Fast & Furious 7

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2017)

After the events in 'Fast and Furious 5' where Dominic Toretto and his friends defeated terrorist Owen Shaw in London they thought they could finally relax they didn't count on Owen's tougher brother, Deckard, a former SAS soldier who is now out for revenge. He has already killed Han in Tokyo now he is after the others. One bomb puts Hobbs in hospital and a second destroys Toretto's house nearly killing him, Brian and his family. After Han's funeral Dom goes head to head with Shaw but they are interrupted by a special ops force led by 'Mr Nobody'. Shaw gets away then 'Mr Nobody' explains why he is there; a hacker known only as 'Ramsey' is in the hands of the terrorist group led by one Mose Jakande and he wants Dom and his crew to get her back before the terrorists get their hands on her 'God's Eye' program a hack that gives access to all CCTV cameras which uses facial recognition to find anybody in minutes. If Dom gets her back he is promised use of God's Eye to find Shaw. Of course it will not be easy; they will have to parachute, in cars, to a remote road in a Caucasus Mountains; jump between building, in cars, in Abu Dhabi; and finally back to Los Angeles where Jakande is coming after them with a helicopter gunship and drone equipped with missiles not forgetting that Dom and Shaw must face each other once again.
If you are a fan of over the top action then this is the film for you; a minimum of time is spent to explain what is going on before getting into the nearly nonstop action. Expect numerous explosions, car chases, shooting, fights and some exciting (CGI assisted) stunts one couldn't expect a stuntman to jump a car between the upper storeys of three skyscrapers! It isn't just about the action; there is also a solid cast who have developed a great chemistry over the course of the seven films. This is particularly true of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker as Dom and Brian; this leads to a poignant farewell for the later character as a tribute to the actor who tragically died during filming. The rest of the regulars were on good form to and fine performances from new-comers too; most notably Jason Statham who is great a Deckard and Nathalie Emmanuel who impresses as Ramsey; I wouldn't be surprised if they return in later instalments. Overall I'd say this was probably my favourite 'Fast and Furious' film so far; the action was great and the characters are people anybody who has watched the whole series will care about.