One thing is an objective fact regarding this series; the titles are as confusing as Gary Busey explaining something he saw on a Neil Degrasse Tyson show. This leads to me continuously forgetting what the hell this movie is even called.
Follow the logic:
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious
Fast Five
Fast & Furious 6
Furious 7
So it is called Furious 7. Look at this logic…! Sometimes “and” is an ampersand, sometimes an “and.” Sometimes we’re spelling numbers, sometimes a number is a number. The fifth Fast movie? The 7th Furious film?
There is no logic and that goes along just fine with the end product. Logic is not a focal point to the F & and F films. Hell, we’re talking about a franchise that didn’t even get entertaining until the fifth one.
It is entertainment that matters, not logic. Fans of the franchise will be happy to know that 7 is more of the same. Exactly more of the same. It does not exceed or heighten. It does not supply less computer generated car crashes or ridiculous displays of physics. Vin mumbles just fine. The Rock busts a cast off his arm just by flexing. Good stuff.
And if you get excited by the sight of tricked out cars, you’ll giggle plenty. This is a blown out Bond film on energy drinks and bath salts that knows exactly how stupid to be. The dialogue between explosions is directly out of the soap opera textbook. Once the movie gets going (and a hilarious Kurt Russell gets the gang on the road) it is pretty much non-stop fun.
The sad passing of Paul Walker is dealt with in an interesting way and the film becomes a eulogy towards the end. Knowing that Walker died in the seat of a car, running too fast, makes some of the images haunting.
My projection: This movie makes a billion dollars worldwide and they keep making them in perpetuity.
My suggestion for the title of the next: The Fast 8 the Furious. You’re welcome.