'Furious 7' Movie Review: Best And Worst Moments Of The Film [WATCH VIDEO]
"Furious 7," which is distributed by Universal Pictures, was shown in Australian theatres on April 2, 2015. It was shown in the U.S., Canada, UK and New Zealand on April 3, 2015. The film stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tyrese Gibson and the late Paul Walker. Here is the "Furious 7" movie review including the best and worst moments of the film.
"Furious 7" was written by Chris Morgan and directed by James Wan. It was produced by Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell and Neal H. Moritz. Its running time is 137 minutes. Bloomberg Business reports that the film’s budget is $190 million.
Its main plot is about Owen Shaw's (Luke Evans) brother Deckard Shaw (Statham) who is seeking revenge for Owen because the "Fast and Furious" gang left him in a coma. Meanwhile, Dominic, Mia, Letty, Brian and Roman Pearce, and Tej Parker are all in the U.S. after being pardoned by Hobbs in the previous film, "Fast & Furious 6."
Dominic teams up with Mr. Nobody (Russell) to prevent a terrorist named Mose Jakande (Djimon Hounsou) from getting a computer program called God's Eye. They also had to rescue the program's creator Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel). In turn, Mr. Nobody will help Dominic and his family to stop Shaw from hunting them down and killing them all.
The film as expected is action-packed with its fast cars, amazing stunts and various fight scenes. It also had some touching scenes especially towards the last part with a tribute to the late Paul Walker. Tyrese Gibson provided some light-hearted moments to balance all the action and drama in the film. It was also interesting to see Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) and Shad Moss/Bow Wow (Twinkie) from 2006's "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." Below is a list of the best and worst moments of "Furious 7."
Best Moments
When...
1. The "air drop" sequence of the cars was shown wherein Dominic, Brian, Letty, Tej and Roman's vehicles skydived from a plane and landed on the ground using parachutes. Then, they had to chase Mose Jakande and rescue Ramsey.
2. Brian caught up with Dominic at the end of the film and they drove side-by-side before saying goodbye to each other and going their separate ways.
Worst Moments
When...
1. Hobbs was attacked by Deckard and almost killed.
2. When Deckard called Dominic to inform him that he killed Han-Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang) in Tokyo and afterwards, a bomb exploded in their house with him, Mia, Brian and their kid in the vicinity.
Box Office Mojo, reports that as of Monday, April 27, 2015, "Furious 7" has already earned $1,322,241,725 worldwide (Domestic: $321,241,72 + Foreign: $1,001,000,000).
IMDb Ratings
The Internet Movie Database, or IMDb rating for "Furious 7" is 7.9/10 from 123,995 users (as of this writing). It garnered a Metascore of 67/100 from 44 critics including Drew McWeeny from HitFix and Jamie Graham from Total Film.
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings
The Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer reports that "Furious 7" deserves an 82% rating. Out of 195 reviews, only 35 considered it rotten while 160 considered it fresh. Because of this the film is certified as “Fresh” by the site, with an average rating of 6.7/10. It also got an 87% score from the audience as of this writing.
Critics' Reviews
"Plot is unimportant. Family is everything, and Furious 7 is a blast," Drew McWeeny wrote on HitFix. McWeeny gave the film a score of 91.
Meanwhile, Jamie Graham of Total Film believes that the film deserves a score of 80 points. He also thinks that it was a fitting tribute to the late Paul Walker.
Audience Reviews
Nate Zoebl says that "Furious 7" did an admirable job despite the tragedy of losing Walker to a vehicular accident on Nov. 30, 2013 in Valencia, California.
“The closest we'll get to seeing a 'Grand Theft Auto' movie,” Liam Gadd wrote in a review posted on the Rotten Tomatoes website. Gadd and Zoebl gave "Furious 7" three and a half stars.
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