Fun, Dumb, and Touching

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2015)

Over the Top car stunts, combined with a great sense of fun, and fast paced action sequences make Furious 7 a great example of dumb fun done right. Perhaps the greatest strength of Furious 7 is that it takes the stunts of the last film and ups the ante even more. Even more impressive is that while the whole film thrills the part that will hit you the hardest is the unavoidable ending. Which is what I want to focus on, yes the films funny, yes it's fast paced, and yes it over does the family themes, but the ending of this film as I'm sure you've heard, if not seen, is what makes this film so good. Being a filmmaker your single greatest achievement is to make an audience feel emotional, whether it be sad, really happy, shocked (not gore shock, but shocked by the plot), or any other great emotion. The ending of this movie makes just about everybody feel something, which is a massive accomplishment.