A fitting tribute to Paul Walker

Rating: 6/10 (15 April 2015)

I believe the process for creating a Fast and Furious film involves thinking up ridiculous stunts, figuring out how to actually do them in real life, executing them in an incredibly awesome way, and then calling upon the writers to shoehorn it into the plot.
The stunts truly are great, though all the best are given away in the trailer. Many have been executed with less CGI than you might think, and look it.
The acting is as expected. I'm not sure how they landed Kurt Russell, but I'm interested to see him fight Helen Mirren in Furious 8. The Rock is in too few scenes and is, by tradition, sweaty in all the scenes he is in.
The story is rather poorer than expected, though it begins with a promising villain introduction and premise. Too quickly it devolves into a tale that a third grader would probably file away for future revision. The best case scenario would a be a story that neither helps nor hinders the movie's impression, but sadly it falls in the latter category.
The scenes where Paul Walker had to be composited in are very well done, and unnoticeable unless you're looking for it. The ending is a perfect and touching tribute, and very appropriate. The scene pays homage to Paul and sets up the Furious world that, sadly, will be worse off without him. Unfortunately, I was unable to properly enjoy it as someone was cutting onions in the theatre at the time.