Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2015)

So, I just came back from this movie and I can say one thing: it was certainly 2+ hours well spent in a cinema. So is it a fun movie? Oh, sure it is. As long as you're going into it expecting nothing what the first Fast and Furious installments used to be and accepting this franchise for what it's become. The first movie was this exciting tale of a criminal underworld and illegal street racing, which was still firmly grounded in reality. Over time, however, the franchise abandoned those roots and concentrated instead on increasingly implausible action sequences, the only resemblance to the first movie being that it still features the same cast and has exotic cars. And this movie, well, it is definitely in the latter category. Contrary to what has been said in the movie itself, cars do indeed fly and our heroes survive things that could have made the Terminator break apart.
But is it a bad movie? Hell no. If you go into this expecting a serious story, you will be disappointed. Instead, go see it like you would go see something like the Avengers. No semblance of realism, just over the top action, unkillable heroes, predictable and an extravaganza of special effects. That's what this movie was for me. Offtimes it's hilarious how the movie attempts to take itself seriously after a ludicrous scene from a realism perspective or some particularly goofy dialogue, but it's all good fun as long as, like I said, you yourself are willing to take it not too seriously.