Furious 7

We all know the saying coined by Good Charlotte; Girls don't like boys, Girls like Cars and Money but speaking on behalf of women everywhere I can contest to two out of three things in that statement, so I guess it’s fortunately for us this film gives us great looking guy with cars and money. Win win win.

Having now validated the relevance for Tokyo Drift by making it a sequel/backstory to Fast 7, things kick off with the introduction of Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), older brother of the hospitalized Owen Shaw - Fast 6’s antagonist - and certified badass lunatic, who leaves devastation in his wake as shown when he exits the hospital his comatose brother is being kept by more or less burning it to the ground for some reason, before taking off in a sexy white Jaguar F-Type. Vroom

Having been a few years since the team’s rampage through the streets of London, the last thing they are expecting is to be hunted by the crazy brother of an old foe – which is understandable considering it seems like Deckard Shaw waited more than a year to come after them. That being said he did introduce himself with a bang, by first hospitalizing Hobbs’ (Dwayne Johnson), killing Han, then destroying Dom’s home. 
Dominic (Vin Diesel) is determined to take Shaw out before he can hurt anyone else, by forming an alliance with a covert operations team, led by a charming Belgium Cider loving man named Frank Petty (Kurt Russell) to find Ramsey a mysterious hacker that has been kidnapped because of the unique tracking software they have designed named God’s Eye – and Dominic’s main chance at putting an end to Shaw’s reign of terror.

The plan and schemes that were concocted too this film to a whole other level above the rest, as I was legit on the edge of my seat, breath held as cars did things that they were surely not meant to do and our character put their lives in the hands of air and God to pull off the most death defying stunts. I know I was impressed, and I have a feeling that Shaw was too as he was basically a creepy stalker weirdo in his one man crusade, chasing the crew from LA to  Abu Dhabi, causing havoc when things were crazy enough. Yowza.

I think a lot of people forget that as well as being an action movie, the Fast and Furious films are also hilarious - like seriously the amount of time I laughed out loud in the cinema as I sat by myself like a complete weirdo was innumerable. The comedy duo of Tej (Ludacris) and Roman (Tyrese Gibson)  adds a nice release to the tension filled action sequences and really just sets the believability of them being more than just a team but friends and brothers.

Fantastic would be an understatement in describing this film. The characters amidst the action have grown and developed which paved the way for sad endings, new beginnings and nostalgic moments. Of course I am primarily talking about the elephant in the room, the real life death of actor Paul Walker who played Brian O’Conner. I think how they honoured both Paul and Brian, with their exit from the franchise was very sweet, a little "Teen Angel" but still very sweet and filled with many feels, as it felt that in many ways the franchise – whether it continues or not - will never quite be the same.