I liked the original Fast and the Furious back in 2001, then was treated to 2 sequels that made me lose interest (Can anyone say Tokyo Drift). At the end of the day if you can take over the top, impossible to do in real life car stunts, and underdeveloped script and plot, add in some terrible acting and still lead the box office for the week, they have to be doing something right.......right.......right
They short answer is yes, they do some things right. Cool cars, some of the best
Choreographed fight scenes (Thank you Tony Jaa), throw in some cameo's (Rhonda Rousey, Kurt Russle, The Rock), did I say cool cars, and you have just created eye candy on the screen that just about covers every demographic.
It's a movie series that doesn't take itself too seriously, sticks the the same formula it has for the previous 6, ads an excellent vilian in Statham, and plenty of lady eye candy.
The plot line is pretty much the same of the last movie, Bad Guys after Dom, Government needs his help and his crew to get a device and capture the bad guy.
It was interesting to see how they said goodbye to Paul Walker at the end, and I enjoyed that part, and I am ashamed to say I actually had fun watching the movie. It definitely will not win any awards for acting, but it has a lot of action, excellent fight scenes that are taken up a notch from the last movies, and was a fun way to kill 2+ hours, yes this movie is over 2 hours long!
Funny moment, was when Dom went to Tokyo to talk to the Lucas Black(Sean) from that movie, they show the scene from Toyko Drift where Dom pulls up, then the shoot a new sceene where him and Dom are talking, and its comical how much older Lucas looks in the same clothes.
The ending car chase & fight scenes are so unbelievable, it makes comic books seem more realistic, but it is still fun.
It is definitely worth a rental, and for some to see it on the big screen, at the end of the day I had fun, so it isn't all bad.
