Fans of the series will be pleased

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2015)

I went to a midnight screening yesterday and everyone in the theater seemed to have a great time. The highlight was undoubtedly the parachuting-scene that is extensively featured in the trailers. It is the most ridiculous and arguably the best action set piece in the entire series, narrowly beating out the bank vault chase from Fast five.
Unfortunately, the film fails to achieve that same level of excitement again. The big action scene at the end is quite unimaginative for a fast&furious-movie and goes on for way too long. Over-reliance on CGI also hurts the movie, since it's not always completely convincing.
Most of you will know that some of Paul Walkers scenes were made using his brothers as stand-ins combined with CGI. I'm glad to say they completely pulled it off. I personally never noticed anything off about Brian in the movie. I'm not going to spoil how Brian's journey ends, but I can say that it's a fitting and respectful goodbye to both Walker and his character of Brian. It gets really emotional.