A Fast Ride To A Final GoodBye

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2015)

Dominic Torreto's (Vin Diesel) team is back in action to take on Owen Shaw's "necessary evil" older brother Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), who is out for angry an vengeance after Toretto throwing Owen Shaw out the cargo plan in Fast and Furious 6, paralyzing him and ruining his plans for world domination.
The entire cast is back in this high octane, fast paced-adredaline, thriller, even Hector from Fast and The Furious made a cameo appearance to show to the audience that the producers of the franchise are wrapping this one up tight to make this last movie a memorable one for the ages. The plot is fairly easy to follow as you jump from one car to the other to keep the action going, literally. What makes the plot move along is the sound track, with smooth transition of up beat EDM at social settings like a party, to the good feel of hip hop music that hits the heart hard. The score of the film is amazing as well, keeping you on the edge of your seat that compliments the cinematography of the film as if you are in the car with the characters, flying off cliffs and free falling out of a plane.
Family is a frequent word used through out the film to set the theme. Toretto heavily emphasizes to Brian O' Conner, that family is everything and that you do anything to protect your family; that it's not about the cars, the girls, the money or glamour in life, but about keeping the family together no matter what stands in the way. The team is loyal, selfless, and in a literal sense they are risk takers, willing to do anything to get the job done.
Finally, this film is a heart-warming tribute to the actor Paul Walker, who died towards the end of the shooting of this film, but thankfully the editors and producers of the film did an outstanding job of ending the film with out having to find a replacement for Paul's character Brian (Paul Walker). His brother, Cody Walker was a grateful help to do any voice over or filling in scenes that weren't quite ready for the final cut. It is a weird, but good feeling when watching this film that you don't realize that this actor, Paul Walkler had such an impact on people's life because you got a sense from hearing stories from the actors, reading about this charity events, and his acting that he was a good person. The end of the film, with the song See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat Charlie Puth, was a memorable and fantastic way to end the series of Fast and Furious. I would like to congratulate and thank all the people who were involved making these fun, fast, paced films for audiences to enjoy, not only in the U.S., but around the world as well.