Not the best

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2015)

I love the fast and Furious franchise. They are unique movies that have managed to carry a compelling plot line through several movies, despite rewriting the continuity once some rather cool characters were introduced in Tokyo Drift. That being said I was very much looking forward to seeing Furious 7 but I came away feeling defeated? No. Maybe the word I am looking for here is uninvested.
After a week or two of thought it isn't the knowledge of Paul Walker's death that sours the movie for me. I think it mostly has to do with the change of directors from Justin Lin to James Wan. Lin had built up something spectacular, directing from Tokyo Drift all the way through Fast and Furious. Wan was not really able to take up the reins and steer the ship after the death of Paul Walker blew the rudder off. While set design and action sequences are fantastic and worthy of the cost of your movie ticket alone, the dialogue is severely lacking and everyone of the actors seems to be acting out of a sense of parody for the genre that the Fast and Furious franchise created.