How this is rated a 7.5 is beyond me

Rating: 5/10 (9 August 2015)

Oh, Fast and Furious. You never change, do you.
Having seen The Imitation Game and Interstellar recently with my family, we all agreed we wanted to watch something lighter and not as emotionally draining as the aforementioned cinematic masterpieces, so we went with the most obvious choice there was.
When it ended, we all let out a collective sigh of utter relief.
This whole film is, quite honestly speaking, an insult to the viewer's intelligence. I can deal with one or two exaggerations in the film for the sake of awesome visuals, but this ENTIRE film is just one big exaggeration. What is worrying to me though is that someone actually sat down, came up with all those ridiculous scenes and thought they were good. Even more unsettling, others agreed that was the case. Golly me.
Statham's purpose in this film, unless it was for the sake of comedy, still has to reveal itself to me. He just seemed to pop out of nowhere every time the music got dramatic, fire a couple of bullets and then disappear again. I don't think he got to speak for a collective 3 minutes in the entire film. However, I have a feeling that even if he spoke more, it would have just been cheesy, cliché lines or 'I will mess him up so bad he gonna go cry to his mama after I'm done with him' kind of threats, which for some reason always seem to be present in this franchise.
Credit must be given where it is due though, and I do have to admit some scenes are very carefully and beautifully shot, although the use of CGI is deplorable at times. Also, the ending was worth enduring the rest of the film, as the tribute brought to Paul Walker almost brought tears to my eyes. May he rest in peace.
I wanted to watch something funny and light, but this ended up being funny for a completely different reason other than the one intended. Learn from my mistake. Don't be afraid to skip this one; you won't be missing out on much, but, most importantly, you won't lose your self-respect. Once it's lost, it's difficult to bring it back... trust me on that one.