After taking down the deadly mercenary Owen Shaw, Dominic Torretto and his crew had thought they finally were free from the criminal world, but Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw has other plans. From the opening scene of Furious 7, James Wan wants you to know how dangerous a man Shaw is, as Wan captures the absurd destruction one man is capable of. The Fast and the Furious franchise has its detractors, but the film is so endearing due its realization of knowing exactly what its audience wants to see. This segment in the Fast and Furious franchise once again reinvents the film in a way, being almost a revenge story, as Shaw murders Han, targeting all of Don's "family". The Fast and Furious franchise ignores all the rules of physics and good taste, being an extravagant adrenline rush of attractive woman, car porn and absolutely insane action sequence that ignore physics, biology, and pretty much every rule in the book. From a stylistic perspective, Furious 7 is basically a music video with strung together action sequences that are well choreographed and ludicrious. The narrative is clever, with Dom having to work with another "Ghost agent" in Kurt Russel in the same "you help me, I help you" narrative of the past films. What makes it fun is Statham's Shaw is a wild card, who appears out of nowhere, targeting Dom and his crew with lethal precision. Furious 7 is a surprising strong tribute to Paul Walker, with a poetic final sequence that really captures how much Walker meant to the cast and crew of these films. By now, you should know if you appreciate the Fast & Furious franchise, with Furious 7 delivering another self aware, audience-serving adrenaline rush that is the defintion of dumb fun.
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