Was okay, the ending saved it.

Rating: 7/10 (21 September 2015)

Andrew Sindt
Furious 7 70
Overall, the film was good, with good action scenes, good actors, all with the keyword "good", not great. I assure you that I would have gave a much worse review if it wasn't for the great send off for Paul. Before it came out, it was supposedly going to be filled with awesome action sequences with practical effects, seeing the cars drop out of the airplane and all. But it was the opposite. It seemed almost every single scene was filled with CGI. I'm not talking about Cody or Caleb Walker, but the cars and scenery. I've still been told a lot is practical but it sure looks like a computer did most of the action. The story was almost as if a child was writing it. Jumping around from crazy scenario to the next with no character development. And when I say crazy scenario, they are extremely crazy. Every action sequence just had to be filled with at least one moment of something happening and the actor tried to be funny and every person in the audience chuckling to themselves about it. This next comment might be wacky, but the Fast and Furious franchise is almost like the Transformers movies, really, they aren't much different at all; not completely bashing each series though. They are just absurdly crazy. Enough about the bad, the good CGI to it was on Brian O'Connor. I really couldn't tell which one was Paul and which was the CGI. But again, the retirement of Paul's character was extremely touching and I give my best to his family.