it's a must see for car fonds.