What an incredible film, emotional ending

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2015)

This film is in the action genre, the writers of the film are Chris Morgan and Gary Scott Thompson. The director of the film is James Wan and the film was made in 2015.
The title is Fast And Furious, which means lively and exciting and the film is full of these moments including in intense races and high speed pursuits. The film begins with Deckard Shaw played by Jason Statham looking out of a hospital window, he begins by talking about avenging his brother as his brother lies in a hospital bed. He then walks out of the room for the audience to find that he has killed a large amount of people in the hospital. On his way out he asks a guard to hold a grenade and pushes him into a desk, before leaving the building. There is a big explosion and as he exits the building a large part of the front of the building falls down as the opening sequence ends. This is successful because it is a new beginning to a film in this franchise as the others films normally started with a race or pursuit, so by changing this I think it added different, unexpected elements to the film itself.
The main characters in the film are Dominic Toretto played by Vin Diesel, Luke Hobbs played by Dwayne Johnson, Brian O'Conner played by Paul Walker, Letty played by Michelle Rodriguez, Roman Pierce played by Tyrese Gibson, Tej played by Ludicrous, Mia played Jordana Brewster, Gisele played by Gal Gadot and Han played by Sung Kang.
Sound is used throughout the film in many different ways including music to create atmosphere and tension, explosions for added effect and to add tension to the scenes they are featured in, the sounds of roaring engines and gears changing during races for added tension and excitement during the races and the song played at the end of the film changes the mood completely as the final scene begins.
The film ends with Brian and Dom racing along the road as they begin racing, scenes from the other fast and furious films featuring Paul Walker appear, scenes even from the first film this was really effective as it shows how much he was a part of the franchise and how much the cast will miss him. Once the film resumes the two are seen parting ways on two separate roads and the words 'For Paul' come up on the screen I felt that this was really effective because dedicating the film to him moved me and emotions ran high and the song that played during the end sequence features on the trailer for the film, every time I hear it, I feel emotional that's why I think it was effective as the ending to the film.
The themes the run through the film include friendship, family and love.
I like this film because it includes all the things you expect from a Fast And Furious film with added surprises as the beginning was completely different, some more emotional scenes featured in the film which only featured in the last film and Fast And Furious Tokyo Drift. Also I like this film because of the way it ended.
One of my favourite scenes from the film is the fight scene between Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, because the scene is intense and thrilling throughout and the way the camera angle moves with the characters is really effective. For example when Hobbs flips Shaw onto a glass table the camera moves with Shaw and it turns in a way that you can empathise with the characters pain in a different way to what you normally would. My other favourite scene is where Brian and Dom steal a Lycan Hypersport and drive it through three buildings. The way the scene plays out is really effective and how the scene is shot adds intensity to the scene which is what you want from a film. Along with the added shock that the pair actually make it through the buildings and don't fall out of the third certainly adds breathtaking moments to the film.
My favourite character is Brian O'Connor and always will be just because of the fact that he used to be an F.B.I agent. He is such a skilled driver and through the films you have seen him progress as a character, meet different people and see how their friendship progresses is incredible and that is why he is my favourite character and seeing how his relationship with Mia has progressed is also rewarding. Paul Walker was such a great actor and that's another reason why he is my favourite character.
I think visually that this film is incredible, the way the film has been shot and the time taken to process all the camera angles and put them into the film during fight scenes which I found was a lot more effective during this film than in the other films in this franchise.