Lets all face it. We don't watch a movie like this expecting to be ridden with a wave of gooey emotions or left in a contemplative state of unease and possibility. No no none of that. We're in it for the cars, the thrills and the hot guys.
When we last saw our band of brothers (and sisters) they were running rampage in Rio, pissing off a drug lord, out running the authorities, stealing a whole bunch of money and generally fudging shit up. Despite swearing to retire; You can never keep a good criminal down... Plus I guess being blackmailed by a man who has the ability to put you in prison for the rest of your life helped a bit in the persuasion process. Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has a proposition for Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) which requires him to get the gang back together. The stakes are high but they get to drive on the right side of the road as their pursuit for bad guy Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) leads them to London.
We all know of -but only speak about in hushed tones- Fast and Furious: Tokio Drift, which has always been sold to us as a prequel of Fast and Furious, though which one we were never told. Well that long forgotten question has now been answered.... seven years later.
Though filled with many a witty line and many a hot guy, the storyline got a little crazy, there were too many characters and the timing of a certain event stretched the believability of even the most gullible film goer. These are all traits which would be analysed and critiqued in any other sort of film but not the ones that matter in a film like this. There are more important things for them to worry about; the staple necessities: Stunts, CGI and Cars were all top notch, but they went above and beyond when they managed to have two long chase scenes which involved tearing up a free-way with a tank and bringing down a plane. How can we not already be excited to see what they have in store for the seventh instalment?
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