Decent movie but great tribute to Paul Walker

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2015)

When you go in to see a fast and furious movie, you know what to expect...fast cars, lots of action, incredible stunts, and a moral message about how important family is. Great thing is you get this in the movie! It's always been about the cars and it seems based on each subsequent sequel, they try to outdo the last one with even bigger stunts and there is one in this which is just as much as ludicrous as it is incredible!
The problem comes with the story and execution. Fast 5 and 6 (although more the former) raised the bar for the franchise. They turned it from not just street racing but adding more to the story e.g. Elaborate heist; taking out a big bad rival gang etc. This movie could have been a great revenge story (based on the bad guy here) but the way the story was shown did not showcase that well and the story in the end with the sub plots ended up looking clunky. This isn't a huge problem in such a movie but I guess I was expecting a bit more or better.
Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jason Statham are good in their performances and the rest do their parts as usual, but it's the ending that's quite bittersweet. Paul Walkers tragic death through filming was tough to take for all, but how they move forward with the filming had to be done tastefully to respect him. What they did was truly beautiful and possibly the best way possible to remember him.
All in all, a decent movie, but not the best in the franchise.