a good action film that is enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2015)

I will start this review by saying that this is the first time I have ever seen a full fast and furious movie so I didn't really care to see it that much. But word was buzzing about it so I decided to see it and I must say I enjoyed this film for what it was. Vin diesel, the late Paul walker and the rest of the crew go after the brother of their previous enemy who is looking to hunt them all down. While the US government gets the team to help them locate an item that can track down anybody on the planet. Now vin diesel is the biggest believer in this franchise and he is good in the role as the head of the family and you truly buy his role and you see him as a badass by the end of the film. Obviously allot of the talk was about how the film would cope with the loss of Paul walker and I think for the scenes he was in walker was great and even though occasionally it is obvious when he isn't there I think they did the best they could in a bad situation. I love Jason Statham as an actor and he was great in this movie too as the antagonist even though I do wish we had known more about his character but this film is long enough without it. Michelle Rodriguez was good in the film even though I haven't seen the previous ones I understood her individual story and liked seeing how she progressed throughout the movie as a character. The rock is back as Hobbs and he was great for the small part of the film he is in which sucks because the rock is one of he best things in Hollywood at the moment and they barely used him in this film. Now originally I just thought this was going to be a film where the team has to take down Statham Who is looking for revenge which would have been fine and when we see it it's good stuff. But the problem is that the film adds this completely pointless story about a piece of tech that the good guys don't even need so it comes across as half the The film is pointless really. There are some funny moments in the film with allot of funny dialogue but there is also a lot of cliché to the lines and you just shake your head thinking to yourself that you have heard these a thousand times. The style is a mixed bag, the hand to hand combat and most of the driving action scenes are great but the over the top ridiculous moments just really take me out of the film and make it seem like it is a sci-fi film because none of it could ever happen. I also want to give a shout out to a great tribute to Paul walker which was probably the best part of the film for me. Overall I had fun with fast 7 and even though it has its problems it does a good job at just being a fun film.